Commentaires des utilisateurs

If you like horror/thrillers, which I do and have seen too many to count, you should give this movie a shot. Above average for the genre and fairly original/creative compared the usual predictable movies churned out. Without any spoilers I would describe it as a 2nd rate "The Thing" except set on a boat/ocean. I only say 2nd rate because The Thing is one of the best horror/thrillers ever made and remains an absolute classic must watch. While this movie is entertaining and fast moving, it's not mind blowing or best of breed so go in with proper expectations and don't get too excited - enjoy!!

Greetings from Lithuania.

I thought from a premise and small budget that "Sea Fever" (2019) is going to be a very small little B horror flick set in one location and with some monster running around which you can't actually see because of how small the budget is. After seeing a movie I was glad that I was wrong. This movie was actually way much better then I thought it will be. It had something more to say then just of being a horror flick. Acting by a young lead was very good - i really liked her character. Also two veterans were very solid. We need heroes like main character of this movie in a real life, when unfortunately now in a real situation with infection in our world you see every day people that act oppositely and take no responsibility in their actions.

Overall, "Sea Fever" is a really good little movie which isn't much of a horror flick but uses that situation to say something more.

If you're going into 'Sea Fever' expecting to see monsters or gore, you will be disappointed. If you're hoping to find a clever horror thriller with substance, this is a good choice.

'Sea Fever' is actually such a well made movie and incredibly relevant with today's Covid-19 pandemic. A young scientist, Siobhan (well portrayed by Hermione Corfield) goes with a fishing trawler to analyze their catch for research. On their way, they are informed the area they are going to is an exclusion zone. However, their boat runs into an unknown object, where it becomes stuck - in the exclusion zone.

What follows is a claustrophobic nightmare episode for the fishermen, and Siobhan, as they discover parasites in their water supply, infecting those who come in contact with the water.

The film features all-round good performances and effective suspense and scares thanks to a clever script and good set-up. The visual effects are subtle, yet highly effective. This is so much more than a horror film. This is a disaster drama set in the confines of a boat. 'Sea Fever' is not what I expected, but surprised me with a thoroughly entertaining movie on a different level. I enjoyed it!

Would I watch it again? Yes.

I usually don't pay any attention to the favorable quotes and exaggerated comparisons to classic films that are often conspicuously printed on DVD-covers, but in case of "Sea Fever" I read one that is fairly accurate. The box proudly exclaims that it's "Cabin Fever" meets "The Thing", and you know what? That description honestly isn't too far off. Obviously the two well-known films are still a lot better, especially "The Thing", but in terms of plot, type of horror monster, and atmosphere "Sea Fever" definitely plays in the same league.

When a deeply superstitious and financially struggling Irish fishermen crew heads into a forbidden zone for fishing, a strange creature suddenly attaches itself to their boat and leaves behind a strange substance. Before the timid and introvert biology student Siobhán can run a proper analysis, crew members are falling ill, and tension aboard starts rising. "Sea Fever" is not a very fast-paced or highly spectacular horror/thriller, but benefices greatly from its thoroughly grim and uncanny atmosphere. The cheap and ramshackle looking fishing boat, in combination with the sober casting and genuine Irish accents, also gives the film a very authentic and persuasive look and feel. The gorgeous Hermione Corfield is excellent as the student outcast amidst a group of diehard fishermen (and fisherwomen!), and writer/director Nessa Hardiman makes very good use of the claustrophobic locations and suffocating ambiance. Of course, I also hoped for the film to contain a bit more action and blood/gore, and the ending is a too bleak and more dramatic than necessary. Nonetheless, a worthwhile film to check out.

Ok, the 2 stars go to...the young lead with the red hair for the tension that she adds in the film and to the cinematography which is almost ok...and that's about it. Waste of time and definitely waste of money making this film. Dreadful, slow pace and plot holes together with average acting...i watched it all but should have known after 20 min that this film just aint gonna cut it...i could have ended up watching something so much better. 2/10

Horror at sea - it's a theme that I always crave, as well as creature features, eco horrors and lovecraftian vibes. Luckily, "Sea Fever" happens to be a bit of all that. There's no denying I had high hopes and some certain expectations which resulted in a bonus side dish of underwhelment, well, whether because of that or the actual flawed nature of "Sea Fever", for it might be a bit better in concept than execution.

