Harbinger Down

Harbinger Down

Terror is just beneath the surface

Directed by Alec Gillis

Produced by Studio ADI, Dark Dunes Productions

201582 min4.5 / 10

A creature-horror thriller set on an isolated fishing vessel where thawed Soviet bioweapons turn a scientific expedition into a desperate fight for survival.

A group of grad students have booked passage on the fishing trawler Harbinger to study the effects of global warming on a pod of Orcas in the Bering Sea. When the ship's crew dredges up a recently thawed piece of old Soviet space wreckage, things get downright deadly. It seems that the Russians experimented with tardigrades, tiny resilient animals able to withstand the extremes of space radiation. The creatures survived, but not without mutation. Now the crew is exposed to aggressively mutating organisms. And after being locked in ice for 3 decades, the creatures aren't about to give up the warmth of human companionship.

Questions people ask

  • Is Harbinger Down scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Harbinger Down violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.

  • Does Harbinger Down end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Harbinger Down easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Harbinger Down sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

10/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity30

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Harbinger Down

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Harbinger Down

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Harbinger Down, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Harbinger Down, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Harbinger Down, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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