Lifeform

Attempting to continue a break-through research project, a scientist at the end of his rope regarding funding for the project is forced to use his wife as a subject when she suffers from a strange disease, yet when the experiment causes her to become a vicious shape-shifting monster she tries to understand what's going on.

This was an underwhelming if still somewhat watchable entry. When this one works the best is with the actual build-up and reveal of what's actually happening to his wife as she undergoes the process. The initial scenes of her coming under the influence of the change with the confrontation at the abusive household or actually discussing the change in her apartment come across as quite important to give this a strong hint of what's going on, and when the latter scene gives way to a full-scale transformation scene in practical effects there's a lot to like here. Given the indie-flavored attacks that are carried out throughout the rest of the film resulting in some solid stalking and ambush scenes featuring tons of nice gore as well as some strong and stylish sleazy sequences, there's far more to like here once this one gets going. There are a couple of issues with this one. The main problem is the film's rather overlong running time that easily could've used some trimming with several issues that don't add much to the running time. There's the beginning showing the exploits at the lab with the scientist cheating on his wife with the assistant, the wife going around trying to keep doing her job while suffering from the physical stress or the banal scenes of the doctors trying to figure out what happened to her during the experiment which all make for a wholly underwhelming beginning to this one. It takes so long before things start happening that there's nothing much going on that keeps it interesting as the plotlines serve it well but take up too much time and stretch the running length out far longer than a story like this is necessary. The secondary storyline about the second patient afflicted with the condition as he had the same procedure could've been removed entirely and not done anything to the story at all being perfect fodder for the possible sequel. There's also the issue of the films' low-budget tendencies coming into play against it at the worst times. The most obvious and apparent is the lighting featured here which is quite dark and renders a lot of the scenes rather difficult to make out which isn't helped by the close-up camerawork and quick-cut editing. Others are just so dark that the effect is ruined by the inept work featured in that setup. As well, there's also the weak CGI featured here that tends to announce itself quite obviously with the inability to really mesh at all with what's going on or featuring the tell-tale halo buzzing around it which isn't natural and adds even more to the scene by not interacting with the rest of the scene. While there's a fun cheesy tone throughout here due to that, there's still the obviousness of the imagery standing out here which all lower this one slightly enough over its positives.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity and sexual scenes.

Couldn't even get past the first 10 minutes. Awful direction, screenplay, and acting.

Seriously every time I was about ready to turn this very terrible movie off a new naked boob filled the screen. Just about every single female in the film exposes her mams at some point. Usually followed by their impending death scene. Sometimes they're only partly nude, sometimes they're fully nude, but always close up and always with the camera lingering just so matter-of-factly.

That (or those, or them) are the only positive thing(s) I can say about this movie. The acting is stilted, the writing is so unmemorable that you forget it as you watch it, and EVERY SINGLE frame of EVERY SINGLE shot in EVERY SINGLE scene contains copious amounts of fake lens flare across the entire screen. And that is not an exaggeration. It is everywhere.

Now I'm only about an hour in and I really don't want to finish watching this, but like I said, every single time I think I'm ready to stop it a new pair of--

Well... No, well okay... now it seems like some weird tentacle hentai mess thing is happening...

...... MY RATINGS SCALE ......

• 1. Reserved for Poorly Produced/Amateur Video Junk
• 2. Utterly Terrible -- 3. Really Bad -- 4. Mediocre --
• 5. Just Okay/Average -- 6. Surprisingly Entertaining (with Shortcomings) --
• 7. Very Entertaining/Good -- 8. Incredibly Good -- 9. Exceptional/Great --
• 10. Reserved for my own Personal Favorites.

Well this was just awful! Probably one of the worst films I've seen in awhile and I gravitate to bad movies. I'd suggest only watching this movie among friends with lots of alcohol, where commentary is encouraged. Actually, no; even that wouldn't make this enjoyable.

Very 1970's grindhouse. Bad acting, cheap effects, cheap peeks at her. Almost a satire on the genre. Certainly a statement. Seen on Tubi, the free streaming site; which has many indie films, and now, live TV.