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Topic	Gauntlet Crew Ranks 90s Horror Films - Do you like ranking scary movies?
Snake5555555555 06/30/19 12:25:21 PM #184:	25. Mimic Karo - 17 JONA - 20 Snake - 20 Scarlet - 23 Johnbobb - 24 Inviso - 25 KBM - 29 Genny - 32 Charon - 36 Karo - Scientists release genetically modified bugs into the city to stop a cockroach plague, and of course they get realllly big and start eating humans. I'm sorry, but you can't just take a tiny little insect with termite and mantis DNA and have it turn into a six foot tall humanoid with fucking lungs in just three years, I don't care how fast its metabolism is. If you are having 17 thousand generations per year it means you are basically mating right out of the egg sac and that means no natural selection. Anyway, everyone heads down into the scary sewers and gets torn to pieces by big bad buggies. It is nothing but a generic monsters in the dark movie, and true to its title it is just a mimicry of better films that came before. JONA - Honestly, my favorite part of the movie might be the opening credits. Thats not even to say the movie is bad or anything; those were some cool credits. The movies got great atmosphere and shows off the dirty, dingy Manhattan subways well. I already hate cockroaches and seeing Ermine-sized cockroaches scared the heck out of me. Theres not much that makes this movie stand out but its still enjoyable. Snake - Why I Chose It - Del Toro's second '90s outing, and first big-budget film, Mimic is his first film to showcase his natural talent for the fantastical & grotesque monster design he his known for. It is also Norman Reedus' debut film, and became a minor franchise with 2 sequels. My Thoughts - It is far from Del Toro's most solid film, but damn does the guy know how to build atmosphere. The naturally terrifying look of New York subways is the perfect breeding ground for this, with the gritty reality juxtaposing with the fantastical humanoid cockroach monster. And what a monser it is. It looks dated, but I think in the way that PS1 graphics look dated. It reminds me of how the graphics of the original Silent Hill became scarier in retrospect due to not being able to clearly tell what certain things fully look like. I absolutely love that feeling. If I had a complaint, the cast and characters are completely forgettable, and can't really muster up anything worthwhile between them. Scarlet - Featuring a monstrous foe thats one part Species, one part The Thing, and one part nonsensical, Mimic is easily the worst outing ever by Guillermo del Toro. Just a complete mess thats only buttressed by some excellent tonal work that only Del Toro can create. However, its a pretty paint-by-numbers plot with some terrible performances. Send this movie to Bargain Bin Hell, boy. Rating: 37/100 Johnbobb - Given that it's a Del Toro film, it shouldn't be a surprise that the best thing about it was the monster design. A life-sized roach bug that visually adapts to hunt humans? That's what I wanted from Arachnophobia! It's just a shame nothing more is ever really done with it. It's creepy and atmospheric at first, but eventually devolves into more of a generic survival monster horror. There's a lot of wasted potential here. --- Listen, suffering is a fact of life. Either you learn how to deal with that or you go under. https://i.imgtc.ws/2Q88rI4.gif <cite>Snake5555555555 posted [p:924053405] in Gauntlet C... [t:77812973]...</cite> <quote>25. Mimic Karo - 17 JONA - 20 Snake - 20 Scarlet - 23 Johnbobb - 24 Inviso - 25 KBM - 29 Genny - 32 Charon - 36 Karo - Scientists release genetically modified bugs into the city to stop a cockroach plague, and of course they get realllly big and start eating humans. I'm sorry, but you can't just take a tiny little insect with termite and mantis DNA and have it turn into a six foot tall humanoid with fucking lungs in just three years, I don't care how fast its metabolism is. If you are having 17 thousand generations per year it means you are basically mating right out of the egg sac and that means no natural selection. Anyway, everyone heads down into the scary sewers and gets torn to pieces by big bad buggies. It is nothing but a generic monsters in the dark movie, and true to its title it is just a mimicry of better films that came before. JONA - Honestly, my favorite part of the movie might be the opening credits. Thats not even to say the movie is bad or anything; those were some cool credits. The movies got great atmosphere and shows off the dirty, dingy Manhattan subways well. I already hate cockroaches and seeing Ermine-sized cockroaches scared the heck out of me. Theres not much that makes this movie stand out but its still enjoyable. Snake - Why I Chose It - Del Toro's second '90s outing, and first big-budget film, Mimic is his first film to showcase his natural talent for the fantastical & grotesque monster design he his known for. It is also Norman Reedus' debut film, and became a minor franchise with 2 sequels. My Thoughts - It is far from Del Toro's most solid film, but damn does the guy know how to build atmosphere. The naturally terrifying look of New York subways is the perfect breeding ground for this, with the gritty reality juxtaposing with the fantastical humanoid cockroach monster. And what a monser it is. It looks dated, but I think in the way that PS1 graphics look dated. It reminds me of how the graphics of the original Silent Hill became scarier in retrospect due to not being able to clearly tell what certain things fully look like. I absolutely love that feeling. If I had a complaint, the cast and characters are completely forgettable, and can't really muster up anything worthwhile between them. Scarlet - Featuring a monstrous foe thats one part Species, one part The Thing, and one part nonsensical, Mimic is easily the worst outing ever by Guillermo del Toro. Just a complete mess thats only buttressed by some excellent tonal work that only Del Toro can create. However, its a pretty paint-by-numbers plot with some terrible performances. Send this movie to Bargain Bin Hell, boy. Rating: 37/100 Johnbobb - Given that it's a Del Toro film, it shouldn't be a surprise that the best thing about it was the monster design. A life-sized roach bug that visually adapts to hunt humans? That's what I wanted from Arachnophobia! It's just a shame nothing more is ever really done with it. It's creepy and atmospheric at first, but eventually devolves into more of a generic survival monster horror. There's a lot of wasted potential here. --- Listen, suffering is a fact of life. Either you learn how to deal with that or you go under. https://i.imgtc.ws/2Q88rI4.gif</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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