"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown"
H. P. Lovecraft
The Triangle suffers from the same issue that almost every single Lovecraftian (is that even a word) movie suffers from.
When you're trying to convey a being that is totally beyond our understanding, beyond our comprehension, you will always be faced with an audience who's reaction will ultimately be 'what the hell was that all about?'
Even though with a Lovecraft type movie, that is the entire point. The sense of bewilderment and our inability to wrap our heads around what it is that we are trying to understand. Some movies like The Thing, Annihilation, Alien while being essentially Lovecraftian movies at least have a being with a physical manifestation that audiences can at least make some sense of.
The Triangle though aims for the more 'Event Horizon', 'Colour Out Of Space' and 'The Endless' type of entity. The type of entity where the biggest horror is the realisation that you can't even figure out what it is you're dealing with.
In addition to being a Lovecraftian movie, The Triangle is also a Found Footage movie so if you're not a fan of either then this will definitely have you moving the cursor to the 1/10 star rating.
Overall The Triangle was definitely my kind of movie although the build up was alot slower than it should have been. The sense of dread and the more terror elements was only made up in the last quarter of the movie.
H. P. Lovecraft
The Triangle suffers from the same issue that almost every single Lovecraftian (is that even a word) movie suffers from.
When you're trying to convey a being that is totally beyond our understanding, beyond our comprehension, you will always be faced with an audience who's reaction will ultimately be 'what the hell was that all about?'
Even though with a Lovecraft type movie, that is the entire point. The sense of bewilderment and our inability to wrap our heads around what it is that we are trying to understand. Some movies like The Thing, Annihilation, Alien while being essentially Lovecraftian movies at least have a being with a physical manifestation that audiences can at least make some sense of.
The Triangle though aims for the more 'Event Horizon', 'Colour Out Of Space' and 'The Endless' type of entity. The type of entity where the biggest horror is the realisation that you can't even figure out what it is you're dealing with.
In addition to being a Lovecraftian movie, The Triangle is also a Found Footage movie so if you're not a fan of either then this will definitely have you moving the cursor to the 1/10 star rating.
Overall The Triangle was definitely my kind of movie although the build up was alot slower than it should have been. The sense of dread and the more terror elements was only made up in the last quarter of the movie.