Absolutely Fantastic

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This review has potential spoilers. Suffice to say, it is still a very creepy film after nearly 30 years, and you need go no further than that.I read some of the negative reviews about this movie, and about the acting, and I just sort of shake my head. They are missing one of the key aspects upon which this movie stands: disbelief. And it's also the same reason why you can watch this film maybe 40 years later, and it would probably still creep the livin' h*ll out of you.Indeed, it starts a little slow. The music Carpenter adds for the non-dialog scenes builds a very thick sense of dread. But it's when they get the graduate students is where this film gets legs. The students and the professors, all of whom are very scientific and rational people, are asked to analyze something that only lives in what modern Man thinks is nothing more than Dark Age superstition. Yet, the green goo is there, in all of its horrible glory. Moreover, not only are they asked to PROVE that this is evil incarnate, but find a way to stop it. And their reactions reflect their basic struggle to come to grips of what they are seeing.And yet, Carpenter's sound track rolls on. It really does give you the creeps.And that's the genius of the film: the fact that the security of modern thinking has just been ripped away in one fell swoop, and you're staring straight into a chapter or two of Revelations of John, in the flesh. And you're trying to turn it all back with test tubes and computer print-outs. Even early in the film you get the impression that this isn't going to end well.And then there is the dream sequences that lengthen as the movie rolls. This is also key to the movie, for reasons that I won't explain because it is a potential spoiler.To that end, this is a film whose premise is to turn Christianity on its head. For those of faith, this is a bit of an issue. I personally put that aside - it's a horror film, and a flight of fancy. All in all, this film is best experienced in the dead of the night, in a darkened room, alone. That you'll get it.The last scenes in the movie are undoubtedly the best.

I was really disappointed by this one, I thought it was dull, predictable, cliché and overall a little messy, however, its still mostly enjoyable, its well made and interesting enough for me to give this a good rating but I wish it was better.I don't know why, but for the longest time I thought this was a vampire movie, I wasn't really sure but the title sounded like a vampire film, but I digress.John Carpenter is usually pretty consistent with the quality of his movies I don't know what happened in this one, not even Donald could elevate this. Its not a horrible movie, like I said, its well made and has lots of interesting elements that I wish were fleshed out more, it has the potential to be a really great movie.I like a few characters and the special effects were really good, it was nice seeing Alice Cooper, I also like the atmosphere.I cant say its bad, but I cant say its great, its good, but I was expecting more from Carpenter, I guess it just needs to grow on me.

I guess when the creative juices are flowing, you've just got to roll with it. But this movie is beyond awful. The entire movie has this lame synth beat playing that kills any sense of tension. The characters are all boring, and the acting very wooden. The creature effects are awful too, with "super soakers" basically being the enemy's most lethal weapon. Also I have never heard so much exposition in a movie. Literally every other scene is a professor explaining what's happening, and what's about to happen. When you have to resort to that, the movie shouldn't even be made. Audiences she be able to understand just through a more fleshed out story and better film making.It's a decent concept, but when pen met paper I have no idea how someone okay'd this. I guess Carpenter just had that much sway at the time.Do yourself a favor and skip this pile of trash. This is the kind of trash that shows up on sci-fi or adult swim at 3am, but it's not even funny, or bad on purpose.

The film start with a reasonably interesting premise (if not particularly original). There are a few interesting parts but mostly it was quite predictable and boring. To give credit where credit is due, the special effects are not bad considering a 1980's film and a low budget... but that's just not enough, your waiting the whole movie for the key ploy to unravel and then then when it finally does its soon removed in a highly predictable and just outright lame fashion. The acting was on the whole nothing to write home about either, not terrible, but no golden globe awards here that's for sure. This movie simply doesn't bring much that's new, its a very stereo- typical 'cliché 80's horror film, fairly gory to try give some cheap thrills to compensate for a lack of complex plot and ideas of where to take the story since the initial premise'. if you like cliché gory 80's horror films, then maybe this review is not one you should take into consideration, but if you are like me and enjoy horror, but expect every movie to truly be original to a reasonable extent and horrify in ways other that cheap lame gore, then ask me for a recommendation.