Creature feature that tries to be more and fails So I wanted to love this film, the anticipation I had to seeing it upon its release was almost to much. A creature feature with Guillermo del Toro involved, how could this be a bad film? I was wrong!
It's character driven by drama with horror sprinkled in, the plot has to much going on, with back story that is never fleshed out which makes it harder to understand the back story of the creature itself due to the opening monologue. Which story should we be focusing on? Truth is non of it matters because non of it makes sense, it jumps from one scene to the next, the characters make stupid decisions, and it all seems forced and not thought out at all. By the time we get the creature reveal it's the end of the film and so much has happened that makes no sense, plot holes all over the place, you don't care anymore. I loved the style it was shot and the gore. The creature was perfect for what little it's shown but good god, a cohesive story this is not. As a horror fan I can normally let this slide to a degree but this is not a full on horror film, the first hour is building up the characters to something that is never actually reveled. Enjoy the film for what it is but don't expect to much other than good gore.