Shudder Sunday: Color Out of Space (2019)

 A busy week won't keep me from my obligations.  Here's a look at a reason I first got Shudder...and took until now to finally watch.

I hope you like purple...

A lovely, modern Family- Cage, his Wife, his young Son, his Teenage Son and Daughter- have a normal life until a strange meteorite crashes.

Based on the coloring, I'm going to guess that it was from Planet Prince.

There's some implied drama involving the Mayor (on the right) wanting to own the land and a Hydrologist (on the left) trying to get friendly with the daughter.

They have him wear a Miskatonic University T-Shirt the whole Film, but never draw attention to it.  Nice.

The meteorite vanishes before the News can cover it, but it has actually relocated to the well.

It becomes an egg and...yeah, that's probably not good.

Things start to get really weird around the House.  Nothing major...at first.

Weird smells.
Time seeming to be moving differently for others.
People starting to act differently.
A light coming from the Well...

Things only get worse around the House.  This is not so much a 'slow burn' Thriller as it is a 'slowly glowing more and more' Thriller.

Things escalate when...well, no SPOILERS for that.

It's a Nic Cage Film, so you shouldn't be surprised to see him have a freak out.

To see why AND to see how it all ends, stream the Film now.

A fun, freaky Film that shows that people other than Stuart Gordon can do Lovecraft right.  For obvious reasons, that's a good thing!  We still miss you, Stuart.

The Film does a really good job of introducing a normal(ish) Family with realistic, underlying problems.  It's not that they don't get along or are dysfunctional- they're just a Family.  This is important, since it makes us care for them and want good things to happen to them.

When things go horribly awry (and they do), we are invested.  Simple stuff, but not every Film can manage it.

The big appeal is the titular Color and how it affects everything.  In that regard, the Film really delivers.  It creates freaky effects, some mutations that are nice and gross and just generally makes everything get all warped there.  Good stuff!

If you're willing to stick through the set-up and build-up, it is a really good Film experience for fans of Lovecraft and the bizarre.  Nic Cage, as always, is great as a normal guy who eventually becomes, well, Nic Cage.  Now I just need to decide whether or not to add the "U' to the Title...

A good Movie that shows that Richard Stanley can still deliver.  Can we get more good Lovecraft in the future?