Crawlspace - phantom threat
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Crawlspace - phantom threat |
| Original title | Crawlspace |
| Country of production | Australia |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Justin Dix |
| script |
Eddie Baroo , Justin Dix, Adam Patrick Foster |
| production |
John Finemore , Justin Dix, Nicholas Sherry |
| music |
Jamie Blanks , Jamie Murgatroyd |
| camera | Simon Ozolins |
| cut | Dave Redman |
| occupation | |
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Crawlspace - Phantom Menace (Original title: Crawlspace ) is an Australian science fiction - action - horror film with splatter elements from 2012 . The film , filmed in Melbourne , Victoria , is the feature film - directorial debut of the Australian Justin Dix . First shown at various international festivals in October 2012, the film was released in Germany on December 6, 2013 as a DVD and Blu-ray version. The reviews varied, but on average they were positive.
action
Shortly after the underground military research facility Pine Gap in the Australian outback sent a distress signal, contact with the outside world is completely broken. Since there is talk of escaped prisoners, but it is not clear to those responsible whether it is a serious incident, a special unit led by officer Romeo is dispatched to evacuate the stuck scientists and liquidate possible dangers . Having penetrated the complex, the well-rehearsed team noticed after a short time that, in addition to simple research work, experiments were carried out on humans and animals that were completely out of control. Pressed and attacked by hostile research objects, the group came across an amnestic woman a little later , whom Romeo identified as his wife Eve, who had actually died years ago. He decides to free them from the facility at risk of their actual mission - given a newly emerging, seemingly supernatural power that makes their presence in the facility clear, a potentially unattainable and at the same time deadly project ...
reception
Crawlspace - Phantom Menace was largely received positively, but mostly only given average ratings. Are praised z. B. fresh approaches compared to other works of the genre and the dense, sometimes claustrophobic atmosphere. The very one-sided storytelling and the lack of suspense are criticized in the same breath . The program magazine TV Spielfilm gave a symbolic "thumbs to the side" and judged: "In his feature film debut , effects specialist Dix creates a somewhat claustrophobic atmosphere, but the tension remains on the crawl."
"The focus is clearly on action and violence, well-thought-out storytelling and sophisticated character drawings are not to be observed. 'Crawlspace' has certainly not reinvented the wheel of horror action, but at least it uses the tried and tested. That's enough to fill almost an hour and a half with undemanding entertainment. "
On kino.de one writes: “Confidently crafted with surprising twists, it starts like ' Resident Evil ', meets ' The Descent ', but then becomes something completely different, not bad either."
“For his debut Crawlspace, Justin Dix takes familiar ingredients from comparable films and turns it into a decent science fiction thriller with plenty of action. The idea behind the Australian strip is interesting, but later it becomes quite interchangeable. "
Web links
- Crawl Space - Phantom Menace at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Crawlspace - Phantom threat in the online film database
- Crawlspace - Phantom threat on the website of the distribution company Universum Film
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Crawlspace - Phantom Menace . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2015 (PDF; test number: 139 619-a V).
- ↑ Crawlspace - Dark threat on tvspielfilm.de
- ^ V. Beautifulmountain: Crawlspace - Phantom threat: Is there something lurking? In: dienachtderlebendentexte.com. December 6, 2013, accessed September 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Crawlspace - Dark threat on kino.de
- ↑ Oliver Armknecht: Crawlspace - Phantom Menace. In: film-rezensions.de. December 15, 2013, accessed September 25, 2016 .