A Horror Film Blog

 A frustrating missed opportunity to do something awesome. There are some tropes that never get old, in my humble opinion.  One of the oldest, most over-used yet evergreen is the one about the squad of tough-as-nails  (or, less often smart-as-fuck scientists) who have to investigate a Terribly Mysterious Happening and discover Things Man Was Not Meant To Know that eats their faces before the Plucky Final Guy / Girl blows it up or flushes it into space or whatever.  Love it.  Any film like that is almost guaranteed a sympathetic viewing - and (weirdly) the closer they stick to the template the better they mostly are.  Mostly. Milena Radulović spends almost the entire film looking various sorts of bad ass. Which is what makes Superdeep disappointing.  In theory, it should be among the greatest of such films - it is essentially The Thing and Aliens and a bunch of lesser genre examples ( Leviathan , Ghost Ship , Event Horizon ) stuck into a blender and ...

The Sadness is certainly topical.  Indeed, a Taiwanese film about a virus causing havoc might strike some as "Too soon, Taiwan, too soon."  But they did it.  Taste and decorum don't matter.  The best time for 'thoughts and prayers' isn't after a high school shooting.  It's never.  Making a film about Covid sorry 'Alvin Virus' is only wrong if they do it badly.  So, did they? The film does a lovely job of introducing our main characters, the carefree Jim and his more goal orientated girlfriend, Kat.  They wake up together, sleepily affectionate (though far more groomed than anyone waking up from a genuine sleep has any right to be.) Treasure these moments, guys!  The next few hours will be rather tough on Jim and Kat Blissful harmony does not last.  They bicker about Jim's failure to remember a holiday Kat had scheduled for them.  All the time, we're aware of warnings about the spread of 'Alvin Virus' - harmless enough just now but ...