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Originally Posted by urgeok2
It's about fun cartoonish characters and big rubber monsters.
Key word = fun.
Not all 'horror' has to be bad-ass hardcore.
I think there should be more like this one - family friendly creature features - a throwback to the 50's sci-fi rubber monster films where the characters actually mattered.
the film is really about Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward's chemistry - without that this film would not have the following it still has today.
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Exactly how I feel about it. Its still a horror movie but as you said a fun, family friendly creature feature.
I think a lot of people, not saying Sculpt and Cheeba, have a narrow view of what horror is.
There's definite moments where it tries to be scary and suspenseful and there's a heavy feeling of isolation throughout the movie. The creatures, despite having a silly name, arent portrayed as goofy and ridiculous, like the spiders in Eight Legged Freaks for example, and there's real fear from the characters.
Not a lovable doofus slacker stoner getting scared to entertain the audience but characters getting really scared.
I agree on Bacon and Wards chemistry. It really made the movie stand out.