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A really solid tension filled horror movie, but.... spoilers

posted 17 years ago by ozz1121
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...but the director had to put that stupid part at the end to set up for a sequel...why oh why do they do *beep* like that? Name one truely great horror movie where they set it up at the end for an obvious sequel??? The ending would have been great just seeing her walking off the farm as was the shot directly before the end hospital scene. With the walk as the end scene, the viewer realized she was getting the hell out of there and who knows what she was taking with her. Still an excellent opportunity for a sequel without the obvious in your face antics. Despite this weak ending, the movie was full of a lot of tension and good atmosphere. A must see....it is better than 95% of the crap "horror" they are putting out today.

ozz

[–] scottihotti43 17 years ago

Yeah i know i hate that too, I always feel cheated. It was obvious she would get preggers but they could have used that bit to start the sequel or something.

I did like this film apart from that, not the greatest but a good effort :)

[–] DaBrainkilla 17 years ago

I think you're absolutely right !

I was a little bit disappointed at the end... to my mind the best end would be this:

### Spoilers ### !!

In the car at the end, when the principal protagonist, the owner of the farm, dies, he says again that they must not leave the farm...

The girl was bitten, her boyfriend is dead... she have lost everything...

She should have started the car... (people would believe she escapes)... and crash in a tree, to commit suicide...

That is my vision of a great end !

Much respect !
See ya !

[–] ozz1121 17 years ago

That would have been a great surprising end also. I like it. It really sucks when they choose a "sequel ending" when they could have done something like that.

[–] JaJa730 8 years ago

I realize this is an old post, but I just came across this movie tonight and watched it. I don't remember the girl from the caravan being bitten. If you can recall, do know which scene it was?

[–] sabrebassist 17 years ago

honestly, i must respectfully disagree. i think it's actually not a "sequel ending" so much as a throwback to the classic david cronenberg endings. it leaves a possibility for a sequel, but more likely is meant to just say "well, where screwed." if you've seen shivers, rabid, the early cronenberg stuff, that's what isolation's ending struck me as. actually, a lot of the film had a cronenberg-esque vibe, in my opinion. other than that, i agree very solid/tense/actually creepy film.

[–] Patrick4949 17 years ago

I totally agree. Its not a sequel ending just a open ending where it COULD go on when it seems over. Many horror movie do this.

[–] moviecollector 17 years ago

Its not like a sequel is going to happen anytime soon.

I enjoyed this movie, it may be the best (& I think only) mutant cow creature movie ever made!

If a sequel is made, it will probably have a chessy title like:
ISOLATION 2: THE MUTANT BABY

[–] density-5 17 years ago

Acting: Very Good. Much better than average for horror movies.

Setting: The farm was very creepy. However, I found it hard to believe that there would be all that standing and stagnant water around. I would think the main farmer, who showed compassion for his animals, would have had a better facility. Especially the second pregnant cow that was always standing in water. I know cows will stand in water, but this seemed excessive.

Plot: While I agree with many of the posters about the dangers of GMOs. This seemed especially far fetched. Towards the end where the main doctor draws his own blood to mix with the cow cells, the cells then merged into a new organism. I had issues with this and did not find it believable. Also, the degree of mutation from a placid grass muncher into some sort of parasitical monster was hard to believe.

This killed the movie for me. 3/10

[–] wasecan 17 years ago

Name one truely great horror movie where they set it up at the end for an obvious sequel???

Haloween. Ended with Michael Myers disappearing from where he was supposedly laying dead.

[–] DaBrainkilla 17 years ago

I'm a little bit okay with sabrebassist too.

It is not completely a sequel ending... but to my mind it was not appropriated to this movie... I don't know why, perhaps because of the fact that this is a sort of intimate film (I mean a very few actors, no supperficial effects, the sooooooo good animatronics instead of special effects, the atmosphere). The film is cold, the suicide end seems to me a bit more cold and fatalistic...

But to respond to the last post, some very few endings like that can be very good and mysteriously subtile...
To my mind, and a little bit the same genre of movie (with animatronics too !), the ambiguous end of "The Thing" was awesome !
But generally it is not so well in many movies, especially in films with monster, that's why the ending of this movie is not so bad, but perhaps not perfect.

That's my point of view, and I clearly understand yours.

Anyway, thanks for reacting in a so polite, courteous and comprehensive manner.

[–] bgortowski 17 years ago

Rented this on a whim and was surprised at how good it was. The whole calf birth seen was so freaking tense, and I thought the actors were good, too. I agree mostly about the end, could have just had Mary wander off, but I would forgive that if they come up with a good sequel. I would recommend it.

[–] ozz1121 17 years ago

I don't consider that an obvious sequel ending. Michael Myers was beyond human...pure evil. For him to die by a couple of gun shots would have set the movie's theme at a tilt. The ending was consistent with the story...which made it easier for a sequel, but not an obvious sequel ending.

