Color Out of Space

Color Out of Space

It will consume you.

Directed by Richard Stanley

Produced by SpectreVision, BRO Cinema

2020111 min6.1 / 10

A Lovecraftian cosmic horror that uses vivid, otherworldly visuals and family isolation to explore the terror of incomprehensible alien contamination and inevitable transformation.

The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly colour. To their horror, the family discovers this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches—including them.

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  • Is Color Out of Space scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 99% of films.

  • Is Color Out of Space easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Color Out of Space end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is Color Out of Space violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.

  • Is Color Out of Space sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

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