I am not a horror fan the genre seems popular for many here.
That this movie is streaming on the horror platform Shudder is a clue that it’s not for the faint of heart. But although there is definitely plenty of gore and unwanted body invasions, the most stomach-churning bits are not seen but heard — the music and sound design are among the best of the year. This does not come as a surprise since its director, Flying Lotus, who had previously helmed a segment of the “V/H/S/99” movie, also is a musician with several albums on his résumé. “Ash” follows the travails of Riya (Eiza González), who is part of a mission dispatched to find a livable world. One day she comes to, bruised and injured, and finds that her crew mates on a promising planet’s ground outpost have been savagely killed. Except, that is, for Brion (Aaron Paul of “Breaking Bad”), who was on an orbital station. Most of the film follows Riya’s effort to battle her amnesia and figure out what happened, though she finds it hard to tell what’s memory, what’s hallucination and what’s caused by the “unusual life-form” detected in the habitat. The aesthetics are very 1980s — flashing neon, cool blues and reds, caressing close-ups of sweaty skin — and it’s best not to look for watertight plot integrity, because for the most part “Ash” is a mood. And a pretty scary one.
‘Ash’
Stream it on Shudder.That this movie is streaming on the horror platform Shudder is a clue that it’s not for the faint of heart. But although there is definitely plenty of gore and unwanted body invasions, the most stomach-churning bits are not seen but heard — the music and sound design are among the best of the year. This does not come as a surprise since its director, Flying Lotus, who had previously helmed a segment of the “V/H/S/99” movie, also is a musician with several albums on his résumé. “Ash” follows the travails of Riya (Eiza González), who is part of a mission dispatched to find a livable world. One day she comes to, bruised and injured, and finds that her crew mates on a promising planet’s ground outpost have been savagely killed. Except, that is, for Brion (Aaron Paul of “Breaking Bad”), who was on an orbital station. Most of the film follows Riya’s effort to battle her amnesia and figure out what happened, though she finds it hard to tell what’s memory, what’s hallucination and what’s caused by the “unusual life-form” detected in the habitat. The aesthetics are very 1980s — flashing neon, cool blues and reds, caressing close-ups of sweaty skin — and it’s best not to look for watertight plot integrity, because for the most part “Ash” is a mood. And a pretty scary one.
I don't live in the city, but I live (and grew up) in that region of the country and the "Mets" are my fav baseball team!