A quiet, shy but clever science student Siobhan (Hermione Corfield) is put on a fishing boat to do a marine research assignment, and takes a turn in journey to becoming a heroine as the crew encounter a mysterious and threating sea creature. Very quickly into the movie the viewer can rest assured he's in for a good-looking sea adventure, for it is aesthetically well executed via solid cinematography and subtly beautiful production design and cgi. The boat carries 7 passengers, all of which are painted neatly and realistically, albeit typically. As time passes, a wish for more innovative characters inside such a situation surfaces, eventually the fates of some miss the emotional hit it intends to have. Nevertheless, the cast certainly does a good job, my personal favorite being Ardalan Esmaili.

The first act is the one that, near the end of it, delivers some lovecraftian vibes, as the gooey, tentacly creature comes up from the depths of the sea. From here on, "Sea Fever" makes it known it's not exactly a classic creature feature & becomes more of an eco horror, with some key themes coincidentally very relevant to the current time of an pandemic - our main heroine has to fight for the right decisions in an event of infection and a need for quarantine. The underwhelment distills from the fact that "Sea Fever", during the better part of the second and third acts, struggles to maintain tension and frequently loses the effect of its atmosphere, in process making the pacing uneven and punches - lesser. As far as a fever goes, it doesn't quite manage to rise your temperature that high.

"Sea Fever" doesn't hide its influences & John Carpenter would probably be pretty happy, because, despite all, it stands very much on its own, a smart and handsome thriller that couldn't escape the fate of some bugging flaws. My rating: 6/10

Granted, I hadn't even heard about this 2019 movie titled "Sea Fever" from writer and director Neasa Hardiman before now in 2020 when I was given the chance to sit down and watch it. I was lured in with the promise of it being a mixture of "The Abyss" meeting "The Thing".

Well, that promise was sort of correct in a way I suppose, but not as much as I would have liked it to be. I sat through the movie, and I will say that while the movie definitely is watchable and entertaining enough for what it turned out to be, the movie failed to really win me over. Why is that? Well, simply because there was so much squandered potential to this movie. It could have been so much more than what it turned out to be.

The storyline was nicely orchestrated by writer and director Neasa Hardiman, but sadly what was so nicely built up never really found a climax. There was no peek to the build-ups, which essentially ruined the movie, and left it in the gutter of mediocrity.

The acting in the movie was good, and they had some nice actors and actresses on the cast list. Just a shame that they were limited by a very generic script serving as anchors around their legs.

It should be said that the special effects in the movie were good. And I really enjoyed the underwater scenes with the tendrils. But sadly, good CGI could only do so much to salvage the storyline.

I am rating "Sea Fever" a mere four out of ten stars. And this is hardly a movie that I will sit down to watch a second time, truth be told.

Sadly, there are FAR too many 'Princesses' who fancy themselves 'Movie Critics' these days, so it's often hard to feel inspired to even comment, as the many "reviewers" on here have obviously either NEVER watched the many films they even comment on, or, at best, they fast-forwarded through them. Shut off your brain for 90 minutes and just enjoy a very decent movie. It's a lot better than most of the trash out there getting much higher ratings. Probably a 5.5, but it deserves a 7 for a very professional effort and execution.

A good try for a film that had little or what I am guessing no budget. The acting went off without a hitch. The story a bit streched and the overall finish was just that - finished.

At least the film flowed and go to the point quickly. A pity there were no real explainations as to what the "parasite" was or where it came from.

If you really don't have anything else to watch, then give this film a try. Just don't expect too much.

A half good and half bland 5 out of 10 stars for this film.

This simple horror film takes the age-old fear of the sea serpent, modernizes it, and takes it to new heights. It starts with an unlikely heroine, nerdy graduate student Siobhan, who loves studying oceanography in virtual forms, and has to be pushed to get on a boat and examine it in real life. She finds herself on a small fishing boat, ill at ease with the boisterous crew, who start by exclaiming over the bad luck she, as a redhead, will bring to the voyage. Other seafaring myths and legends are of interest, including one, told to Siobhan by the boat's co-owner, Freya, which becomes relevant to the story. Some of the footage of undersea life not only further the story, but are remarkably beautiful. Siobhan does her best to fit in, and does make a connection with one or two of the crew members. Things take a sinister turn when the ship is impeded by a creature completely unfamiliar to either Siobhan or the crew. The more they investigate, the more dangerous the animal becomes. Suspense builds as the sea creature's intentions and abilities are gradually revealed, Siobhan tries to understand the creature's nature and possible weaknesses, and the crew works frantically to escape or summon help. The director has the sense to keep the monster mysterious as long as possible, adding to the tension. It's a well made, well acted, slow-burning horror story.

It's basically a dull Alien ripoff but without a great monster, lifeless forgettable characters, etc. If you've seen the original Alien or any of the knockoffs, you've seen this a million times. The ending is interesting but getting there is tough. The stakes never feel real. The danger doesn't feel immediate. It isn't exciting. You can easily read what will happen far in advance so you're just sitting there, watching it go through all too familiar beats. It's like Harbinger Down but both are pretty weak imitations of better films. Sorry I was really hoping this would be good.

