Color Out of Space

I am certain this bears not much resemblance to the HP Lovecraft story, HPL was never one for families or anyone beyond a lone reporter stuck in a room going a little mad by the end of the plot but I putting that aside, I really enjoyed the story and it did have a sort of feel of the cosmic madness in the story and great use of colour throughout. Great seeing Nicholas Cage doing his off his rocker bit by bit performance and Joely Richardson (always enjoy seeing her in a film) and the others were all fine throughout. I jumped a few times which is surprising considering how many daft horror films I have watched. The effects were fine throughout. One of the better HPL-like films but I don't think his works will ever be truly adapted because they are unique to his style of writing and that has always been for the individual's imagination (my Dunwich or Innsmouth or Arkham will never be the same as another persons). Glad I rented this for 1.99; I suspect I won't be buying the DVD etc but that is no condemnation of the film which is a perfectly fine production but now I have seen it, it is well and truly ingrained in my head and I am certain I will have some nightmares from that one (as to HPL films, my favourite is still the Dagon but thus film is a worthy addition to the HPL-film genre)

Lovecraft is difficult to do in a visual medium, and TCOOS is my favourite of his, so this was facing an uphill struggle. Turn out, this was way better than expected. Didn't like everything it did, but what does? What it did do was fantastic, great performances, great directing.

Didn't think much of film

The Colour Out of Space was always my favorite Lovecraft story, precisely because of its subtlety and slowly maturing horror. I never thought they'd be able to make a film that captured its essence, and while this certainly adds a lot of extra Thing-like turns that were not in the original, turned months into days and updated it with the very cars and cellphones whose absence made the original such an isolating experience, it still blew me away with its pacing, special effects and final denouement. The final insight into eldritch worlds and lasting madness was sublimely Lovecraftian.Other reviewers have complained fulsomely about the lack of plot, but this is actually one of the features that makes it true to the original story: in Lovecraft's universe, there is little for humans to do but gradually discover how powerless they are in the face of forces that care not a jot about them and the unfolding horror cannot be stopped (only - if you're lucky - survived or temporarily escaped). In this sense, Lovecraft's work is always somewhat devoid of real protagonists, only witnesses.Thank you to those that made this.

As a long standing Lovecraft fan I’ve often been disappointed by the on-screen adaptations of his work. When I’d heard that this was in the works and that Nicholas Cage was headlining I really wasn’t hopeful. I couldn’t have been more wrong.Set in the fictional town of Arkham a meteorite crashes into the garden of a family which, over time begins to twist not only their surroundings but their very minds. What follows is a terrifying decent into twisted body horror and psychological terror.The performances are pretty good all round and even Cage, for all his ham fisted, over-the-top manic silliness in past roles, actually manages to work it to his credit in this movie.All-in-all a solid bit of cosmic horror that stays reasonably faithful to the source material and above everything else, emulates Lovecraft's most powerful dynamic: We are adrift on a tiny speck in an ocean of the unknown and unknowable. What’s out there beyond the stars might be better left undiscovered.

I was hoping that this would be somewhat similar to the short story on which it was based ... and while the general idea is the same most of the actual details have been changed.This isn't a good movie. It's not even a "so bad, it's good" movie. The story on which this is based is a cosmic horror that's supposed to slowly draw the reader in, but this movie is a straight up body horror with far too much trippy CGI, the acting is bad (Nicolas Cage is really terrible, even by his standards), characters make weird choices for reasons that aren't explained, and sub plots are shoehorned into he story for no apparent reason, such as Cage's character farming Alpaca which is a really weird choice that doesn't fit with anything else in the movie.There are several things that come up that look like they're going to be sub plots, or at least relevant to the story, but which are never elaborated on, or which have no real function in the story except to pad the run time.Oh, and there's body horror, lots and lots of body horror, most of which seems to be copied from other movies, but not done as well, or for reasons that fit with the story in any understandable way.Knight's character is billed having a big part in the movie, but he's barely even a supporting actor. He gets minimal screen time and is largely just an observer. You could have cut him out of the movie with almost no consequence to the story and none to the ending. Which is a real shame since his character had a much larger part in the book.

Great movie sci fi

Très bon film qui saura ravir les fans de Lovecraft, de Nicolas Cage et de John Carpenter. C'est au final une très bonne adaptation de la nouvelle éponyme, aussi fidèle que possible considérant la relative maigreur de la nouvelle d'origine (une grosse vingtaine de pages seulement), et l'actualisation du récit. Un film qui rappelle le cinéma d'horreur des années 80, et c'est un compliment. Petit détail: la fameuse couleur tombée du ciel est représentée dans le film par du magenta, qui n'existe pas dans le spectre lumineux et n'est qu'une interprétation par notre cerveau d'une "impossibilité physique". Ce genre de détail rend le film plus savoureux et d'autant plus fidèle à l'esprit "Lovecraft" (l'indicible, l'indescriptible ayant une place prépondérante dans ses écrits).

