Impossible Monsters

Very tenuous link to sleep paralysis, which has little to do with the plot of the movie and, at the end, I was left wondering what that had to do, if anything, with the film as a whole. It seems it was put in there just to add an extra layer of suspense in order to spice up what is in essence a rather dull movie. As for the ending. I couldn't even fathom a guess of what that was supposed to mean.

It's like when a teacher gives you a homework assignment and you play with words on your paper to make it look long but it has 0 content in it, because you never did any research and wrote just the most basic ideas ever.

The acting was bleh, soundtrack was pretty nice and did create a tiny bit of atmosphere (because the characters couldn't). I'd suggest not to watch it (I did watch all of it), also it has a very open ending.

If you are into psychology, lucid dreams, dreams or sleep paralysis, you won't learn anything most likely, except that this movie will show you how much you actually know on those subjects and you will feel superior. Also watching this movie I thought it will get in depth and all I left was with wanting more, because it never got deep, just gave off some illusion of hope.

P.S Also this movie is very predictable and doesn't even hide it, just to end it with "oh so who did it?" and it's never answered. And rossalex231, I believed in your review, you're a scam.

You can tell the crew and the actors went all out for this film. The story is great though I feel the first part bored me a little but luckily things really picked up at a fast pace. Regardless, kudos to Nathan Catucci - this film is a success and I'm looking forward to more from him.

The synopsis of "Impossible Monsters" is very intriguing - an ambitious professor becomes caught up in the murder of a participant in his sleep study, as the lines between dreams and reality blur. The movie has a pretty cool poster and just the right media quote on it. I'm telling You all this because those were the details that sold me and brought me to the big disappointment. If not exactly disappointing, then very underwhelming.

"Impossible Monsters" is, by all means, an adequate film, a decent directional debut effort. Director and writer Nathan Catucci promises a whole lot, mystery, twists and a warped reality, but the hyped up delivery never really comes through. The first half feels a little soapy - the intriguing themes of sleep paralysis and such get saved for later as we watch the characters dealing with their relationships and Nathan Catucci trying to web that all up into something mysterious. The second half delivers a bit more - more atmosphere, more questions and twists. Though the kind of twists that you smell long before you see them. The entirety of the characters, including the performances they're carried on, never really impresses or truly engages. Aesthetically, "Impossible Monsters" looks and sounds good, less stylish and ambitious than I was led to believe, but definitely above average on the technical side. A heartfelt compliment goes out to the original score, the one element that, in my opinion, helped setting mood the most. While my eyes could appreciate seeing the "Impossible Monsters", my brain got more numb than engaged, for the story leads nowhere unexpected, nor anywhere absurd or beautiful. The 84 minutes felt longer than they had any right to do.

There's an undeniable effort put into "Impossible Monsters", but the underwhelming feeling of never getting anything with 'weight' is what it leaves, so for me this movie landed right into the "painfully average" category. My rating: 5/10.

The acting wasn't too bad. The story was confusing and the pacing didn't help. It was hard to watch until the end and then it pissed me off because it was so awful.