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Grabbers

October 26th 2012 02:28

This is director Jon Wright’s second feature and it’s an accomplished piece of work. Nice cinematography, good performances, an irreverent sense of humour, and some solid CGI and prosthetic work. Grabbers (2012) is a creature feature, an Irish production with a strong Irish sensibility. It’s about a small island grappling with the invasion of an alien beasties that resemble something Lovecraft would’ve winked at.

Ruth Bradley as Lisa and Richard Coyle as Ciaran

Erin Island Garda officer Ciaran (Richard Coyle) has a problem with the bottle which new officer Lisa (Ruth Bradley) isn’t too impressed with. But they’ve got a bigger fish to fr. A female alien monster has crash-landed in the Atlantic Ocean and come ashore for a little egg dropping. That’s all well and good, but this maternal beast is hungry too and likes the taste of human blood … providing it doesn’t have any booze in it.

Lalor Roddy as Paddy

Local fisherman Paddy (Lalor Roddy) insists on calling the creature a “Grabber”, much to the annoyance of local marine scientist Adam (Russell Tovey) who is fascinated with the seemingly dead specimen Paddy has brought in. After it attacks a rather squiffy Ciaran they realise they’ve found a weak spot. It’s time to get the islanders down to the local and juiced up!

Catch of the day?

Grabbers offers an amusing take on the age-old alien invasion premise, but there’s nothing much new here under the Celtic sun. For the umpteenth time a character happens to be watching Night of the Living Dead (1968) on the television and as such we see Johnny uttering those immortal words, “They’ve coming to get you Barbara!” The creature itself is hardly original, resembling a giant octopus. But the pace of the movie is brisk, the dialogue is witty, and the central performances are charismatic. I especially loved the movie’s first fifteen minutes, as it’s filled with much intrigue and menace, and actually suggests a different type of movie, than what it evolves into.

... if you can catch it!

Ciaran and Lisa discover big protective mummy

Apparently Jon Wright's next movie is Howl, werewolves on a train. I'm hoping for a much scarier and gorier movie!

Here’s the trailer:

Grabbers screens as part of A Night Of Horror International Film Festival, Dendy Newtown, tonight (Friday 12th), 9pm

Grabbers

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