La película es sensacional y la presentación del paquete es padrísimaTrae el Slipcover y a pesar de que no me gustó que trajera la misma imagen para el slip, la carátula y el disco. Por el simple hecho de traerlo le damos sus 5 estrellas.Para los que siempre preguntan del audio, sólo trae audio en inglés, DTS 5.1

"Now all my tales are based on the fundamental premise that common human laws and interests and emotions have no validity or significance in the vast cosmos-at-large. To me there is nothing but puerility in a tale in which the human form – and the local human passions and conditions and standards – are depicted as native to other worlds or other universes. To achieve the essence of real externality, whether of time or space or dimension, one must forget that such things as organic life, good and evil, love and hate, and all such local attributes of a negligible and temporary race called mankind, have any existence at all.Only the human scenes and characters must have human qualities. These must be handled with unsparing realism, (not catch-penny romanticism) but when we cross the line to the boundless and hideous unknown – the shadow-haunted Outside – we must remember to leave our humanity and terrestrialism at the threshold."- H.P. LovecraftSo the storyline is as such, a meteor falls into the yard on a farm belonging to the Gardener family. As the story progresses it becomes known that a living, cognizant threat dwells in the well on the farm and begins changing the local flora and fauna. The residents become psychologically and physically affected by the presence as well…I have to say I absolutely love this film! It is one of the more faithful film adaptations, if not THE most faithful, I have seen of Lovecraft’s work. I had read the story, “The Colour Out of Space” a week before seeing the film and both left me with the same helpless and haunted feelings. Now the film, being a modernization of the tale, does take liberties with the material, however, it is all well within the spirit and (to some) sanctity of the story. Example? The Gardener family has been living on a farm for a year when the meteorite impacts and things get strange pretty fast (when you think about it, it would have to be an accelerated process in this digital day and age) rather than the changes taking a year to reach full swing as they do in the original story. And that's just one of many changes made... But don't worry, the literary framework is all very much in tact regardless.Director Richard Stanley digs right in making the viewer at home with the Gardener family in a down-to-earth way that makes you care about them, especially once the Shit hits the fan... And it hits hard! The family, at the point in time that we encounter them, is strained emotionally from the mother having battled with cancer and prevailed. That was a personal touch given to the film as the director’s mother had passed away from that. As in the story there are three children; Benny is the oldest who escapes by smoking weed with the local squatter Ezra (beautifully performed by Tommy Chong), Lavinia who is the middle child who wants nothing more than to escape and then there’s the youngest, Jack who is caught in the middle of it all. The family interactions and dialogue in the beginning of the film set the stage as to who these people are and for what is to happen to them.I do not dislike Nicholas Cage as an actor, for me it's hit or miss depending on what project it is that he's in. For this film, once the weird sets in, Cage fluctuates between a father doing his best to hold his family together following an emotionally trying ordeal with his wife and the persona of his abusive father in a way that seemed slightly cartoonish to me at first, but the crazy is appropriate for what happens to this family during the course of the film. For me Cage controlled the fluctuation well... And the remaining cast members react to him recognizing his behavior which is heart breaking for them as the family falls to ruin. It's convincing... Or at least convincing enough. I read that the enthusiasm and energy he brought to the project helped make the film and make it what it is... You'll hear no complaints from me. Madeleine Arthur who portrays Lavinia Gardner was definitely a standout in this film though not in a way that would detract from the other characters/performances. The family chemistry really works in the film.The meteor impact was not your usual rock falling from the sky bit either. This is definitely stranger and more disturbing. Those two words describe this film perfectly. Now once the changes begin some of it is subtle and some of it is anything but! So, subtle... The glistening of the "color" in the ice cubes from the well water in Nathan Gardener's drinks. Not so subtle... Let's just say you won't ever look at Alpacas the same way. The practical creature fx and the digital visual fx combined are used beautifully in this film. It's a good thing Stanley is so well read in this type of fiction because he and his team nailed it. The color, the strange and mutated flora and fauna... It is clear this property and family are being invaded by an otherworldly presence that the director leaves as much to ambiguity as Lovecraft did on paper.The threat cannot be understood or quantified or explained by any knowledge or science we possess. THAT is the essence of Lovecraft's story and that is how Stanley presented the film. And there is some pretty harrowing stuff in this film and while jarring and even heartbreaking... The threat never wavers... It is what it is and it does what it does... It takes what it needs and it leaves ruin in its wake. Even if you haven't seen the film yet, if you've read the story that should come as no surprise.I don't want to spoil anything so I'll stop there and recap: The cast is great, it is truly a nightmare watching this family endure what it does. It is frightening, disturbing and relentless. The film is true to the story despite changes made and devoutly faithful to the spirit of the writing. I was honestly shocked at how spot on this film is... Not because I had any doubt in Richard Stanley's abilities, but because I never thought anyone would get it this close!

capisco cheportare un opera di lovecraft sul grande schermo e molto difficile , pero 'stravolgerne quasi totalmente la storia non ha senso. trama stiracchiata con attori pessimi( in primis il re del trash nicolas cage che insieme a mandy e drive hungry ha toccato il fondo) riescono ad affossare un racconto interessante di lovecraft in un filmetto di serie z che nin emoziona tanto piu non fa paura . regna solo la noia piu totale . unico film degno di nota tratto dai racconti di lovecraft rimame il grandissimo re animator( vero capolavoro horror).