Steineded
How sad is this?
Contentar
Best movie of this year hands down!
InformationRap
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
Tyreece Hulme
One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
VideoXploiter
The movie drags in places, but it's that same slow-pacing that often facilitates the sudden scares. Jack Palance and Martin Landau add some grizzled gravitas, while the younger actors play their roles serviceably - one such fresh-faced thespian being David Caruso. The filmmakers used their limited budget effectively, from the aliens method of dispatching it's victims, to said creatures reveal at the end. The end sequence itself is kick-ass, with Jack Palance stealing the show. I recommend this love-letter to 50s sci-fi horror movies.
GL84
Heading out deep into the wilderness, a group of friends trying to have fun at a secluded lake finds the area being stalked by a gigantic, monstrous alien intent on killing the world's population and must rely on the help of several demented locals to defeat the creature and get out alive.This here wasn't all that bad an effort. One of the finer points of this one is the fact that there's quite an impressive main alien setup to be the featured here. Not only does it get this right with the imposing size and incredibly deformed features that truly resonate as being otherworldly, this starts off on a great note in regards to the rest of the film where the creature is given even more to really enjoy here. From the continuous point-of-view shots of the creature stalking them in the woods to the ingenious weapon it has featured where it uses flying organic spheres like a frisbee to drink the blood of those it comes into contact with. This is an incredibly fun feature that adds a lot to the main alien as the overall package has plenty to like about it. As well, this one really has a lot to like with the fine action stalking here, from the multiple attacks on the hunters at the lake to the creature stalking the Boy Scouts by the river and the discovery of the dead bodies in the abandoned shack in the wilderness that clues everyone onto the proceedings happening around them. The attack in the forest is somewhat enjoyable with the flying creature emerging and the different antics needed to finally escape once they realize the characters been compromised which provides some decent action scenes. Even the finale offers some rather intriguing moments with the explosive resolution to end it and some minor suspense moments to battle the creature back. Alongside the stellar cheesiness of the characters trying to keep their stories straight, these here are what hold this one up over it's few minor flaws. The one big issue with the film is the rather overlong setups that is one has which tends to make it run a little longer than necessary. Way too many of the scenes here go on much longer than necessary and it drags the film's pacing and running time all out of proportion, starting with the opening attack on the hunters or the extended amount of time with the crazed gas- station owner which just drags this one out longer than it needs to. Even longer are scenes of the group panicking in the diner where it gets to everyone spending way too much time trying to determine if his story checks out so the story drags out a little further. Likewise, this one manages to keep the alien off-screen for much of the running time and basically has just the one scene at the end to really get to see it in full-on view despite the glimpses offered beforehand which fill in the blanks. It really could've used a few more scenes of it to really make an impact, and is what holds this one back.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language and Nudity.
loisbeers
I saw this on HBO in 1982. It was a late Summer Night. I loved it. The perfect movie to watch. in this film 4 friends are out for the day hiking. Without them knowing (of course) something is hunting humans! A top notch cast of pros make this film lots of fun. Future Academy Award Winners are in this film. The late Jack Palance & Martin Landau help make this film creepy. The new comers (at the time) included David Caruso. Hard to believe that this film never had a home video release in the United States Until 2014. If you ever feel like watching a creepy chiller late at night this is the perfect film to do so.
TheBlueHairedLawyer
9/10 stars? Yup, I'm rating this cheesy sci-fi horror film that much, based on my own preferences. I love 70's and 80's horror films, I can't get enough of them and 21st century horror films are just inferior to them. Without Warning might be cheap and kinda lame but it's a laugh-riot, it's incredibly nostalgic and the rural setting is something you just don't see in films today.Jack Palance and Martin Landau steal every scene they're in, they were probably the best actors in the whole film and they both play rather odd characters. Palance plays a small-town, eccentric gas station owner who actually ends up being one of the more intelligent and resourceful, albeit leering and slightly creepy characters. Landau plays an army veteran who has some serious PTSD and is rather depressing but well-acted. Both these actors rescued this film and made it better than I expected it to be.This film evokes a very eerie atmosphere, one unique to 1980 films like The Children, My Bloody Valentine and The Boogens. And there's something to be said for not seeing a cell phone anywhere in sight throughout a movie; the small town atmosphere and crazy cast of characters accompanied by grainy footage is something that films today are really lacking in.The soundtrack was great, and the effects were disgusting, perfect horror film material. Without Warning is a film that any horror fan needs to check out, if not for high-end effects than at least for nostalgic value.