Worst Monster Since The 60's - Hypothermia (2012) Discussion

[–] Radalan 12 years ago

Yeah, it looks like a joke. I didn't understand what was with all the closeup shots of the monsters ridiculous head.

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[–] Thrill_KillZ 12 years ago

Yea you would think they would use fast cut aways & shadows to hide the real look of the monster like a lot of lower budget films do, it's like they were proud of that costume or something. They could have left it up to the viewer to imagine more than see, very amatuer attempt.

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[–] Hulfster 11 years ago

I thought the same. It would have improved the movie a great deal by having better editing. Take out the shots where we see the whole monster. Especially those shots when it is running up to the people in the night. Clearly is a guy in a wet suit with some arm fins and a big rubber mask.

Editing out those shots would have improved it a lot and also take out the long close-up shots of the monster's head. Just show just enough to spark the imagination. The shots of it swimming under the ice were good and made you wonder what the heck it is. The story had a great set up to use the element of "fear of the unknown" but decided to instead show everyone their wetsuit monster as if it was some kind of creature effects achievement (complete opposite) and this ruined the movie. That and the ridiculous ending where the monster suddenly has a conscience.

Does that COMPUTE? Or do I have to draw you a SCHEMATIC?- Ron Perlman in Alien: Resurrection

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[–] hadok 12 years ago

The suit was a joke, it must have been. I have never seen anything as bad as this besides movies from 60's and earlier. It reminds me of that funny Star Trek episode when Shatner fights off a "creature". What the *beep* were they thinking? This is definitely one of the biggest WTF moments I have ever experienced in my entire life. How is it even possible to make such a bad suit? The movie wasn't that bad up until the creature was revealed. I hated Cody's son because he seemed like an arrogant prick and once he died (which was nice), his girlfriend turned into this typical "I'm an idiot, now I'm going to get us killed" character. The mother's speech in the end was also just messed up and peculiar. Besides these moments, it could have been a 5/10 flick.

ScyFy movies are far better than this. Lake Placid The Final Chapter and Arachnocake were 10 times better than this movie. House of Wax is like Apocalypse Now compared to Hypothermia. Piranhaconda was far more enjoyable than this. The movie "Bait" with a great white shark that's terrorizing the people in a shopping mart that was flooded after a tsunami was way better than this. If they had used *beep* CGI, then at least the monster could have had a cooler look (even though it would look fake).

I'm just so amazed that they used that suit. I enjoy 3-4-5/10 horror movies, but this just pisses me off because they ruined a potentially decent flick.

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[–] Walter_Skinner 11 years ago

I agree. The main character and his family also came across as very snobbish to Cote and Steve. I mean they weren't perfect or anything but they were already making fun of them by the time he went over to meet them for the first time. They were saints compared to most Horror flick characters.

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[–] jabberttp 10 years ago

I hated Cody's son because he seemed like an arrogant prick and once he died (which was nice), his girlfriend turned into this typical "I'm an idiot, now I'm going to get us killed" character.

It wasn't Cody's son's girlfriend, but the cute Asian girl was Ray's son David's girlfriend.

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[–] phantasmda 12 years ago

Kudos buddy, the film could have been cool for a low budget horror but the monster...Oh the monster...Theres just no need :0)

"Hasta la vista, baby."

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[–] cary_howe 11 years ago

Said because I was really hopeful. The early part was surprisingly good. Then the monster showed up. The best description I can come up with is a black S&M rubber suit with the worst Halloween fish head they could find. The plastic "wing" webbing under it's arms spiked the ball. Then if you weren't laughing hard enough every time you see it the thing is running towards you out of the dark and it looks like a guy covered in black tool dip running as fast as he can. The mother's speech to the monster at the end killed any hope that just adding a better monster could have fixed it. Promising start but the worst monster since Horror of the Beach Party ruined it.

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[–] xffanatic_4ever 11 years ago

So that was really the creature? I saw that in the trailer, and figured it was a fake out; one of the characters wearing some dumb suit as a joke to scare someone. Ugh, that's horrible. The rest of the trailer looked decent, but...never thought I'd wish for the 'ol syfy CGI/cartoon drawing monsters lol.

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[–] robatmuskoka 10 years ago

I agree it looked like something I made for Halloween

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[–] davannacarter 10 years ago

Meh. I've actually seen worse horror movie villains in recent movies. I have tended to watch the most obscure horror movies. Have you ever seen Secrets of the Clown? It's on youtube. Watch Secrets of the Clown and then tell me how bad Hypothermia the movie and the movie's monster are.

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[–] davannacarter 10 years ago

I don't believe Secrets of the Clown had a $140,000 budget for a second. More like somewhere between $140 and $1400. I'll stay away from Clown at Midnight though.

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