Gaia

...beware of those exhibiting tendencies associated with excessive consumption of Psilocybin or you may find yourself drawn into a mycelium world of animated mould, mushrooms, fungi and toadstools! There are better examples of the apocalypse that awaits.

1st off to the flatulating butthead that said this was an indie film then gave his definition of a indie film you're a bonafide nutcase. Let me explain to EVERYONE what ALL movies must be they have to be ENTERTAINING!!they can be low budget, scifi, horror, indie, biographical, Shakespearean, big budget, a CGI extravaganza, WHATEVER but it has to be ENTERTAINING. This film was not only NOT entertaining but it was stupid. It had no redeeming quality at all. Trust us all 4 of us who watched it, STAY AWAY AT ALL COSTS I actually need to go have a stiff drink, take a shower, eat a large pizza and watch princess bride to get this out of my head!!

Gabi and Winston are environmentalists checking on remote wildlife cameras in the deep jungle. Gabi loses a drone to what appears to be a wild man. She goes to retrieve the drone. Instead, she finds a father, his son, and a monster of nature. This is a fine little body horror. It starts more like a cheap Eli Roth horror. As it got more into the body, I was hoping for Cronenberg level. In the end, it's a fine indie horror that hints of something more. It touches on environmentalism, Greek tragedy, and survivalist cult but it doesn't fully satisfy. I like some of the visuals and some of the ideas. This is interesting but not all the potential gets realized.

One of my better summary lines you say? I would like to believe so too ... then again I am a bit biased, am I not? But back to the movie at hand - a really good one, if you like horror that creeps up on you. While I have issues with many things that our main character does, she actually behaves in a way that someone else is saying to her ("Danger? Where? Let me go check it out" - I think that is the exact quote but I may be paraphrasing a little). Well done with an ending that I reckon is trying to tell us something ... yes I know exactly what it is trying to say ... and I wonder if that was a wicked plan ... quite elaborate if you think about it ... or was it "pure luck"? Well whatever the case is, you can tell that this was also a bit of reality being stranger than fiction and maybe even influencing it a little ...