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Cold Skin (2017)

2017 | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi

106 mins France Spain

Franco-Spanish horror-drama (made in English), based on the novel by Albert Sanchez Pinol. During the First World War, a young man seeks refuge on a remote island to man a weather station. However, he finds the seas around it are home to aggressive fish-like humanoids and he and the local lighthouse keeper are thrown together in a nightly struggle for survival. But who are the real monsters...?

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Director Xavier Gens
Writer Jesús Olmo and Albert Sanchez Pinol (novel)
Cast Ray Stevenson, David Oakes (III) and Aura Garrido
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Dork_knight74 (881 KP) rated

Aug 12, 2019  
Cold Skin (2017)
Cold Skin (2017)
2017 | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
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This was a strange one. The acting was decent and the cinematography was good. The effects of the creatures was pretty cool, too. The story was just weird. Couple of guys on an island in 1940 running a lighthouse and fighting off what seem to be "mer-people". It was definitely unique. Plenty of action but not super fast paced or anything. The ending was ok but left a lot of unanswered questions. Overall this one is interesting enough to keep your attention. Not too scary for kids or anything, either. Worth a watch.
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Awix (3310 KP) rated

Jun 18, 2020  
Cold Skin (2017)
Cold Skin (2017)
2017 | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
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7.0 (6 Ratings)
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Polished European genre movie is one of those films that suggests you can be a bit too thoughtful. Young man arrives on a remote island, uninhabited but for a dissolute old curmudgeon of a lighthouse keeper; he will be here for a year and is not delighted to learn that every night the place is swarming with fish-men wanting to kill him. He and the other man form an alliance, complicated by the presence of a female creature (hey, we all get lonely, I guess).

Ultimately yet another raid on H.P. Lovecraft, even down to some of the dialogue, but the movie cops out when it comes to the bleakness and existential despair. Not quite as weird as The Lighthouse, with which it shares a number of similarities, but still fairly hard work: it's fine to be high-minded and serious, but the glacial pace and lack of emotional range in this film is a problem. Looks good, but then again so what: it's a truly exceptional film that doesn't, these days. In the end it's okay but I was looking at my watch a lot towards the end.
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Tim McGuire (301 KP) rated

Apr 20, 2020  
Cold Skin (2017)
Cold Skin (2017)
2017 | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
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7.0 (6 Ratings)
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421. Cold Skin. A pretty kick ass creature feature. Strange and bizarre, I loved it. Welcome to a tiny island located in the Antarctic Circle, and today arrives the new Weather Observer, I guess it's exactly as it sounds. He's supposed to be replacing the old Weather Observer, but he's nowhere to be found, so he heads on over to the light house to meet the islands only other inhabitant, Gruner, the light house keeper, he's like 'he went out one night, never saw him again'. No help there, so Friend heads to his new place, oh yea that's how Gruner refers to the Weather Observer. His sets up his cottage to his liking, and then night comes, and with it comes a scratching at the door, a banging at the window, someones on the roof, and a webbed hand reaching under the door! Friend dives into a cellar protecting himself for the night. Once daylight hits, Friend heads over to Gruner's and he fills him in, yea that happens most nights, and he seems to be ok with it, after all he is played by The Punisher, Ray Stevenson! The two come to work together in a very uneasy alliance, after all it turns out Gruner has a roommate, one of the local inhabitants, only this one is female, and they're close... Friend comes to the conclusion of, maybe the creatures are coming for her, Gruner is like, there's the door. So each night, creatures from the deep come and attack the lighthouse for... reasons? Probably not a movie for everyone, however, if you like them on the oddball side check it out!! Filmbufftim on FB.
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