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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Richard Stanley

Producer:

Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen, Elijah Wood

Writer:

Scarlett Amaris

Release Date:

Jan 24, 2020

Runtime:

1hr 50m

Synopsis

After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm, Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage) and his family find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism as it infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a technicolor nightmare.

Cast

  • Nicolas Cage
  • Joely Richardson
  • Tommy Chong
  • Madeleine Arthur
  • Elliot Knight
  • Julian Hilliard
  • Brendan Meyer
  • Q'orianka Kilcher

Letterboxd User Reviews

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  • Nic Cage should be in every horror movie

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    James (Schaffrillas)
    James (Schaffrillas)
    Sep 8, 2019

    Nic Cage is one of my favorite famous people, hands down. This has some real highs and some real lows. There’s automatically gonna be a lot of comparing to Mandy and I’ll come right out and say it’s not as good.... at all. But that’s coming from someone who doesn’t mind…

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    Karsten
    Karsten
    Jan 18, 2020

    If “Nicolas Cage reprises his legendarily inexplicable accent from Vampire’s Kiss” isn’t a strong enough selling point alone, then I truly don’t know what to tell you.

    1.2K Likes
    Eli Hayes
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    Jan 19, 2020

    Lol Cage is totally doing Trump once he gets the alien goop on him.

    947 Likes
    Matthew Christman
    Matthew Christman
    Jan 22, 2020

    SLAM DUNK

    855 Likes
    #1 gizmo fan
    #1 gizmo fan
    Oct 10, 2019

    an accurate rendition of what drinking London’s tap water does to your soul

    794 Likes
    Logan Kenny
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    Jan 26, 2020

    64 Great to see a Lovecraft text so painstakingly manipulated and re-imagined for the modern era. Richard Stanley has a clear-eye for the often unattainable images that emerge from such an uncomfortable figure in horror literature. The familial dynamics and the…

    753 Likes
    SilentDawn
    SilentDawn
    Oct 15, 2021

    me at the beginning: the alpacas! 😊😊😊 me an hour in: the alpacas 😞😞😞

    676 Likes
    adambolt
    adambolt
    Mar 4, 2020

    Alpaca boobs

    630 Likes
    elvisthealien
    elvisthealien
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  • zxki
    zxki is "meh" on
    Color Out of Space

    Like every other independent Nicolas Cage movie, Nic Cage steals the spotlight. His performance carried me to the end eventually, and into insanity. Speaking of insanity, the visuals were amazing although it was starved of decent screen time. The score was ethereal and was one of the reasons I…

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    Jake
    Jake liked
    Color Out of Space

    Truly one of the more disturbing things I’ve seen, and I’ve watched a lot of horror. The combination of horrific imagery and fantastic performances in certain scenes made me feel physically sick to my stomach. The plot is a little all over the place but damn if it didn’t hold my attention while…

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    Mitch
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    Color Out of Space

    Man these types of movies are just weird, gross in a fun way and a minimal plot. But I feel like it needed to have a more serious tone to it to make it a good horror. Everyone pretending everything is fine and acting calm even when someone hurts themselves ruined the suspense for me.

    1Y
  • Dexter
    Dexter is "meh" on
    Color Out of Space

    Didn’t work well as a movie, it fists you with typical character expositions at the start, nic doesn’t get to be nic till the end. I’m guessing that part at the end was out of the book but it didn’t fit in the movie. Idk if I’ll read the book because this kinda ruined it for me..

    2Y
    Yaya
    Yaya liked
    Color Out of Space

    This movie needs the cinema experience, if you can replicate that at home do it by all means. Watching it during the day on an ipad, no headphones like i did, certainly affect the delivery of the movie, and you’ll end up not fully loving it, even tho it’s your type of weird.

    1Y
    Scranton Strangler
    Scranton Strangler liked
    Color Out of Space

    It was.....unfathomable chaos. Cinematography was excellent, script and acting was also great. I think its really hard to capture what lovecraft is about and the monster was great. Very "the thing vibe". I honestly cant say why im only rating it a 7.0/10 becayse it is good.

    1Y
  • Blake
    Blake disliked
    Color Out of Space

    I know Annihilation is a different story and only INSPIRED by Lovecraft, but I couldn’t help but compare the two as I was watching. So many things about this film just took me out of it, from the outdated visuals to the poor pacing. And the final scene was SO cringe.

    1Y
    Garmelie
    Garmelie liked
    Color Out of Space

    As far as Lovecraft adaptations go, the sheer insanity of this film did its job well. There are horrific pacing issues throughout the first half, but, that second half and the complete chaos that follows pays off well. Nick Cage really can scream good. 3.5/5

    3Y
    MovieDaddy
    MovieDaddy liked
    Color Out of Space

    I think my expectations were too high. I was left slightly disappointed but still enjoyed it for a decent portion. A cross between “Slither” and “Mandy,” but more on the Slither side in terms of tone. Visually impressive.

    1Y
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Metacritic

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Generally favorable reviews based on 166 Reviews
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Mar 6, 2020

It takes a lot for a movie to out-bonkers Cage on this kind of form. Color out of Space manages it in style.

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Phil de Semlyen
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Feb 27, 2020

The whole thing looks as if it was dreamed up under the influence of a quality batch of LSD. I laughed out loud at the hokiest bits. But I’ve got to admit I was sucked in and genuinely scared, too.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is Color Out of Space (2020)?
The movie is 1hr 50min long.
What's Color Out of Space (2020) about?
After a meteorite lands in the front yard of their farm, Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage) and his family find themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism as it infects their minds and bodies, transforming their quiet rural life into a technicolor nightmare.
Who's the cast of Color Out of Space (2020)?
  • Nicolas Cage as Nathan Gardner
  • Joely Richardson as Theresa Gardner
  • Tommy Chong as Ezra
  • Madeleine Arthur as Lavinia Gardner
  • Elliot Knight as Ward Phillips
  • Julian Hilliard as Jack Gardner
  • Brendan Meyer as Benny Gardner
  • Q'orianka Kilcher as Mayor Tooma
Who's the director behind Color Out of Space (2020)?
Richard Stanley directed Color Out of Space (2020).
Who produced Color Out of Space (2020)?
Daniel Noah, Lisa Whalen and Elijah Wood produced Color Out of Space (2020).