Right, well I can't exactly say that I had any expectations to this 2017 movie, as I sat down to watch it here in 2023. I had never heard about it, so I didn't know what I was in for here, aside from it being a horror movie, and that alone is actually sufficient to make me sit down and watch it.
But had I known that "Monster X" was a horror anthology, then I might have skipped it entirely. Yeah, I am not really fond of horror anthologies, because the vast majority of them are dubious at best. And "Monster X" was not the movie to break the habit. Nay, "Monster X" was also a dubious horror anthology.
The stories, or segments, in "Monster X" were using some of the most beloved horror creatures of the genre; that being vampires, werewolfs, zombies and monsters in general. That was nice enough. The contents of the stories, were generic, watchable sure, but generic.
I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, aside from Leslie Easterbrook. The acting performances in the movie and each segment were fair enough, nothing grand or particularly memorable though.
Visually then "Monster X" was okay. Not a top of the line special effects movie.
Something that did work out well enough here, was the way that each segment was blended into the next. It was a smooth transition from one story segment into the narrative that tied them together and then into the next segment.
My rating of "Monster X" lands on a four out of ten stars.
But had I known that "Monster X" was a horror anthology, then I might have skipped it entirely. Yeah, I am not really fond of horror anthologies, because the vast majority of them are dubious at best. And "Monster X" was not the movie to break the habit. Nay, "Monster X" was also a dubious horror anthology.
The stories, or segments, in "Monster X" were using some of the most beloved horror creatures of the genre; that being vampires, werewolfs, zombies and monsters in general. That was nice enough. The contents of the stories, were generic, watchable sure, but generic.
I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in the movie, aside from Leslie Easterbrook. The acting performances in the movie and each segment were fair enough, nothing grand or particularly memorable though.
Visually then "Monster X" was okay. Not a top of the line special effects movie.
Something that did work out well enough here, was the way that each segment was blended into the next. It was a smooth transition from one story segment into the narrative that tied them together and then into the next segment.
My rating of "Monster X" lands on a four out of ten stars.