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I am a red-blooded horror fan, I like 'em all. This was a solid mid-tier movie but boy, was it depressing. The kids in peril in this movie are not the same as the kids in peril in, for example, It Chapter One, who are (with one obvious exception) redeemed. The poor kids in this one are downtrodden, damaged and real victims to the bitter end - and the adults aren't any better. Overall it's dark, desperately sad, and there's not much in the way of redemption for anyone beyond the temporary. Lucas is just so world-weary at the age of 12, you want to pluck him from the screen and give the blighter a hug and a cheeseburger. I did get it, I do dig it, but it's an instant trigger for depression. Abandon hope, then stick on Harold and Kumar.

Julia Meadows (Keri Russell) is a recovering alcoholic and school teacher in remote Oregon. She is estranged from her sheriff brother Paul Meadows (Jesse Plemons). One of her students, Lucas Weaver, is getting bullied. She tries to connect with the child who is showing some disturbing signs.

The opening text threw me off and the story is a bit muddled. I do like the dark atmosphere and the overall creepiness. I like the monster designs. The story may have a few too many elements. Some simplifying could be helpful.

I'm somewhat of a fan of Mr. Cooper. Especially his last movie Hostiles made me really appreciate his movies. Even if his works aren't masterpieces I'm more intrigued to watch one of his movies instead of something completely generic. He feels like someone that truly wants to tell a story what sometimes works and sometimes doesn't.

With Antlers I'm really ok the fence as we have some decent ideas that could make maybe not the most creative horror flick but something enjoyable. I just feel like a lot of the plotpoints were handled so poorly that it left me quiet bored for a huge part of the movie. So often I just asked myself why this was written the way it is.

Not many characters here feel like they make rational decisions and stuff just happens so we can get to the next scene in the script. The climax doesn't really feel like it was deserved and the monster acts really inconsistence at times. It felt like they should have done a better job setting up the lore about it which is weird as a huge chunk of the movie is just build up.

The acting is fine. It feels like the script didn't really give them a lot to work with. Character interactions feel rather stiff at times and could've used a bit of warmth to them.

Something I have to praise the movie about are the special effects. It reminded me a bit of the Thing, even though there is still a huge difference, but with both movies I felt really uncomfortable at times looking at a corpse or such. So good job for that.

We are also awarded with some nice looking shots. They made a good job of using the area they shot in to their advantage.

So all in all a slightly above average horror movie that just feels rather sloppy with it's execution at times and could have definitely been better just having the core setup in mind.

I wouldn't say you need to see this in the theaters. Just wait until it's streaming somewhere and watch it then if you're really interested.

When I saw that this title was available to stream on HBO MAX, I wasted no time in sitting down to watch it. I remember seeing the trailer for it well over a year ago and being genuinely excited. Any new high budget film in the horror sub-genre stirs my curiosity, and especially one like this where hardly any details about the plot or story line were revealed in the trailer.

The initial thing that caught my eye about Antlers was the gorgeous landscape around where it was being shot. A sense of isolation was also present in the remote part of Canada where filming took place. Feeling isolated and alone almost always will make a horror movie scarier to the viewer.

Antlers had more type of feel to it than straight up horror which to me was fine. It was not what I was expecting going into the film, but to be fair, I had done no research beforehand. The horror elements do shine through at times, however. There are no jump scares or anything of that nature. But the violence and gory at times are definitely real and remind you this is no PG fairy-tale you are watching. Fantasy horror is not typically my thing, though if anyone can do it right, it sure is Guillermo Del Toro.

The pacing was my favorite aspect of Antlers. Lulls can be a killer to a horror flick, and this was no issue for this film. If nothing else, you will be entertained for 100 minutes. I gave Antlers a 6/10 overall. The acting by both adult leads, Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons (who is always a shoe-in for a great performance) were solid and probably even above expectations for most movies of this genre. Lucas (Jeremy T. Thomas), was also surprisingly effective for someone his age. This film further proves that director Scott Cooper will almost make an engaging piece of cinema, and that having Del Toro on your team is never a bad idea.

Steeped in dark, grim & brooding atmosphere yet failing to capitalise on it to fully realise its ambitions, Antlers begins on a promising note but it doesn't take long for the film to devolve into a frustrating slog. It tries to be too many things yet doesn't have the discipline or clarity to deliver the desired goods. There is plenty it wants to say yet has no idea how to articulate it right.

