We have a packed episode this week. We review the surprisingly good Color Out Of Space, interview the lovely Tara Westwood from The Grudge (2020), and play a new game called "fNICt or fCAGEtion". Hold on to your alpacas, and listen to the latest Horror Movie Talk!

* Intro - (0:46)* Trailer - (7:27) * Synopsis - (10:13) * Review - (11:07) * Score - (17:10) * Spoilers - (25:47) * Final Recommendations - (1:00:32) * Interview with Tara Westwood from The Grudge (2020) - (1:01:43) * fNICt or fCAGEtion - (1:28:53) * Outro - (1:41:01)

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We went and saw a screening of Color Out of Space, and turns out the color out of space…  was purple

Ya don't say!

https://youtu.be/RfYAXMwCpk0
Color Out of Space Trailer

Color Out of Space Synopsis

Color Out of Space is a documentary of a normal Tuesday for Nicolas Cage. Sorry, that’s wrong, it’s actually based off of an H.P. Lovecraft short story of the same name. The film tells the story of the Gardner family living on a remote homestead inherited by the patriarch Nathan, played by the old god, Nicolas Cage. The rest of the Gardeners are the mother Theresa (Joely Richardson), daughter Lavinia (Madeleine Arthur), and two sons Benny (Brendan Meyer) and Jack (Julian Hilliard). 

One night a meteor from SPACE came crashing down into their front yard, and infects the space time continuum with a color that has never been seen before, but is somehow nefarious.

Color Out Of Space Poster

Review of Color Out Of Space

You might be asking yourself… how do you film a story that revolves around the concept of a color that hasn’t been seen before? That’s a good question. I don’t have an answer, but I can tell you that Richard Stanley has somehow pulled it off.

This is probably one of the best depictions of cosmic horror that I have ever seen on film. Not that I have seen many, but this one is actually a really impressive adaptation of HP Lovecraft. It falls in that genre of “Weird Tale” that most recently represented in theaters by The Lighthouse.

There are direct quotations from the source material, and the tone is very Lovecraftian, save for two aspects. 

* It’s set in modern times* It’s not told via a third person recounting of a third person recounting of another third person account.

The parts that are very Lovecraftian are the madness, corruption, ineffective magical rituals, and the scientist that exists only to state that something is beyond science.

The corruption of the land and people happens very gradually, but builds up to a crescendo of sensory overload that is really impressive. It’s a very visually impressive movie and definitely one that you might want to go to high as balls.

Score

9/10