Synopsis
Wish you were here
A romantic getaway for two troubled college sweethearts turns into a struggle for survival when unexpected guests - and the surrounding environment - exhibit signs of a mysterious infection.
2019 Directed by Jeffrey A. Brown
A romantic getaway for two troubled college sweethearts turns into a struggle for survival when unexpected guests - and the surrounding environment - exhibit signs of a mysterious infection.
The Beach House - Am Strand hört dich niemand schreien!
So there is Good acting👍🏻, Good scenery👍🏻, The water looked amazing with it's vibrant warm colours👍🏻. There is of course the usual white couple👎🏻. With the annoying toxic boyfriend.👎🏻
This movie is kind of like cabin fever meets idk 28 days later. 🤨The Pacing is too slow and the movie it's 1 hour and 20 minuts short and basically it's all talking until minute 51🙄... Nothing exciting happens until minute 51 and what's gonna happen is DISCOSTANG!🤮 it's not that I dont want to spoil. I do I really do I just dont wanna visualise it while typing it. The more that continues after minute 51 the more you want to puke your guts out. It had no business being that disgusting😭
Also Somebody tell me what happened in the end I'm so confused!😩 where Tf she go?
No spoilers but I was bummed this didn't end with everyone peeing on each other.
This is more lovecraftian than the recent Color Out of Space and more along the lines of what I wanted that movie to be—less Lovecraft stereotypes and more emphasis on eco-horror cosmic dread.
I still liked that movie, but I appreciate this just as much if not more—it’s just as effective with less of a budget and never gets too full of itself or drops a million purple/pink/red/blue neon bs that I’m so sick of now. The small, tight cast does a solid job, and the first act setup goes by fast enough so acts 2 and 3 deliver that lurking terror eco-mutation cosmic body horror stuff I dig so much. Cool movie that knows exactly what it is, goes…
gonna give this one credit simply for being another one of these cheap indie dramas masquerading as a genre movie that actually does become a horror movie at a certain point. and that despite the title the horror is not some underlit photography and spooky sounds in a dilapidated house that might be an allegory for some familial trauma or whatever but instead very real, tangible, wet (briefly bodily) horror and a solid build-up of genuinely creepy, cosmic atmosphere implied almost entirely in the images. solid
Very well made slow burn Lovecraftian body horror that just hit all the right notes for me. I loved the setting and I’m ready to start looking for a beach vacation house of my own, preferably somewhere in North Carolina, but I digress.
It takes a little bit to get going, but it has a nice sense of dread while it gets there. Like you just aren’t quite sure exactly what to expect and even though you know something is definitely coming, you aren’t a sure what or where or when and the movie wisely doesn’t really give you a fucking clue until the shit hits the fan.. This worked especially well for me because I didn’t really read anything…
A frightening Lovecraftian horror film about a college couple who went to a beach house, unexpectedly meeting an older couple and a mysterious illness in the process. The film felt like a mixture of A Color Out of Space (2019) and The Mist (2007), with an unidentifiable infection of some sort in the water and a mist that was potentially triggered by human actions. The foreshadowing of what’s to come using an introductory dialogue about astrobiology and the presentation of the other-worldly, slimy creatures are what I think are the highlights of this film. The focus on the four characters, while conveying a story of creatures that are beyond our understanding made me stick until the end, as I try…
Real deal Lovecraftian “we’re all gonna die by the sea” psychedelic horror, practically missing a second act entirely as it shifts from mopey melancholy breakup movie to bulldozing apocalyptic creature feature without any warning at all (though its weird view on edibles feels pulled from a ‘50s drug scare picture). Contains one scene involving an impromptu foot surgery that’s almost vomit worthy. Between this and COLOR OUT OF SPACE, 2020 has become a pretty good year for bleak cosmic horror.
A queasy hybrid of cosmic terror and apocalyptic dread that succeeds solely on the basis of exploring its questions rather than answering them. Considering this is a relatively low budget debut, there’s always an expectation that cheap tricks could be used to distract from the lack of production value, but Jeffrey A. Brown’s crisp direction and use of stark daylight to build a sense of unease is actually quite intelligent. Although it contains some gross-out moments (which are always welcome), it's a surprisingly well-crafted exercise in toying with the power of the unknown to generate chills, further proving that sometimes in the world of horror, the idea of 'less is more' can often prevail.
"How you see the world... it's so different" - Mitch,
- 2020 Ranked: boxd.it/4zdAI
WEED RULE: Don't do edibles with seniors you don't know.
A couple visit a beach house and after A WHILE an infection starts to take over people and the environment around them. I would call this film boring except for some reason I was entranced the whole time... it is slow though for sure. For a low budget film the effects are actually pretty good and fun and the cast does a good job with a dialogue heavy script that could have used some punching up. The reason you watch this film is for the last thirty minutes which are disturbing and fucked up and the above average cinematography, specifically the ocean scenes.
Saw this one yesterday afternoon and wrote it off as a waterlogged Color Out of Space.
And then lying in bed, late last night, I started running some of the more disturbing scenes through my head - the walk into the ocean, the beached jellyfish, the thing in the basement - and a suffocating dread began to creep across me. I wondered how I could’ve ever thought it was a good idea to live on an island, completely surrounded by the cosmic horrors biding their time in the deep. What if my wife rolled over and looked at me with those dead, clouded eyes? And I know I put my laundry away earlier, so what is that dark lump in the…
Creepy story that escalated quickly once it gets going. Toughing out the slow start is worth it. Smart approach that really pays off and leaves you thinking.
The Beach House takes it a while to get going, but once you make it past the first act it gets pretty good. I like how small scale it is and how old school it feels. It definitely reminded me of The Mist meets the Invasion of the Body Snatchers on a small, atmospheric, and very unsettling scale. The ending though was disappointing. I wish we learned more on a broader scale or we got to see just a bit more.
Lovecraftian horror is my favorite horror, this is true environmental terror, plus unrelated to how objectively good this film was and how solid the performances were, Noah Le Gros is so fucking hot.
Loved the atmosphere built and the foot scene but ultimately, I feel it fell flat by the end.
By-the-numbers killer algae horror with committed performances, let down by its shoestring budget and murky special effects.
The back half of this movie is what really shines. Not to say the first half isn’t great but there is a weird lead in with trying to introduce the characters and having a them try and have a reason to care for each other. And a reason they’re all there. The effects are great especially the few practical ones. One to scratch that cosmic horror itch.
1. Why is main guy always wet? Sup with that?
2. Why introduce air take, for only one scene? It's a smart idea, why waste it?
3. Why did the worm go in her foot? What's that all about?
4. Why did older man go in the sea? He hasn't even turned yet?
5. What's that ending all about?
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