You like parasites like thaw or the strain this is a pretty good movie for you, you like good acting this has it in some parts, does the murky depths and unknown sea freak you out, check it out. Then again if you like a well written thought out characters, I feel this is where it fails, they never really come to fruition. Seems as if they wanted to make you feel for all of crew but sort of made you feel meh for all, the ending scene made me go like well that's kinda stupid, decisions were lackluster and the ideas came out of thin air. Had me looking at the screen going but why though. But it was still well shot, so if you can give up on some script and just enjoy the dark oceans. Have Fun

The debut feature from writer/director Neasa Hardiman, Sea Fever examines such issues as humanity's disregard for the size of our ecological footprint, the knee-jerk argument that if something hitherto unknown can't be exploited for profit then it should be destroyed, and Mankind's utter insignificance in the face of the wonders of nature. Heavily influenced by Alien: Le huitième passager (1979), L'effroyable chose (1982), and David Cronenberg's body horror films, it could do with some refinement, especially in terms of characterisation, and the dénouement is a little anticlimactic, but Hardiman gets the atmosphere spot on, and overall, this is an impressive debut.

Siobhán (Hermione Corfield) is an all-work-and-no-play doctoral student studying marine biology. A socially awkward introvert, she's not at all happy with she's told that she needs to get practical experience outside the lab and so her professor has organised for her to join a fishing boat. The boat in question, the Niamh Chinn-Óir, is owned by Freya (Connie Nielsen) and captained by her husband Gerard (Dougray Scott), but it hasn't been doing too well recently and money is tight. However, Gerard has been tracking a huge shoal of fish and believes their luck is about to change. Upon sailing, Gerard sees that the shoal has moved into an exclusion zone, but without telling anyone, he too enters the zone. No sooner has he done so when the Niamh hits something and becomes entangled. Investigating the collision, Siobhán is stunned to see huge bioluminescent tentacles arising from the deep and attached to the hull. Back on board, she's thrilled to announce they may have encountered a creature unknown to science, but when it becomes apparent that the tentacles are secreting dangerous microscopic parasites onto the Niamh, the crew find themselves in a fight for survival, where their greatest enemy is one another.

In a post-screening Q&A with Hardiman at the film's Irish première, she said that one of the main ideas behind the story was to offer a corrective for films which demonise or are critical of the scientific method. In this sense, there's a lot more hard real-world science than you might expect, including some fairly detailed discussions of the possible biochemistry of the creature and hypotheses as to why it behaves the way it does. In the latter half of the film, a lot of time is given over to discussions of whether the Niamh should head back to Ireland, with Siobhán trying to make the others understand the devastating ramifications that could result from introducing the parasites into a population centre. All of this doesn't quite position the film in the realm of science-fact, but it certainly helps to lend the narrative a stronger sense of real-world verisimilitude.

Science is also important thematically insofar as one of the main issues explored is that the creature may not be acting aggressively in attaching to the Niamh; it's simply trying to survive, and even the parasites aren't a form of attack. In this way, Hardiman refuses to demonise the creature, and from the moment of its discovery, Siobhán consistently argues that the crew must protect it, which is not what you expect from this type of film. On the other hand, Gerard sees it in more black and white terms; initially as something to be used for profit, and later as something to be destroyed.

Aesthetically, there's a merciful absence of jump scares and, apart from one scene, there's very little gore. Instead, the film's horror elements are based more in the intricate sound design, Ray Ball's production design, and Ruairí O'Brien's cinematography. The three work in tandem to make it impossible for the viewer to ever forget that we're on a ship isolated at sea - from the constant creaking and sound of lapping water to the claustrophobic quarters (the Niamh is so small, it only has four beds) to the handheld and often dimly lit photography that imbues every shadow with a sense of the unknown.

In terms of problems, the most significant is that even given the small cast, there isn't a huge amount of character differentiation, with the Niamh's crew largely interchangeable. One of the reasons films like Alien and The Thing are considered classics is because of how good the character individualisation is - every person in both of those films is a distinct individual with a clearly defined set of character traits. Their traits aren't painted in minutiae, but they are painted in strokes clearly differentiated from the others. The absence of this in Sea Fever isn't as bad as in, say, the laughably bad Prometheus (2012), but it's still very light on individualisation, which makes it harder to care about these people, which makes them feel expendable, a potential death sentence for a film of this nature. Thankfully, it doesn't come to that here, but with just a little more work on the screenplay, the whole film could really have been elevated into something truly special. Another small gripe I have is that the conclusion is pretty anticlimactic; it works very well thematically, but it's a bit weak in terms of drama or tension, and it feels somewhat rushed.

