Discarnate

Horror movie about a scientific experiment in an abandoned house using a drug that opens a doorway to another dimension. No shortage of cheap scares here, every few minutes we're seeing ghosts or other horrific images. Some of these are ok, others aren't. In fact we see so much that it becomes boring and predictable after a while. Visually it is ok, sadly let down by a plot that becomes difficult to follow, or even remain interested in. Nadine Velázquez looks pretty hot throughout!

I don't usually write reviews unless I feel very strongly about the movie or I feel the other reviews are mostly nonsense from people who either didn't actually watch, pay attention, or understand the movie. Consider this the latter.

Discarnate was not at all difficult to follow or confusing in any way. If you actually pay attention, as another reviewer pointed out, the characters explain everything that they've set out to do as well as everything happening. Personally I thought the creature was very cool and creepy, however minimalist the overall look was, it was still effective.

The production values were fine. Obviously they didn't have a huge Hollywood budget, but it's far from B/low budget, mostly what you'd expect from an independent film. The cast, many of which are familiar faces to the horror genre, including Bex Taylor-Klaus, Josh Stewart, Thomas Kretschmann, and Chris Coy, all did a fine job with their roles. So while, yes, like 95% of horror films in existence, there were some clichés, tropes, and a stretch in believability from time to time, overall Discarnate was a pretty decent horror flick.

My advice, as with every movie, ignore all the reviews (including mine), watch for yourself, and form your own opinion.

This is one of the absolute worst movies I've seen. People doing an experiment travel to an isolated house. They each take the drug that is developed and then goes off doing their own thing. Very scientific!! The only known actress is scantily clad to lure in that demographic... So many things wrong here!! Avoid!!

This is rated and reviewed as if it were just another throwaway horror film, and it really isn't, so I had to jump in and give my two cents.

Right from the start, the film looks and feels professional and interesting, so with the production values and actors who are, with one exception, engaging and believable, it's easy enough to suspend disbelief and overlook some leaps in logic, small plot holes, and the aforementioned badly miscast actress, and just sit back and enjoy the ride.

There isn't enough gore for diehards, but there is a decent amount of creepy creature features (and a lot of vomiting for no particular reason), so give it a try, it's still much better than it should have been.

The fact that I had never heard about the 2018 horror movie "Discarnate" hardly mattered in my choice to sit down and watch the movie. It being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, much less actually heard about, was sufficient enough to make me sit down and give the movie a fair chance.

Writers Mario Miscione and Marcella Ochoa put together a fair enough script, but I have to admit that for a horror movie then it just wasn't particularly outstanding. Sure, it was a watchable and enjoyable enough movie, but it just failed to stand out among so many other horror movies.

There were a couple of familiar faces on the cast list, such as Thomas Kretschmann, Nadine Velazquez and Josh Stewart. I will say that the acting performances in the movie were definitely good.

The effects in "Discarnate" were good, and that definitely added something to the overall enjoyment of the movie.

Watchable, sure, but ultimately it was a generic and forgettable horror experience. The movie's cover, however, was far more interesting than what the movie turned out to be.

My rating of director Mario Sorrenti's 2018 horror movie "Discarnate" lands on a bland five out of ten stars.