[–] gregerick 17 years ago

Actually. you know what would have made a good (albeit somewhat unlikely) ending? If she had stayed on the farm. Think about it... the movie opens with a series of shots connoting the insular nature of the locale: a series of signs with warnings to "keep out", chain link fences, thick groves of trees etc. Ostensibly, all of this is meant to cultivate a sense of isolation, which, after all, is the title off the film. In keeping with this, I think it might have been appropriate to see the woman lock up the gates once again, clean up the rusted, defunct warning signs and nail all the barns shut. Perhaps she could have set the house on fire as well, along with all the dead carcases, bovine and human alike. It just seems to me that a movie titled "isolation" should not have ended in a densely populated hospital.

[–] brookssmith 17 years ago

The ending doesn't necessarily have anything to do with a sequel. The point is that the ending is bleak and unfriendly - like the whole film before it. Many classic horror movies end this way. It's either that or a "happy ending," and some filmmakers create a world in which happy endings just aren't realistic.
A film as unpleasant and thoroughly unsettling as this one could only end in a way that would leave the viewer with a lingering feeling of helplessness. Personally, I'd feel unfulfilled, and little bit cheated, by a complete end to the potential armageddon that rustles under the surface of this story.

You're not to be blamed for thinking an open ending imples a sequel; in recent years, Hollywood has created an expectation that any effective film must be milked dry of ideas, repeated, and even remade ad nauseum. But the idea that this kind of ending must imply a sequel is a reflection of that culture, not the filmmaker's intention.

[–] ozz1121 17 years ago

Having it end with the scene of her walking off the farm could have accomplished all that. An unpleasant and unsettling feeling....asking yourself if she took it with her...will it spread to others....

That ending would have been eerie and left open...even for a sequel....would have been genius. The actual ending was too obvious in its intentions. Still a fantastic movie IMO.

[–] Yumphod 17 years ago

it wasnt so much set up for a sequel, as it was more of an open ending

[–] neilski1963 17 years ago

I saw this last nite on Sky Movies. I gotta say i was so impressed. Good British horror movies are hard to find let alone an Irish (Body) Horror movie. It did so remind me of Cronenberg. But in a good way. But mostly Carpenter`s `The Thing`.
So....this movie was never set up for a sequel, just as `The Thing` was never set up for a sequel. This had what most movies never like to explore in an ending.....NIHALISM.
I am SO fed up with people walking off in the sunset at the end of action/horror flicks, that all that went before had a meaningful reason as to why the lovers/odd couple/good cop,bad cop had to survive. BullS**t.
Why cant everybody die, in so doing, leaving you and i as cinema goers, numb and shocked when the lights go up. Carpenters `The Thing had a suitably dark ending which goes to prove , we don't need nicely wrapped up, happy, fluffy endings.
All in all, a great movie. 8/10.

"I ain`t gonna murder anyone on my wedding day".

[–] Gibski 16 years ago

i don't agree with you....when i saw the very ending the thought of a sequel didn't enter my mind...why should it? i don't think the ending is about that...the point is that it just means that this problem is not over...and even if she say, kill herself before leaving there...it woudln't be over....because of whatever research that scientist guy had...whatever data...where he worked away from the farm or lived...and if this can happen once like that it can very easily happen again

i was actually thinking that it's not necessary to end it just with her walking away and we don't know if she gets out of there....or she decides to stay "isolated" or she's gonna get sick like the other guy was getting sick...and we wonder if she's pregnant cos she had sex with that guy....an open ending like that....might make some people go "yesssss! i love endings like that which don't give us anything!" but what's such a big deal about that? anything can become a typical ending....or a cliche....or a "cop out"...so i was worried it would end at that point...and it didn't...we had a 4 months later....which was a good choice of amount of time..and at that stage i was thinking....comeon now...i know u're not gonna let me down...we're not gonna have some final scare with something coming out of her....(which would be more in the direction of hinting at a sequel or setting up for a sequel or make us think of a sequel)....but i was thinking of the scan with the scientist when he was freezeframing and saw the little creature...and i thought yeah that's simply a neat way to wrap it up...and yes it shows she's pregnant....the doctor says the baby looks fine....again the same thing the scientist said...good and right again....and he says it looks fine...she's told the baby looks fine....she doesn't show too much whether she actually thinks it's fine even if he says that...but she's simply staying alive and wants to keep her baby and have her baby even if there's that possibility...cos just as the other cow went to protect her calf...and might have felt something was wrong...and her baby even was biting her afterwards...and so on

and THEN finally another good touch....we're showin closeups of the ultrasound..and it's not easy to make out...if there's something there....they don't make it too obvious....perfect again...and you could be left with "well maybe...maybe not"....but you're more thinking yup....the baby will seem fine but she'll also be pregnant...we're also told that the baby is a she

so there's nothing wrong with the ending...it's totally fine...and i was happy with it.

when i see a great horror movie or totally effective horror movie that achieves everything i feel it intends to achieve and exists to achieve...i don't think of sequels or say this is so good (and since there COULD be a sequel) we should have a sequel! in fact i don't even want a sequel to this movie...this movie on its own is totally fine...and the ending didn't make me think of a sequel or that it was hinting at one.

A really solid tension filled horror movie, but.... *spoilers*

A really solid tension filled horror movie, but.... spoilers