Harbinger Down

A tense, claustrophobic creature feature with practical effects, offering a nostalgic, suspenseful ride.

Directed by

Alec Gillis

Genres

Horror, Science fiction

Starring

Lance Henriksen, Matt Winston, Camille Balsamo

Tagline

Terror is just beneath the surface

Overview

A group of grad students have booked passage on the fishing trawler Harbinger to study the effects of global warming on a pod of Orcas in the Bering Sea. When the ship's crew dredges up a recently thawed piece of old Soviet space wreckage, things get downright deadly. It seems that the Russians experimented with tardigrades, tiny resilient animals able to withstand the extremes of space radiation. The creatures survived, but not without mutation. Now the crew is exposed to aggressively mutating organisms. And after being locked in ice for 3 decades, the creatures aren't about to give up the warmth of human companionship.

How it feels

Tense, dark and campy. Brisk and needs your attention.

About

Survival, isolation, science, betrayal

Content

Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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