Almost Human

Name: Almost Human
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Released: February 21, 2014
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 40

2014

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IFC Midnight | Release Date: February 21, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: A quiet night on the outskirts of a small town in Maine is interrupted when Seth (Graham Skipper) witnesses his best friend Mark (Josh Ethier) vanish in a brilliant flash of blue light. Two years later, Seth is still dealing with the fallout from the freaky incident, amid local suspicion that he is to blame for his friend's disappearance.A quiet night on the outskirts of a small town in Maine is interrupted when Seth (Graham Skipper) witnesses his best friend Mark (Josh Ethier) vanish in a brilliant flash of blue light. Two years later, Seth is still dealing with the fallout from the freaky incident, amid local suspicion that he is to blame for his friend's disappearance. When a string of grisly murders disrupts the community, Seth believes Mark has returned. Together with Mark's ex-girlfriend Jen (Vanessa Leigh), he races to find out if their friend is responsible—or if something beyond their understanding is unfolding before them. [IFC Films]… Expand

Director: Joe Begos

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 80 min

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Joshua Rothkopf

Feb 18, 2014

But scary? Not so much. Read full review

Martin Tsai

Feb 20, 2014

While the cast and crew's competence well exceed what anyone would expect from this breed of B movies, they cannot compensate for the flawed internal logic in the screenplay. Read full review

John DeFore

Feb 23, 2014

More casual fans are advised to wait a movie or two and see if Begos can do anything new with the idiom he knows so well. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Feb 25, 2014

In the end, there just isn’t much of a movie here; Almost Human clocks in at a mere 76 minutes, and that includes what may well be the slowest end-credits crawl in cinema history. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Feb 25, 2014

In this blood-splattered wasteland, neither original ideas nor acting skills flourish. Read full review

Sam Weisberg

Feb 25, 2014

With acting this wooden even among those not playing zombies, though one at least attempts a rural Maine accent, the suspense lies less in who will die than in how grisly the means. Read full review

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Meth-dude

Mar 20, 2015

The movie is not good but he does the job because it is a b movie with bad acting and a story with a lot of issues.The gore effects are okay and the "rape" scene is just so weird but the movie is still entertaining.

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DirigiblePulp

Dec 29, 2014

Heart is in the right place, but still this movie is just terrible. Even the old school gore effects just feel tacked on and deliberate. And as old school as it wants to be, it looks just a like a low budget straight to video pic of today (shaky cam and ADD editing).

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BITESCREEN

Jun 22, 2017

Rauschebart Mark verschwindet in einem Lichtstrahl und taucht zwei Jahre später nackt im Wald wieder auf. Was passiert ist, erzählt Almost Human nicht. Fest steht: Mark ist neuerdings sauböse und schlachtet mit Axt und Schrotgewehr die Kellnerinnen und Holzfäller seiner Kleinstadt ab.Rauschebart Mark verschwindet in einem Lichtstrahl und taucht zwei Jahre später nackt im Wald wieder auf. Was passiert ist, erzählt Almost Human nicht. Fest steht: Mark ist neuerdings sauböse und schlachtet mit Axt und Schrotgewehr die Kellnerinnen und Holzfäller seiner Kleinstadt ab. Spätestens als der charmante Mützenträger jedoch einen ekligen Wurm ausfährt, seine Nachbarn zu Kokons penetriert und hochfrequentiert kreischt, klingelt es: Almost Human ist nicht Falling Down, sondern eher Angriff der Körperfresser. Das Zeug zum Klassiker fehlt Joe Begos’ Sci-Fi-Horrorfilm aber: Die Akteure sind mies, die Inszenierung plump: So untermalt nahezu jeder Tod derselbe Störsound. Als schließlich selbst Kamerazooms und Kopfdreher schrille Streicher begleiten, mutiert Almost Human von vorhersehbar zu lächerlich.… Expand

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MovieReviews

Jun 29, 2014

Almost Human is desperately trying to be a spin off of "Fire in the Sky". Nevertheless the movie fails and just turns out to be a disappointing horror film that isn't just scary! If a horror movie fails to be perfect, it should at least scare the hell out of me, in this film, it is not scary.

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seventhseal

Oct 7, 2014

If you think Scanners or Fire in the Sky then you're thinking good. If you like good look elsewhere as this is as a far from good as you can get. The script is dreadful and offers major flaws throughout, story line is thin at best and the acting, with a couple of exceptions is up there withIf you think Scanners or Fire in the Sky then you're thinking good. If you like good look elsewhere as this is as a far from good as you can get. The script is dreadful and offers major flaws throughout, story line is thin at best and the acting, with a couple of exceptions is up there with one of the best examples of utter drivel that I have come across in nearly 30 years of enjoying movies. That said it still makes The Blare Witch Project look like a cinematic masterpiece.

Avoid this at all costs, utterly dreadful stuff I am sorry to say.… Expand

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