A scientist, bankrolled by a mysterious organisation, hires a motley group of mercenaries to get him safely into a long forgotten bunker in Eastern Europe, abandoned at the end of World War II. There he find evidence of a secret experiment and something that should have died long ago...
(Makes spooky noises.)
Sounds good. Yes? OK, maybe not, but I have always thought that the success of a generic 'group of people facing unbelievable horror in a remote location' movie is mainly dependant on the execution of the premise rather than the originality of the premise. Neil Marshall's "Dog Soldiers" is an example of a brilliant soldiers vs. the supernatural movie. Such a shame that "Outpost" didn't try to rip off "Dog Soldiers" for enthusiasm, humour and, doggone it!, profane Britishness.
Because, sadly, "Outpost" is just a little bit dreary, dull, depressing and unexciting. It makes me really unhappy to write that, because I have read all about Arabella Page Croft's and Kieran Parker's struggle to get "Outpost" made. How they were rejected by Hollywood and had to finally re-mortgage their house to raise the funds to make "Outpost". I wanted "Outpost" to be a brilliant slice of low budget, energetic and inventive gore. It wasn't.
Oh, well. Maybe the next film will be better? I hope so. I am glad that this film got a theatrical release and that my 3 quid and 25 pence went towards a British production. Please don't waste that investment next time, guys!
(Makes spooky noises.)
Sounds good. Yes? OK, maybe not, but I have always thought that the success of a generic 'group of people facing unbelievable horror in a remote location' movie is mainly dependant on the execution of the premise rather than the originality of the premise. Neil Marshall's "Dog Soldiers" is an example of a brilliant soldiers vs. the supernatural movie. Such a shame that "Outpost" didn't try to rip off "Dog Soldiers" for enthusiasm, humour and, doggone it!, profane Britishness.
Because, sadly, "Outpost" is just a little bit dreary, dull, depressing and unexciting. It makes me really unhappy to write that, because I have read all about Arabella Page Croft's and Kieran Parker's struggle to get "Outpost" made. How they were rejected by Hollywood and had to finally re-mortgage their house to raise the funds to make "Outpost". I wanted "Outpost" to be a brilliant slice of low budget, energetic and inventive gore. It wasn't.
Oh, well. Maybe the next film will be better? I hope so. I am glad that this film got a theatrical release and that my 3 quid and 25 pence went towards a British production. Please don't waste that investment next time, guys!