Corporate Monster

Visually the movie is stunning, that's obviously where the bulk of the effort went, since the story is bland, the actors are stale, the directing was uninspired, and it's all been done before in more competent and passionate ways.

Whoever saw the 1988 movie titled, "They Live" by John Carpenter will immediately recognize the parallel and even some of the scenes.... This is merely an updated version of that film. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

I thought this was a really effective short that I found to be consistently tense and well acted, the idea of insidious monstrous invaders living among us in secret has always been an unsettling one in all the story's and classic movies it's been featured in over the years and I found it especially creepy in this short, the prawn/ladyparts-faced monster people were weird and interesting, I thought the cgi of them was pretty dang top notch, and if nothing else, effects-wise this short is a winner, and I loved how it could have been open to interpretation if you like regarding whether the deranged man was really seeing what he was or if it was all some faulty drug messing with his mind, it never really spelled it out either way, and I thought it was pretty harrowing and sad stuff at the end as he went back to his old office to shoot up the place and let himself be shot, some pretty scary parallels to real life events there, apart from the monsters of course... Doesn't seem to have hit anyone else on here the same way but I liked this, it was an effective spin on an old idea and it creeped me out a little, and monsters that no one else can see as well as losing your mind are both pretty scary concepts, very good short to me, not everyone's gonna like it but it's certainly worth watching! Solid work x

Corporate Monster is based on the Stephen King short story: "The ten o'clock people", which is in the nightmare and dreamscapes. The only change was that in the original story, smokers could see the monsters. In fact this story could be a sequel.

A new sci-fi short from Ruairi Robinson, very good special effects, and some cool casting in former Dr Who companion Coleman. Any wonder it is generating buzz, but what is surprising is just how poor it is.

There is no content here. From the very start we jump into the main character seeing these creatures. There is no real expansion on them, just the lazy idea that they are everywhere and controlling everything. This isn't presented in an intelligent or thoughtful way, just by having creatures in suits, creatures in congress etc. There is nothing to learn here, and the concept could only generously be described as commentary - maybe someone very young will find it deep, but I doubt it. On top of this, the plot leads to a workplace shooting. This is pretty dangerous ground for the film to go to, because it is potentially insensitive, exploitative, and in poor taste, so really it needed to be justified in the narrative, impacting within the film (not just for it reminding us of the real world), and have enough in there to stop us looking out from the film. It doesn't have any of this; it is crassly done, with good effects but nothing to help get over the intense difficulty of the fundamentals of what is happening. It isn't even "horrific" to watch it, because it is so distracting to wonder how they felt it was a good idea. Those who felt The OA got it totally wrong with its season 1 finale should definitely avoid this one.

Really disappointing. Generic, lazy, and in poor taste, with only a few superficial things to recommend it for.