Color Out of Space
Color Out of Space

Color Out of Space

2020Movie110 minEnglish

The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly colour. To their horror, the family discovers this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches—including them.

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IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes69%
Metacritic57/100
Google Users67%
Director: Richard StanleyGenres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery

Plot Summary

A meteorite crashes onto the Gardner family's remote farm, radiating a mysterious, alien color that begins to warp reality and mutate everything it touches. As the strange phenomenon affects their minds and bodies, the family must confront an otherworldly horror that threatens to consume them and their surroundings.

Critical Reception

The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its visual style, unsettling atmosphere, and faithful adaptation of Lovecraft's work. While some found the pacing uneven, many appreciated its commitment to cosmic horror and Nicolas Cage's performance.

What Reviewers Say

  • Praised for its visually striking and nightmarish depiction of cosmic horror.
  • Hailed as a faithful and effective adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's iconic story.
  • Noted for Nicolas Cage's intense and memorable performance.

Google audience: Audiences largely enjoyed the film's creepy atmosphere and its successful translation of Lovecraftian dread to the screen. Many found Nicolas Cage's performance to be a highlight, contributing to the film's unique brand of horror.

Awards & Accolades

Nominated for Best Feature Film at the Sitges Film Festival.

Fun Fact

The film is the first cinematic adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's 'Color Out of Space' story to be produced in over 50 years, with previous adaptations being short films.

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

The "Gardner" family hope to escape the rat-race by moving to a rural New England farm where they can settle and enjoy the peace and quiet. Ha, not for long though. A giant meteorite crash lands into their garden and before long it seems to...
LightningBlue

LightningBlue

This movie is slow paced, builds up action for the ending which is worth the watch. Brilliant sci fi film based on Lovecraftian tale.
eQuilibrium

eQuilibrium

" _**The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown**_ " -H.P.Lovecraft It is very difficult to make a film adaptation of any H.P.Lovecraft short story. When an autho...
tmdb90979040

tmdb90979040

A thoughtless adaption of one of Lovecraft's most recognizable stories. The film maker clearly failed to grasp the themes of Lovecraft and only took notice of the most obvious surface elements. Coupled with lazy direction that produces some...
Gimly

Gimly

_Colour Out of Space_ was one of the biggest joys that 2019 cinema brought me. I was genuinely thrilled by it from about fifteen minutes in right up until the credits rolled. Not to mention for several days afterwards. _Final rating:★★★★...
JPV852

JPV852

Trippy movie for sure, but having never read anything from H.P. Lovecraft, probably don't appreciate it compared to most but visually interesting and also bizarre, felt like Close Encounters of the Third Kind meets Donnie Darko. One thing s...
SWITCH.

SWITCH.

Combining the unholy trio of Nicolas Cage, H.P. Lovecraft and Richard Stanley seems like insane brilliance on paper, which is why it’s so disappointing that ‘Color Out of Space’, despite some interesting themes and reverence to alpacas, is ...
Stephen Campbell

Stephen Campbell

**_A solid adaptation, albeit with a bit too much alpaca-based comedy_** >_This was no fruit of such worlds and suns as shine on the telescopes and photographic plates of our observatories. This was no breath from the skies whose motions...