Sky Monster

Sometimes all you have to do is read the title of a film, and you know it's going to be bad.

This is one of those films.

They seemed to have sourced the majority of the cast from onlyfans.

And did the effects on their laptop.

Because it sucks pretty hard.

If you are going to do that...all I ask is that you pay attention to the details.

Because, at one point they were flying through a storm...but the sun was still shining into the cabin from the outside like everything was hunky dory.

Logical consistency aside...it's about what I expected: complete trash that should have been a porn.

Thankfully...it's pretty short...and based on a patently ridiculous concept: a private jet, carrying a girl and her friends on her 22nd birthday, find themselves trapped in the Bermuda Triangle, inside a plane that is being attacked by a sky kraken.

So...not exactly something that is based on a stroke of brilliance.

It might be based on a different kind of stroke, though (if you catch my drift).

When it comes down to it, the whole thing amounts to a combination of Snakes On A Plane and Monsters...if you took the worst aspects of both those films, and mashed them together.

At least it has a couple hot, scantily clad, young women, though.

Because without them...there wouldn't be any reason to watch this at all.

Not that there really is, anyway.

2 out of 10.

Yikes! Someone had funny money from the recent economy. They also wanted to make a movie with all their friends and family. Good on 'em. Waste your $$ however you want. Just don't expect anyone to like it, other than those mentioned earlier. There is no good acting, there is no good sound, there is no good plot. Add in the goofy 70's presentation of the jet in the storm...really bad! I really wanted it to be a horrible movie that I enjoyed. Alas, I was not enjoying this, but agonizing whenever I looked at my watch. Perhaps someday this will become a cult classic, but it has nothing in it that would allow that measure of admiration. No matter how bad. In case you didn't realize, This is on my list of worst ever, if not at the top of the list. Please don't waste even one second on this horrible piece of non-fun.

I have to admit that I harbored zero expectations to this 2023 horror movie titled "Sky Monster". Why? Well, the low 2.5 IMDb rating was a warning sign. But I still opted to watch the movie, as I hadn't already seen it, plus it appeared to have a Lovecraftian feel to it.

Writer Tom Jolliffe didn't exactly pen down an overly impressive script. The narrative was pretty straightforward and simplistic, I will say that, but it just made very little sense. But the story was actually campy enough to prove entertaining for a single viewing.

The only familiar faces on the screen was Chrissie Wunna. I will say that the acting performances in the movie were, for the most parts, actually fair.

The special effects in the movie were exactly that; special. And not in a good way. The CGI animated speciel effects were a very mixed bag of nuts; some times they looked fair, while other times they were laughable to look at, especially during the scenes where the CGI tentacles were interacting with the cast.

Now that've watched "Sky Monster", I can check it off of my watched movie list. But I know that this is not a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time.

The best thing about "Sky Monster" was the unforeseen ending. I liked that.

My rating of directors Aaron Winsal, Rhys Frake-Waterfield and Tyler-James's 2023 movie "Sky Monster" lands on a generous three out of ten stars.

This is a very low budget film that you certainly do not want to expend any energy thinking about. The monster is interesting, although what are likely practical effects in scenes are done very poorly. Cindy is celebrating her 21st birthday, and her father has gotten her and some friends, who are all 22, a trip to a resort where they can spend three days on the beaches before returning. As they get on the plane, they are told to relax, as what could go wrong? And it seems clear weather ahead, until they get into clouds and storms, that the pilot cannot get out from. It is in the Bermuda Triangle. Their plane gets rocked, but it can't be turbulence, as turbulence does not have tentacles. On the plane is a hunk of a flight attendant who gets lots of attention from the passengers, and he has pills that are a combination of Valium and mushrooms. On take off, the pilot talks to the tower and passengers, all without a headset or microphone. And being in a harness also seems optional at times. The movie is low quality, silly at times, but still interesting enough to want to see how it will end.

This movie is supposed to take place in Miami, but as someone who lives here, nothing about it feels authentic-nothing looks like Miami. Plus, Florida is so close to the islands that a 6-hour trip makes no sense. The writing feels awkward and forced, and for a group of "wild" 21-year-old girls, they all look older and worn out. Thirty minutes in, and I'm already rooting for the monster to end it so the movie is over.

Why do these films always rely on the same clichés: sex and monsters? It seems like writers and directors aren't interested in originality anymore. Similar movies from the '80s had more creativity. This one is just boring. Sex doesn't sell if there's no substance.