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It Came from the Desert

2018 · 90 min

A goofy, sun-baked creature-feature romp that plays like a video-game homage, more silly than scary and easy to laugh along with.

Directed by
Marko Mäkilaakso
Genres
Horror, Action, Comedy
Starring
Mark Arnold, Harry Lister Smith, Vanessa Grasse
Tagline
Get ready to scream
Overview
New Mexico, present day. Brian and Lukas are off to the desert to join a kegger party and to celebrate Lukas’ victory in a motocross competition. His winning prize includes meeting The Deathinator, the biggest action star in the world. The party gets started under the hot desert sun, but Brian isn’t in the mood, so he wanders off and is soon joined by his friend, Lukas. They discover something strange in the desert which leads them into a secret military laboratory, where they discover the disturbing truth of what the government has been doing. Secret experiments on ants and spiders using DNA found in a meteorite which fell to Earth in 1951 has given birth to mutated giant ants which have overrun the facility. Now, it's up to Brian and Lukas to save the world from a giant ant invasion!

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Directed by
Marko Mäkilaakso
Genres
Horror, Action, Comedy
Starring
Mark Arnold, Harry Lister Smith, Vanessa Grasse
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Tone
  • campystrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • conspiracy
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • love
Places
  • wilderness
  • military
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror4
Humour7
Realism3
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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