Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaMonsters disguised as humans slowly take over the world. A student film crew discovers their existence and captures the terrifying transformation of society through their cameras while on a ... Ler tudoMonsters disguised as humans slowly take over the world. A student film crew discovers their existence and captures the terrifying transformation of society through their cameras while on a road trip.Monsters disguised as humans slowly take over the world. A student film crew discovers their existence and captures the terrifying transformation of society through their cameras while on a road trip.
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This is a frustrating film. The premise, whilst not original, is good, and there are some good moments of creepiness here. But it's let down by some appalling problems in the execution, most notably the cinematography.
Certainly, they were going for a particular style. The protagonists are low-rent documentary film makers, so the whole thing is filmed in a found-footage style. But no documentary film makers would shoot their footage like this; almost every single shot in the whole movie is a tight close-up on someone's face. Literally, from their eyebrows to their bottom lip. I am not exaggerating. There are virtually no mid-shots - there might actually be none - and I only saw one wide shot in the entire film. And during every close up of every face, the camera sways, and goes in and out of focus. It is truly nauseating.
At the very end of the film, there is a wide shot, and it's really effective. But for the rest of the film, all you get are tight close-ups on the face of the person speaking. It doesn't matter whether they're having a group conversation around a table, walking around a room and conversing with people, or running for their lives. It's extremely tight crops the entire way. It must have been shot at 200mm. It is horrible beyond description, and leaves you with no sense of place or geography.
Incredibly, things get even worse when our characters are running around in the chaos, because now we get zoomed in shots of nothingness, out-of-focus blur, and the camera inexplicably exhibits bizarre colour artifacts and other dropped-in After Effects styles, as if the cameras somehow begin to fail if you run whilst holding them, which makes it even more incomprehensible.
Such a shame. They could have invested a few dollars into an old 1970s 28mm lens, and improved this movie immeasurably.
The characters are, I'm afraid, another problem. They're just too stupid to live. Imagine if Brad Pitt, at the start of World War Z, saw that craziness erupt in downtown Philadelphia, and then just shrugged his shoulders and said "well, I'm sure it's nothing". That's this bunch of clowns in a nutshell.
Like I say, this could have been great. There are hints of greatness, but it's all totally spoiled by the awful execution. The thing that annoys me is that it's not a budget issue, but issues that could have been easily resolved at no extra expense.
I also just have to mention one bit where a character has to look out for threats using a smartphone, by taking photos using the flash to illuminate a dark space. Firstly, I'm pretty sure that if a smartphone has a flash, it can be used as a flashlight. You don't need to take photos with your flash, and then wait several seconds for the photo to appear on your screen, you can simply use the torch mode to look for threats. Secondly, they're LED based, and don't make the big build-up whining sound that camera flashguns from the 70s and 80s used to do, something apparently lost on the makers of this film. Bizarre.
Avoid, unless you're a budding film-maker and want to see how not to shoot a movie.
Certainly, they were going for a particular style. The protagonists are low-rent documentary film makers, so the whole thing is filmed in a found-footage style. But no documentary film makers would shoot their footage like this; almost every single shot in the whole movie is a tight close-up on someone's face. Literally, from their eyebrows to their bottom lip. I am not exaggerating. There are virtually no mid-shots - there might actually be none - and I only saw one wide shot in the entire film. And during every close up of every face, the camera sways, and goes in and out of focus. It is truly nauseating.
At the very end of the film, there is a wide shot, and it's really effective. But for the rest of the film, all you get are tight close-ups on the face of the person speaking. It doesn't matter whether they're having a group conversation around a table, walking around a room and conversing with people, or running for their lives. It's extremely tight crops the entire way. It must have been shot at 200mm. It is horrible beyond description, and leaves you with no sense of place or geography.
Incredibly, things get even worse when our characters are running around in the chaos, because now we get zoomed in shots of nothingness, out-of-focus blur, and the camera inexplicably exhibits bizarre colour artifacts and other dropped-in After Effects styles, as if the cameras somehow begin to fail if you run whilst holding them, which makes it even more incomprehensible.
Such a shame. They could have invested a few dollars into an old 1970s 28mm lens, and improved this movie immeasurably.
The characters are, I'm afraid, another problem. They're just too stupid to live. Imagine if Brad Pitt, at the start of World War Z, saw that craziness erupt in downtown Philadelphia, and then just shrugged his shoulders and said "well, I'm sure it's nothing". That's this bunch of clowns in a nutshell.
Like I say, this could have been great. There are hints of greatness, but it's all totally spoiled by the awful execution. The thing that annoys me is that it's not a budget issue, but issues that could have been easily resolved at no extra expense.
I also just have to mention one bit where a character has to look out for threats using a smartphone, by taking photos using the flash to illuminate a dark space. Firstly, I'm pretty sure that if a smartphone has a flash, it can be used as a flashlight. You don't need to take photos with your flash, and then wait several seconds for the photo to appear on your screen, you can simply use the torch mode to look for threats. Secondly, they're LED based, and don't make the big build-up whining sound that camera flashguns from the 70s and 80s used to do, something apparently lost on the makers of this film. Bizarre.
Avoid, unless you're a budding film-maker and want to see how not to shoot a movie.
The plot and the acting were both adequate, and even very good in places. It had intermittent "Us" vibes here and there which were creepy enough. But what really drags my rating for this down is the camerawork.
"There Are Monsters" is what I call "quasi-found footage" - some scenes are supposed to be seen as if through the lens of one of the characters' camera, and for some scenes, it's obvious that no characters are recording it. If it were intended to be a bunch of amateurs, or kids, or anyone else who didn't know what they were doing, the camerawork might be somewhat excusable. But even in the "found" footage, the characters operating the cameras were supposed to be professional cameramen.
