Well yeah. Total classic. I still defend Memoirs of an Invisible Man. Last instance of Carpenter as a studio director, solid turn from Sam Neil and that great score.
This is a really solid horror thriller. Way, way better than I expected it to be. Quite languid in pace and excellent use of long silences. Parts reminded me of A Quiet Place in the execution. Characters are very good and given time to build and grow. Yes, it gets a bit hokey at times, but then it is The Invisible Man. Score does a great job IN FILM, but I wouldn't want to hear it stand alone. Some bits reminded me of Goldsmiths Basic Instinct, especially the finale cue. Highly recommended.
What this movie does with $7 million is nothing short of a miracle I think. There's some real genius in taking the impossible problem of casting a lead actor that you never see and turning that character into the antagonist who seen or unseen is always a presence in everyone's mind. Elizabeth Moss carries the weight of the whole movie on her shoulders and the combination of Wallfisch's score with masterful use of silence maximize the tension. I consider this a minor classic.
$7 million budget!!!! Seriously!!!! That's ridiculous. I hope the major players took some good back end deals cos that's unreal for a modern day studio film. Just shows you what can be done if you come prepared with a good script, likable characters and a solid tech crew. Wow.
Yeah I think it's another genius move from Universal's to go from the mega bloated budget of The Mummy to the much much safer micro budget Jason Blumfield Blumehouse stuff. Horror movies and suspense thrillers do NOT need money to work. That is all basic filmmaking techniques. Character, plot, music and photography. The genre sells itself, not the Movie Star or the effects.
Not surprised it's a good movie. Leigh Whannel is a genre visionary, much like Mike Flanagan or Alex Garland. Hope to see it soon, if cinemas are still open come next week. There's been talk of closing them due to the Corona.
Characters are very good and given time to build and grow.
what characters? pure clichés. The film is effective, anyway
the score, well, stil amazes me if anyone wants to hear this "music" at home, or even have some chat here. I'll listen to HOLLOW MAN or MEMOIRS OF, thanks
Setting aside Wallfisch falling back on depicting the villain with ear-shredding synths (which makes more sense here than in IT, the villain's technological prowess set toward disturbed ends), this was a good listen. Nice use of strings, not unlike Herrmann. I especially loved the moment in the film when Cecilia discovers the invisibility suit and the strings swirl around.
I haven't seen the film yet but really like the score as a listen. The couple of synth shriek tracks are a bit annoying but i love the rest of it and, as a Benjamin Wallfisch fan, I was glad to hear a return to form for me after the slightly disappointing IT ( well...the first part anyway). Bit surprised at the negative comments here.. yep Kev...I'm looking at you buddy!
Hey spook, make sure you see the film at the cinema. It's well worth it. The score works great in the film, but I found it to be a bit perfunctory and nothing really new from Wallfisch, outside of a couple of cues. I actually really like his two IT scores and enjoy them much better than this. But it's another hit horror thriller from BW, so the studio's won't be leaving him alone anytime soon.
The score works tremendously in the movie, if i think other of his works are much better (specially A Cure for Wellness or the two ITs -Chapter Two is a awesome horror score-), but The Invisible Man have his merits to become a good, very good horror score.
