Author of sci-fi/fantasy, horror and adventure/thriller fiction

  • Home
  • The Blog
  • Email List/Contact
  • Interviews
  • Apocalyptic
  • Horror
  • Historical thriller
  • Sci-fi/Fantasy
  • All books

THE SIMILARS (2016)

March 13, 2017 by Craig DiLouie Leave a Comment

SimilarsTHE SIMILARS (2016) is a trippy Mexican horror film that takes place entirely in a remote bus station during a massive thunderstorm in 1968. One by one, the people in the station begin to convulse and experience a single crazy mutation that has them at each other’s throats as panic and paranoia become rampant. The TWILIGHT ZONE feel, already heightened by the melodramatic score and dreamlike film quality, ramps up as they discover it is impossible to leave the station, the plague is global, and somebody may be pulling the strings.

This was a fun watch, though a bit unsatisfying when the cause of the phenomenon is revealed, at which point the movie becomes an entirely different movie–one that is more conventional and less wild and unpredictable. The ending, in my view, missed an interesting opportunity for a good comeuppance to whoever/whatever made it happen.

Be Sociable, Share!
  • Tweet

Filed Under: Movies, The Blog

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Categories

  • APOCALYPTIC/HORROR
    • Apocalyptic
    • Art
    • Film Shorts/TV
    • Movies
    • Music Videos
    • Reviews of Other Books
    • Weird/Funny
    • Zombies
  • COMICS
    • Comic Books
  • CRAIG'S WORK
    • Armor Series
    • Crash Dive Series
    • One of Us
    • Our War
    • Suffer the Children
    • The Alchemists
    • The Children of Red Peak
    • The End of the Road
    • The Front
    • The Infection
    • The Killing Floor
    • The Retreat Series
    • The Sacrifice
    • The Thin White Line
    • Tooth and Nail
  • GAMES
    • Video & Board Games
  • HISTORY
    • Other History
    • Submarines & WW2
  • MEDIA YOU MIGHT LIKE
    • Books
    • Film Shorts
    • Interesting Art
    • Movies & TV
    • Music
  • POLITICAL
    • Politics
  • SCIENCE
    • Cool Science
  • The Blog
  • WRITING LIFE
    • Craig at Work
    • Interviews with Craig
    • Reader Mail
    • Writing/Publishing

Copyright © 2021 · Author Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in