Monday, January 26, 2026

Shudder Day: Ash (2025)

 After a Film that seemed to change Genres as it reached its climax, why not a Film that is consistent.

It is still weird as hell, of course, and it is...

Riya wakes up on a Ship doing Deep Space Colonization.

She remembers her friends and fellow Astronauts...but where are they?!?
As she discovers bodies, she gets flashes of images...memories.

Can she be sure what is going on?
Things escalate when Brion (Aaron Paul) shows up.

He keeps trying to get information from her and she is barely able to remember anything.

They need to know why everyone else died!
She starts to remember more...and it's not great.

Her fellow crewmates being killed...after going crazy.

She learns how one of them died before and things got even worse.
Can she make sense of things?
Can she get the answers and survive?

Are you tired of the color red yet?
In the 3rd Act, the truth finally comes out.

I... obviously won't SPOIL that for you right now.

To find out the crazy, stream it now.
A weird Film that does require a bit of patience.

There's always an Audience for a certain kind of Film.  Finding it is the key aspect here.

In this case, you need to be a fan of Slow Burn Horror and Crazy Sci-Fi.  If you qualify, this is for you!

The Film builds and builds to a strange finale involving multiple fights, fire and elective surgery.  No context for you!

Ash has a nice, synth score and lots of moody lighting.  It always feels *off* and the whole package really works.

Once I just embraced the weirdness- remember that its Director did a strange segment in VHS 99-, I enjoyed this one quite a bit.
The Movie has a weird, Indy sort of feel, which is amplified by having- no offense- a less famous Cast than originally planned.

Ash is definitely for many of you.  Just don't judge it by the, you guessed, Fake AI Trailer Image.
Not even close, Skynet!

A Film that builds in tension, atmosphere and mood lighting.  Once it is all laid out, you get some crazy fun!

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