Trailer Link

Release Date:

May 2, 2014

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “Scientists working in the Austrian Alps discover that a glacier is leaking a liquid that appears to be affecting local wildlife.”

Poster: B / C-

Review: Two designs that seem like polar opposites. The second, foreign language one just redden’s the entire mountain, the unnecessary symbolic hue of blood. The first is quite a bit more obvious, but also far more interesting. It has a faint Lovecraftian vibe, which might sell more tickets than the second design.

Trailer: C-

Review: The premise of a film using horror to preach against Climate Change is quite interesting, especially when you pair that with Lovecraftian elements. It suggests that there are dark, world-ending creatures buried beneath the frozen wastes that are better left frozen. That concept is almost completely ignored in the trailer, instead focusing on people being eaten, attacked, bitten and all other manners of “horrific” things that entirely lack inventiveness.

Oscar Prospects:

None.

Revisions:

(May 4, 2014) Original