The Dark Lurking (2010)

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

Awesome Movie

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

This comes across as an extremely low budget Australian sci-fi/horror. I am a huge fan of Australian horror, it can be quite brutal. As you begin to watch this movie the acting style hits you in the face as being pretty terrible but as the film progresses you kind of begin to like it. The characters are likable and entertaining, the bickering between them is a little irritating.The plot is good, not your average chemical error or mutant disease but a fallen angel. Of course none of them other than the crazed scientist believe this. Lots of blood and gore, cool monsters and quite a good ending I thought.

Oh dear oh dear, bargain basement dvds are us I am afraid, dreadful, dreadful and dire, Australian actors or swiss or German? They could not really decide and kept changing their accents whenever they felt like it, and the sync seems to be out with the speech so perhaps this made the feel of the film non existent, I never felt for anyone in it so again not much to write home about…set on a ship that is also dreadfully designed in a fashion similar to that mr blobby may have built, armed with only machine guns killing strange creatures…if there is anything positive to say about the film its that the creatures, at times, especially during close up, can be quite scary, so if you watch it, do it for that reason only (and the odd bits of gore fest), as the film lacks anything worthwhile for me to remain captivated. Poor all round for me.

First of all, my rating is based on low budget movie-making, there is better out there, but this does quite a good job.The story is interesting, yes it does rip off other ideas, it also emulates those other ideas quite well, considering the budget! Sets and lighting are good (maybe a bit dark in a lot of places, but it is a dark sci-fi, the title of the film should hint at that, which it does!).Acting is variable, some good moments, and naturally some bad moments, some characters are a bit odd, and their acting is consistently annoying (bad script for those characters or storyline?).The effects are good for a low budget, plenty of sci-fi gore. Sound design is good, but not consistent, that is my major gripe with this film.Overall, all i can say, is i enjoyed it, it might not be for general media consumption, but if you have any interest in making films, or even curious as to how films are put together, then this is a good benchmark to view. It far exceeds many other low budget films, but yet does not set a new standard.A lot of the acting is contrived (fair to say, probably related to direction or script), but the older female scientist did a wonderful job, i have to say, very believable.I will be interested in seeing future productions!

The Dark Lurking, I never seen any review of it. While visiting a convention there was a shop with special editions of horror flicks, guess what, there was a hologram DVD cover of a movie called Alien vs Zombies. The cover looked great but it was stated uncut so I thought, is it something worth buying. I bought it and luckily didn't regret it. It isn't an original storyline. You can see samples from Pandorum, Alien and Resident Evil. The spaceship is indeed a look-a-like of the Nostromo, flashing lights and sound i mean, the leading lady is a bit of a Sigourney Weaver clone, as do her clothes. But no worry, it's indeed a good storyline, not only about zombies or carriers and aliens but there's something else going on, only revealed at the end. Sometimes it's a bit too much of zombie attacks. But when they attack or the aliens attack it's all about gore. Intestines flying around, heads being shot, you know what you will get when you are just starting to watch it. It never bored me. I definitely would classify it under science fiction horror. A must see.