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Color Out of Space
2020 111 min United States of America, Portugal, Malaysia R 16+
★6.7
Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Richard Stanley
🎭 Based on
«The Colour Out of Space»
byH. P. Lovecraft
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Description
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly colour. To their horror, the family discovers this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches—including them.
Budget:
$6M
US Gross:
$765,561
Worldwide:
$1.02M
Starring
Nicolas Cage
Actor
Joely Richardson
Actor
Madeleine Arthur
Actor
Awards
Saturn Awards 2021
— Best Independent Film
Key opinion
Color Out of Space is a polarizing Lovecraft adaptation that effectively captures the source material's unsettling, psychedelic atmosphere despite inconsistent execution. Opinions are sharply divided on Nicolas Cage's performance and the film's tonal balance between genuine horror and unintentional camp.
| Production | The film succeeds in recreating a surreal, Lovecraftian atmosphere through its vibrant use of color and body-horror elements. | |
| Acting | Nicolas Cage's erratic performance oscillates between effective genre-appropriate intensity and distracting, histrionic camp. | |
| Humor | The balance between cosmic horror and intentional humor is handled poorly, leading many viewers to perceive the film as unintentionally funny or nonsensical. | |
| Runtime | The two-hour runtime feels poorly managed, with some finding the slow-burn approach rewarding and others feeling it results in an exhausting, stretched-out slog. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative is criticized for its weak character motivations and failure to properly develop plot threads, leaving the story feeling disjointed. |