Mixing body-horror with elements of a creature-feature garnished with some eco-friendly themes, Sea Fever is a very enjoyable film and an impressive debut feature. Although its broader genre beats offer nothing we haven't seen before, it still manages to feel like its own thing with its own things to say. It could do with a better balance in terms of the plot/characterisation ratio, but the unexpected focus on science and ecological themes mean it rises above the monster movie clichés you might expect, which should help it to stand out in a crowded field.

SEA FEVER is a nautical horror film about a commercial fishing vessel that encounters a strange creature that attaches itself to the ship's hull. When it finally lets go, the crew discover that it left something behind that could threaten everyone on board.

This is an effective psychological thriller with high levels of paranoia, dread, and doom. Hormione Corfield is very good as the sole scientist on the ship. Her character also seems to be the only one with any common sense. Several illogical and downright stupid decisions are made along the way that only make things worse.

The monster is interesting, but it's role is only to get the terror started, letting the humans take it the rest of the way. The finale is a bit languid, but it fits the somber mood.

Recommended for those who are deathly afraid of the ocean...

This is a suspense film for adults. No big battles with a mysterious sea creature, just a plausible story with realistic characters. The pace is slow and moody, so this may not be for everyone, but I thought it was well written, with good performances and a creepy atmosphere. The visual effects are subtle but effective. The performances are raw and real. The film even takes the time to explain some ancient ocean lore and blends it into the story.

If you are seeking thrills and jump scares, this is not for you. If you enjoy a good story, told with style and thought, you will appreciate this film.

No tension in this recycled Sci-Fi/Horror story. Characters are weak with no depth. Boring almost.

Cinematography and direction is good. The audio is terrible. But like most modern Irish films, it lacks a soul.

Its so/so if your a fan of the genre

The atmosphere is really good, very well acted and there are 2 or 3 scenes really well done. This is a small film and it doesn't have any issue with that, which is good. It also has many cool elements related with superstitions, forbidden places to go and prejudices.

To be fair, I would even rate it better if it didn't include one of my biggest pet peeves in films: a hero/heroine who always do the right thing, always so self-righteous, always ready to put others lives ahead of hers. C'mon, they didn't even try the last solution...

I wanted to like Sea Fever, but it's disappointing and somewhat overrated. It has the advantage of an isolation horror setting and a good cast, but can't rise above the mediocre script. For instance, it doesn't take enough advantage of the suspense that should be relatively easy to build in a movie drawing from Alien and Carpenter's The Thing, and the inherent potential for tension with isolated settings is largely unfulfilled. The plot itself also does not really hang together, with a couple of especially perplexing choices made later in the movie.

For a better take on the subgenre of seafaring creature + isolation horror, check out Harbinger Down (2015), which, despite its own imperfections, is a significantly better movie than Sea Fever. Sputnik (2020), a land-based, winter creature + isolation horror is even better, and a very good horror movie by any standard.

The creators obviously set out to make a movie similar to Alien or The Thing, but centered around a thoughtful scientist instead of an action hero. The result is a slow burn that stands far above similar sci-fi movies but the pacing may not be for everyone. Ultimately I enjoyed the movie but have mixed feeling about the ending. A spoiler free way to put it would be this: not how I would have done it, but true to the character and I'll give points for consistency.

This movie really caught me off guard. A slow start, but it plays out decently. Nothing feels forced, everything is explained to a certain degree, and it's not just "JUMPSCARE HAHA SEE IM A SCARY MOVIE", it's actually well done all things considered. It doesn't try to be something it isn't, it doesn't force character development and low-tier scare tactics down your throat, and it navigate some of these tropes from a fresh perspective. Some of the CGI is a little cheesy, not a super big fan of the ending, but all in all I definitely recommend this to people and watch it again.

7 out of 10, would get thalassophobia again.

This film was such a disappointment, and not for the usual reasons when it comes to horror films these days (low budget, bad special effects, terrible acting etc.). Oh no, this film had an adequate budget and is technically competent. It also had actors who were up for the job. Cinematography is great. It feels very much like an X-files episode, from the time they still invested a lot of money in that show. Also, the premise is interesting. The problem is that the screenplay is badly written. It is needlessly confusing, it fails to generate true terror despite all the elements being in place for scary scenes to be created, and it all ends with a baffling anticlimax. I look at this film and I see a series of missed opportunities for suspense and horror, as well as some interesting character development. A project that was this serious should not have allowed for the effort to be wasted on an unpolished script like this.