Co-written & directed by Scott Cooper (Black Mass), the story does create the right sort of intrigue with its foreboding mystery but the human drama that unfolds is not only bland but also inauthentic. Cooper is unsure of what road to take and plays with several ideas hoping some would somehow stick. The balance between its genre elements is off, and the themes aren't properly handled either.

On the plus side, the creature design, gore effects & moody camerawork is worth a mention but the plot & characters don't have that gripping quality to it that would make us care. Still, the actors do what they can to make the journey worthwhile but it doesn't amount to a lot in the end. The problem lies with the script itself that required more fine-tuning to figure out its identity and what themes to address or discard.

Overall, Antlers strives to be a supernatural horror rooted in indigenous folklore, an allegory about unresolved trauma, drug addiction & child abuse, and also an environmental parable, all at the same time, yet falls remarkably short on nearly all fronts. Its premise had potential but its execution is dry & directionless, thus resulting in a tedious & disappointing genre fare that in an effort to say several things ends up saying nothing at all.

It starts off a little slow. Packs a punch the rest of the way. I enjoyed the atmosphere and the mythology of the movie. Not too many movies have Native American Folklore in them. It's better than the cheesy horror movies out now. If you're looking for something different in the horror genera, I definitely recommend.

Antlers nails the setting and mood, using Oregon as a back drop for this slow moving film about a school teacher (Keri Russell) who begins to investigate one of her students disturbing art. While the acting is strong, and there are some basic elements of horror that work, overall the movie is a lot less than the sum of it's parts.

While the movie sets up a strong base for a creepy story, the film does very little with it. We are treated to cliche soup, including creepy kid with art book, 'powerless' authority figures and even the hints of past tragedy to try to add layers to the characters.

In the end, the film falls back into the same patterns of all mediocre horror films, and putters out without much impact.

This movie takes itself very seriously, and wants you to as well. Unfortunately, other than some good elements of mood and solid acting there isn't much here.

I just left the theatre after seeing antlers, firstly I will say I enjoyed the film very much. Being my favourite genre, I think it's important to appreciate when a team of talented filmmakers comes together for a foray into horror. That is very much on display here; antlers is a very well made movie, with excellent performances top to bottom, a dreary score, brilliant visuals, and some truly incredible practical effects. It makes most mainstream horror seem extremely tame by comparison as well.

That being said, I was so excited when I first saw the trailer for this movie, and have had so long to hype it up in my own mind, that nothing could have lived up to my expectations by the time it released. I feel this will be the case for many others too.

All said and done, antlers is an excellent movie and a must see for fans of the horror genre, especially creature horror. It delivers on the effects, gore, and scares.

I think most viewers will find things they enjoy as well as criticisms with this movie. The problems include overused tropes, ridiculous character decisions, and not enough originality. The story tries to introduce too many themes without making any of them really necessary to the narrative. On the plus side, there are some nice visuals, well done effects, and a fair amount of nasty stuff to look at. I did not regret watching it, but I don't expect to revisit it either.

First off, this movie is breathtaking. Every time I see the Pacific Northwest, I know my heart belongs there. Well, if there aren't any creatures with antlers lurking about.

While I disagree with many of the choices these characters made or didn't make, I loved the acting, story, pacing, mood, score and throwback to older small-town creature-features. It's story kinda overwhelming with how much is going on and it's kinda an easy ending, but it's definitely worth it all.

One of the most story-developed teachers ever on screen takes probably way too much interest (not sexual) in one of her students. In this case, it checks out as this boy is wildly in trouble. You see, his dad's sick and on a scale of 1 being Chicken Noodle soup to cure him to 100 being a nuke, he's probably close to 75. 75-80.

My mouth was agape half the time for how gorgeous this movie looked. I also loved the complex story and yearned for more as so little was given to us at a time. The practical effects were fantastic and despite barely seeing the creature, I was okay with that. What I was given and when was just fine for me.

I would've liked a little harder ending, but I'm okay with it. Passionately approved by me and go ahead and watch it with Malignant. They're not similar in stories, but they are in tone and atmosphere.

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Final Thoughts: I swear Jesse Plemons is Matt Damon's own Chris Penn.

Good Setting, Cut, Soundtrack and Camera, but a wasted Story-Progress.

No Tension and No Character-Build-Up lead to a overall mediocre Horror-Flick.