My ass they were. The movie was so shaky and blurry in so many places, it really took away from the decent work of the actors. No professional cameraman would produce work like that, even on a job they weren't taking all that seriously. As if that weren't bad enough, they continued the horrible camerawork even in scenes that weren't intended to be "found footage". For instance, the main female protagonist entered a bathroom stall at one point. She was completely alone, no other characters were in the booth to film her. It was a steady picture at some points, but a jumbled, chaotic slurry of motion and digital myopia for the most part. There was no excuse for that.
The only other thing I didn't like about it was the jump scares, but they didn't have more than maybe 5 of those. I just hate jump scares in their entirety, so that might be more of a "me" thing.
Over all, if extremely shaky camerawork doesn't bother you, then I would definitely recommend this for you. Otherwise, I'd give it a pass.
"There Are Monsters" is what I call "quasi-found footage" - some scenes are supposed to be seen as if through the lens of one of the characters' camera, and for some scenes, it's obvious that no characters are recording it. If it were intended to be a bunch of amateurs, or kids, or anyone else who didn't know what they were doing, the camerawork might be somewhat excusable. But even in the "found" footage, the characters operating the cameras were supposed to be professional cameramen.
My ass they were. The movie was so shaky and blurry in so many places, it really took away from the decent work of the actors. No professional cameraman would produce work like that, even on a job they weren't taking all that seriously. As if that weren't bad enough, they continued the horrible camerawork even in scenes that weren't intended to be "found footage". For instance, the main female protagonist entered a bathroom stall at one point. She was completely alone, no other characters were in the booth to film her. It was a steady picture at some points, but a jumbled, chaotic slurry of motion and digital myopia for the most part. There was no excuse for that.
The only other thing I didn't like about it was the jump scares, but they didn't have more than maybe 5 of those. I just hate jump scares in their entirety, so that might be more of a "me" thing.
Over all, if extremely shaky camerawork doesn't bother you, then I would definitely recommend this for you. Otherwise, I'd give it a pass.
First, I like the idea of body snatcher monsters and it was executed very effective in this movie.
The characters, tension building, subtle effects, it all works here... but... what on Earth happened with camera?!
Such a good movie completely ruined by what I can only call amateurish shaky blurry camera work. It's not only irritating, as the story/writing is actually engaging, but also quite uncomfortable to watch. Why oh why, you had it and you blew it completely!
This was the very last movie at Glasgow Frightfest 2015. And quite a good one to end it all.
The bad: This is, I assume for budgetary reasons, a found footage flick. Unfortunately this means quite a lot of shaky cam. Really, really shaky. Way too zoomed in, and shaky. Like, Blair Witch with Parkinson's. I was literally squirming in my seat hoping whoever was filming would just. zoom. out. And ever so often the movie cuts to these just wild zoomed in shaky parts, where you see absolutely nothing but blur. OK, got the bad out of the way!
The Good: The good thing is that not all the filming is shaky, and pretty much all the actors did a good job. The movie was well paced and not boring (even after watching 5 movies before it, as this one was last). The characters are likable, and seem to have pretty good chemistry. There are some laughs to be had, too.
The Scary: This movie actually gave me chills a couple of times! Kudos. Some of the sound effects, and visual effects, are pretty darn creepy. And a couple of the jump scares are very effective. Pretty cool. I especially liked how some of the creepy parts gets you thinking: was that actually a creepy effect, or was it my mind playing tricks on me?
All in all it was pretty entertaining, and very good for a found footage movie. Good movie to see with a couple of friends, if you have those.
The bad: This is, I assume for budgetary reasons, a found footage flick. Unfortunately this means quite a lot of shaky cam. Really, really shaky. Way too zoomed in, and shaky. Like, Blair Witch with Parkinson's. I was literally squirming in my seat hoping whoever was filming would just. zoom. out. And ever so often the movie cuts to these just wild zoomed in shaky parts, where you see absolutely nothing but blur. OK, got the bad out of the way!
The Good: The good thing is that not all the filming is shaky, and pretty much all the actors did a good job. The movie was well paced and not boring (even after watching 5 movies before it, as this one was last). The characters are likable, and seem to have pretty good chemistry. There are some laughs to be had, too.
The Scary: This movie actually gave me chills a couple of times! Kudos. Some of the sound effects, and visual effects, are pretty darn creepy. And a couple of the jump scares are very effective. Pretty cool. I especially liked how some of the creepy parts gets you thinking: was that actually a creepy effect, or was it my mind playing tricks on me?
All in all it was pretty entertaining, and very good for a found footage movie. Good movie to see with a couple of friends, if you have those.
I had fun watching it. Agree with everyone about the camera work. It's ironic how found footage really requires the most camera finesse out of all the horror sub genres. It's a balance that this movie leans a little too heavy in the shaky realm that eliminates some moments that could've been really impactful. Kudos to the special effects team though. Great visceral horror for a low budget film. Story was great too. There's a lot of doppelgänger horror out there but this one felt fresh. Horror is best when the gaps in the story are just wide enough for your brain to fill in the gaps and this had those moments without spoon feeding the plot to people.
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- Curiosidades"There Are Monsters" earned awards at the Atlantic Film Festival for Best Director (Jay Dahl), Best Atlantic Feature, Best Cinematography (Kyle Cameron), and Best Actor (Kristin Langille).
- ConexõesReferences Armageddon (1998)
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