Harbinger Down

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Harbinger Down

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Released Aug 7, 2015

1h 22m

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Thawed from ice after three decades, mutated creatures recovered from a piece of Soviet space wreckage terrorize a group of graduate students on a fishing trawler.

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Joe Leydon

Variety

Ranks somewhere between self-consciously cheesy SyFy Channel fare and better-than-average direct-to-video product.

Aug 7, 2015

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

Bad acting and atrocious dialogue is topped only by the cheap shoddiness of the practical FX this demo-reel flick is meant to show off. Better they'd remained unseen.

Nov 10, 2020

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Brad Miska

Bloody Disgusting

I really wanted to like Harbinger Down, but felt burned out by the end credits. It's a bleak, tiring and vanilla creature feature that's sadly forgettable. I don't recommend going down with the ship.

Apr 7, 2017

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A really solid and above average debut from Alec Gillis.

Aug 13, 2015

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Scott Weinberg

Nerdist

Simplistic and obvious, but it also does a fine job of emulating the late-'80s monster movies we all know and love.

Aug 13, 2015

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Matt Donato

We Got This Covered

Harbinger Down brings the monstrous goods as expect, yet struggles to tell a coherent story that's worth the practical effects success.

Rated: 5/10

Aug 7, 2015

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Darren D

Kind of well-known that Amalgamated Dynamics were hired to create the practical monster effects for the The Thing (2011), & felt screwed over by the studio, when their work got digitally replaced with CGI. Well, "Harbinger Down" is their kickback against what happened & very much a movie made out of anger, from a team trying to prove a point. It's a Kickstarter movie & it shows. It's shot like a movie that on budget & time restrictions, as would should've been promo for the teams practical creature effects created from animatronics, stop motion & miniature effects, is shot in a manner that doesn't allow their work to live on screen.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/24/24

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David E

Tried to watch, had to give up after only 15 minutes. Bad dialogue, bad acting, unlikeable characters, annoying feminism. All males act like complete schmucks, all females are condescending. Root for the monster. A total stinker.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/22/24

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Liam D

Acting as redemption for 2011’s prequel to The Thing. This movie (which was backed by Kickstarter) had some great effects and not so great effects, an generic script and one dimensional characters and some wooden performances

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/26/24

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allen p

Like everyone else, I wanted to see this movie because of all the special effects. I had no problem with the dialogues being stupid, the actors being mediocre at best, the plot being written by a 10-year-old ("hey we have a space creature on the boat, let's open it without any protective clothing, or any protective measures at all") - but the special effects were actually not at all convincing, rather looked cheap. Really a shame. Still suitable for those who like 80's nostalgia. (Allen P, Sweden)

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

08/20/21

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Audience Member

The effects are the only saving grace of the movie. The performances are decent but nothing special, and it's clear that it's directed by someone using it as a vehicle for cool practical effects and not necessarily someone who's really interested in making a movie. It's still a fun time though, and if you're a fan of good practical monster effects, then you might want to give it a watch.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Luke S

It borrows so heavily from the The Thing, it's almost painful. Having said that, it's not awful, despite the material. Worth a go.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/21

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Synopsis

Thawed from ice after three decades, mutated creatures recovered from a piece of Soviet space wreckage terrorize a group of graduate students on a fishing trawler.

Director: Alec Gillis
Producer: Camille Balsamo, Hadeel Reda, Benjamin L. Brown, Doug Scroggins III
Screenwriter: Alec Gillis
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: Dark Dunes Productions
Rating: R (Language|Creature Violence)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 7, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Runtime: 1h 22m

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