A shame😥 the Body-Horror-Scenes and Creature-Effects are very well done👍 But in the End, it doesn't come close to Budget-Equals like "Mama", "Sinister", "Clown".... ...maybe i waited a bit to long for this Movie Here in Europe😉

One of the better horror movies from this year, that's how I would qualify Antlers. There's a dark ambiance hanging over this movie for the entire duration, some good creepy moments, an interesting story that hasn't be done countless before, and also some good acting from the entire cast, even from the kid actors. The young Jeremy T. Thomas had quite a big role and he was very convincing. Keri Russell (that I loved in the brilliant series The Americans) is a good actress and she nailed it again here. Antlers is the kind of horror movie with a story and a title that don't sound very appealing but that turned out to be more than okay.

It has the atmosphere and the cinematography for a good horror film. It just doesn't have a good story. It's kind of like a delicious treat consisting entirely of empty calories. I forgot about the film soon after the end credits. I literally had to look it up on IMDb the next day to write my opinion on it today because it was so forgettable. I can swear Jesse Plemons played the same character on multiple recent films.

Anyway, It was a letdown. I thought it would be better as the film progressed. But it does not.

Boring. I was anticipating this movie for a while. Finally got to see it. Had no idea what the father was doing in at the mines. Evidently was packing up a meth lab? Was quite boring. Didn't give enough away throughout the film. Even in the last 20 minutes I was not satisfied I knew the villain. Producer took the cheap route by developing the concept of an antagonist rather than manifesting much of one. Raw gore doesn't make a good horror story.

LED police lights are damaging enough in real life, I don't want to pay to go watch them for 15 minutes. Movies shouldn't use them.

I'll never watch this movie again. The movie poster is the only good thing about the entire project.

Though the first, 2019 trailor was extremely promising, the movie didn't meet the expectations. A great trailor doesn't make a great movie. Poor script with reaseonable acting. No thriller, no horror and extremely forgettable.

"Antlers" follows Julia, a recovering alcoholic who has returned to her hometown in rural Oregon and moved into her childhood home to be with her brother, the town sheriff. Upon accepting a job as a teacher at the local elementary school, she soon takes notice of one of her students, Lucas, whom she suspects is living in an abusive home--however, the secret Lucas is harboring is much more complex.

I am not someone who typically loves creature features or monster movies (whether they are woven with folklore or not), so I was not sure how I would take to this film, despite it appearing to have high promise. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by it. While it does veer into full-fledged creature horror in the last act, it also has a number of other interesting things happening in it--there is a subtext of drug addiction and child abuse at the core of the story, with the Native American Wendigo tale functioning as a means of exploring this theme. It is a unique idea, though the theme does feel as though it is somewhat half-baked, almost as though the screenwriters were unsure of how to thread it all the way through. A glaring example of this is the shared history of abuse between Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons' characters, siblings whose father was obliquely abusive--there are numerous references to this, and the abuse seems to weigh heavy on them, but the history is never fully fleshed out.

Where the film is far better-realized is in its cinematography and atmosphere, which is dense, mossy, and almost rotten-feeling. Its bleak visuals match its themes, and the Pacific Northwest setting is dreary and effective. Solid performances from the entire cast also help boost the film, with Russell and Plemons giving outstanding performances, as well as Rory Cochrane, Graham Green, and Amy Madigan providing equally fantastic supporting performances. Furthermore, the special effects are high-caliber and effective, without veering into absurd CGI territory--the creature appears truly menacing, and the violence disturbing.

Overall, "Antlers" is a solid, well-acted, and well-shot film, and certainly one of the best horror films of 2021. While its themes do feel underdeveloped at times, they still remain profound, and the film is characterized by a bleak, dense atmosphere that is hard to shake off. 8/10.

I was totally hyped for this flick for 2 years since I had heard that Del Toro and Scott Cooper is working on a wendigo horror. After waiting so long I finally watched it and....now I'm a bit disappointed. Scott Cooper wanted to make a drama, Del Toro focused on the horror elements but eventually none of these genre aspects could prevail. What a pity. This movie could have been much better with more care. I've learned my lesson, never be hyped for a movie anymore.

This movie was quite surprising to be fair, I was expecting a typical horror with the basic format of scare here and there with a cliche ending, but no this creature feature is actually quite unique with very interesting themes about trauma and abuse and has great parallels between the two main characters. The effects were pretty good and the creature looked really good when it's finally revealed. The acting was solid even the kid actors weren't bad at all. The score was pretty cool and fit the creepy vibe of the film. Not too long and not too short of a film, perfect length for these sorts of films as they drag on if they're too long and feel bogged down with exposition. Not much to say really about this one. Just a solid horror, go see it!