25 August 2010 - Monsters Invading!

Gareth Edwards' low-budget monster movie, Monsters, is the talk of the film festival crowd these days.

Six years ago, a NASA probe returning to earth with samples of an alien life-form crashed Andromeda Strain style over Central America. Soon after, new creatures began to appear in the area and half of Mexico was quarantined and labeled an “Infected Zone.” As the military struggles to contain the alien creatures, a US journalist attempts to escort a shaken American tourist through the infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border.

I can already hear the comparisons to District 9, but while I haven't seen it yet, I have heard that the movie is not what you expect going in. According to Edwards, most of the movie was shot in natural light with the director, sound man, and the two principle actors.

Looking at the still, provided at right, it would seem the alien creatures are Lovecraftian in nature or perhaps just descendants of the giant six-legged octopus from It Came from Beneath the Sea. Either way, they look pretty cool. I wonder why Stuart Gordon never tried his hand at a Cthulhu rising movie?

This movie hits theaters 29 October, 2010 but will be available On Demand before then starting on 24 September, 2010. Enjoy the trailer below during the interim. More info as it comes around.

Monsters Official Web site

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