I was initially intrigued and drawn to the 2021 horror mystery "Antlers", given the movie's cover/poster. And also the title itself was unique enough to get my attention actually. And without ever having heard about the movie, nor knowing what it was about, I sat down to watch what writers Henry Chaisson, Nick Antosca and Scott Cooper had in store for me.
Let me say that the movie is definitely atmospheric, and that helped carry the movie a great way actually. Now, the storyline itself certainly was interesting, but director Scott Cooper decided to spend over 1 hour of playtime to set the stage, leaving just about 30 minutes of playtime of the movie where the movie started to pick up pace and become interesting. Yeah, for about 70 minutes, then the movie was really, really slow paced and sort of bordering on being so mundane and bland that I was about to give up on it. But the atmosphere that permeated the movie made me stick with it and hang on to see what happened.
And the last 30 minutes, give or take, of the movie was the best part. Just a shame that it took director Scott Cooper that long to get the gears in motion for "Antlers", because the movie lost a lot of appeal along the way, truth be told.
Ultimately, then "Antlers" wasn't an impressive horror movie, nor was it one that I would recommend you rush out to get to watch. If you enjoy the myth about the Wendigo, then give "Antlers" a chance, otherwise if you're just in for a horror fix, you might as well spend your time, money and effort on something more worthwhile than "Antlers".
I will say that they had a good ensemble of actors and actresses for the movie, with the likes of Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons. It was really good to see Graham Greene in the movie, and I just wish that they would have given him a more prominent role in the movie and way more screen time, because he could have boosted the movie quite a lot.
My rating of the 2021 horror mystery "Antlers" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars. While I managed to sit through the entire movie, this is not a movie that I will ever be returning to watch a second time.
Let me say that the movie is definitely atmospheric, and that helped carry the movie a great way actually. Now, the storyline itself certainly was interesting, but director Scott Cooper decided to spend over 1 hour of playtime to set the stage, leaving just about 30 minutes of playtime of the movie where the movie started to pick up pace and become interesting. Yeah, for about 70 minutes, then the movie was really, really slow paced and sort of bordering on being so mundane and bland that I was about to give up on it. But the atmosphere that permeated the movie made me stick with it and hang on to see what happened.
And the last 30 minutes, give or take, of the movie was the best part. Just a shame that it took director Scott Cooper that long to get the gears in motion for "Antlers", because the movie lost a lot of appeal along the way, truth be told.
Ultimately, then "Antlers" wasn't an impressive horror movie, nor was it one that I would recommend you rush out to get to watch. If you enjoy the myth about the Wendigo, then give "Antlers" a chance, otherwise if you're just in for a horror fix, you might as well spend your time, money and effort on something more worthwhile than "Antlers".
I will say that they had a good ensemble of actors and actresses for the movie, with the likes of Keri Russell and Jesse Plemons. It was really good to see Graham Greene in the movie, and I just wish that they would have given him a more prominent role in the movie and way more screen time, because he could have boosted the movie quite a lot.
My rating of the 2021 horror mystery "Antlers" lands on a less than mediocre four out of ten stars. While I managed to sit through the entire movie, this is not a movie that I will ever be returning to watch a second time.