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A man descends into madness as he tries to investigate an apocalyptic cult that caused the death of his friend.A man descends into madness as he tries to investigate an apocalyptic cult that caused the death of his friend.A man descends into madness as he tries to investigate an apocalyptic cult that caused the death of his friend.
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This had a couple of decent scenes but was overburdened with inane dialogue and far too much exposition that didn't actually expose anything. The dialogue from the friends narrative is long slow tedium. This did have potential but needed a few more rewrites to pare it down to just the useful and interesting an eliminate the pseudo pretentious drivel that only serves to lengthen the film. The ancillary characters who appear as voices don't come across as realistic at all but as amateurish. There is just too much chatter that seems like padding the run time. This may have been suited to be a 30 minute short.
Come on that gem deserves more than an average 5.
I almost skipped this one, after some reviews bashing the supposed fake - which i dont really think they are - what a shame. I, like a lot of us, have plenty of movies to watch everywhere but i really enjoy a good sci fi or horror movie. I liked this one a lot. Yes of course this is about Lovecraft but quite well executed.
If you liked The Void and In the mouth of madness (that one is really a must see), you may enjoy this one.
Small budget, and the credits... almost 4-5 talented guys that did this gem. Kudos to you.
I give it a 8/10 and i think it deserves it.
I almost skipped this one, after some reviews bashing the supposed fake - which i dont really think they are - what a shame. I, like a lot of us, have plenty of movies to watch everywhere but i really enjoy a good sci fi or horror movie. I liked this one a lot. Yes of course this is about Lovecraft but quite well executed.
If you liked The Void and In the mouth of madness (that one is really a must see), you may enjoy this one.
Small budget, and the credits... almost 4-5 talented guys that did this gem. Kudos to you.
I give it a 8/10 and i think it deserves it.
I think it has some nice points to this film, but in some ways it missed the mark to have the right tone for a Lovecraften horror. The set up was great, investigation of what happened to a friend when investigating some cult like activies works.
But it had to much drama, and not enough horror. Some moments had good tension, but overall it wasn't there as much as it could have been. Some of the dream stuff was pretty cool though, and the cinematography was nice. There were some beautiful locational shots too.
I also think with it being cult linked there could have been more cultists stalking the lead. But one guy messing with you isn't really as scary as it could be.
But it had to much drama, and not enough horror. Some moments had good tension, but overall it wasn't there as much as it could have been. Some of the dream stuff was pretty cool though, and the cinematography was nice. There were some beautiful locational shots too.
I also think with it being cult linked there could have been more cultists stalking the lead. But one guy messing with you isn't really as scary as it could be.
My girlfreind found this on amazon as we try to find low budget gems and we were pleasantly surprised wit this one. I thought it would be monsters etc but it was a good story with a few scary scenes and the acting was good. Lots of good shots and the nightmare scenes we nicely weird. Its all about atmosphere rather than a million monsters jumping out on you. Like how all the questions werent answered. Be interesting to see a prequel of what happened to his friend as the backstory there was interesting. Think im going to watch it again as like to see if it gave away some clues earlier in the film.
Older Gods is a cool little movie that seems to me to be more of a drama piece than a flat out horror.
Not saying its not creepy, there is a nightmare scene that really freaked me out as well as a couple of other really dark scenes but its more of a study on survivor guilt and loss.
Rory Wilson did a lot by himself, hes pretty much in every scene, most of the time by himself, and its a really great performance and it will be really interesting to see what projects he does in the future.
Its not the type of horror I usually watch but I watched it on my phone on a journey and I liked how weird it was.
It would have been interesting to see what the film would be like if it had a larger budget.
The final shot has a great 'oh s**t' moment.
Not saying its not creepy, there is a nightmare scene that really freaked me out as well as a couple of other really dark scenes but its more of a study on survivor guilt and loss.
Rory Wilson did a lot by himself, hes pretty much in every scene, most of the time by himself, and its a really great performance and it will be really interesting to see what projects he does in the future.
Its not the type of horror I usually watch but I watched it on my phone on a journey and I liked how weird it was.
It would have been interesting to see what the film would be like if it had a larger budget.
The final shot has a great 'oh s**t' moment.
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- TriviaThe story was written after director David A. Roberts' friend passed away during the pandemic. When told he couldn't see his friend because of the quarantine, he was instead informed that they could have a video call the next day instead. Unfortunately his friend passed away before they got chance to talk. The story of Older Gods was written in Davids grief and guilt of not being able to talk to his friend before it was too late and ultimately discover what people are willing to do to try and remove that weight of guilt.
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