Dark Gods - Die dunkle Seite der Götter

I was initially lured in by the promise of the Elder Gods, so I believed this movie to perhaps be based upon some Lovecraftian theme. So I sat down and watch the 2018 movie titled "Black Site" by writer and director Tom Paton.

Well, this movie wasn't all that and a bag of potato chips. In fact, the storyline was horribly mundane. Nay, it was downright boring and uneventful. So it was a major disappointment to sit through the movie, especially because it proved to be not very entertaining.

It should be said that the movie delves somewhat into a Lovecraftian theme, for sure, but without it actually being set in the world that Lovecraft created with his Mythos. So that was a little bit of a shame. And while the movie does focus somewhat on Elder Gods, it was merely an entity taken form in the guise of a mortal man. Yeah, talk about it being anti-climatic, but of course this was cost efficient. But wait, there is an Elder God about, a very Cthulhu-like being that you see in the distance throughout the movie (the same shot I bet). But this god-like creature serves absolutely no purpose to the story.

And while we are on the topic of the story. Wait, what? This was abysmal, and it felt like it was something written by the hand of a 10 year old whom just started to read Lovecraft and wanted to make up his own story. It was just that stupid.

The movie makes very little use of acting performances, because there isn't the need for any proper or convincing acting, apparently, throughout the entire movie. Well, I can hardly blame the actors and actresses, because they virtually had nothing to work with in terms of script, character or dialogue.

Do yourself a favor and don't get suckered in like I did. Some of us suffered through this movie so you don't have to.

"Black Site" scores a mere three out of ten stars, solely because of the CGI and the theme of the movie. Everything else was just not worth the effort.

So much potential. I love the idea but it was not executed well. I think it needed a more experienced director / producer team. I do think there's potential with these guys though.

Or whatever you want to call them. Other dimension beings? Now I really didn't think too much while watching this. This is supposed to be fun. And for the budget they had, this is pretty decent. Suspense is high, effects are pretty good (again always considering the budget restrains), script seems decent and acting is ok too.

If you fancy this kind of movies, you will have fun. It's a bit of a throwback to a time when the 80s ruled, when you had stock characters, puns around almost every corner and many other things. Nothing special overall, but a fun little movie that will work for some more than for others

Yet another alien and spaced movie, and if this were to be the reciept how to get rid of space aliens, or elder gods as they call them in this flick, then mankind would have been doomed,both vertically and horizontally.

its a daft dum,silly and extremely empty story, with a bunch of humans in a secret site inside a mountain(probably a closed factory building) somewher in great britain, were the do contain, and deport every elderly god the can catch. where they deport the are hard to say,but to an eclipsed sun might be a good suggestion.

acting are so cheap and amateurishly done,and nearly made me feel sick. there are some well choreographed fights after 35 minutes in the flick, but thats the only bright moment. the special effect are made on windows paint, and the story must have been found on a london underground lavatory wall, because its either a madmans work or the biggest fraud in recent british history, called''black site''. its dark smokey and greyish, its supposed to be militant, but that is on a millimeter scale. the score are terrible, and like its shuffled in from another movie with a different story and plot. howcome choice of film music and and original score made as bad as this is a mystery for me.have a look an' liten, do you feel any sensations of suspence or action with this kinda score???!

this was really a painfilled, bad try of making a independent sci-fi-movie,and will not be rewatched by the grumpy old man. so as the video killed the radio star,this film bears all signs of newbieness to the tip of your fingernail. a weak 2 and not recommended

So, not great film as the low budget definitely keep production values to a minimum. The mythos background of the film definitely was worth the making. Unfortunately, all that backdrop doesn't make for a great film. Too bad as it has a mildly interesting subtext.