Color Out of Space

3 1/2 Stars (out of 4)

A clever, potent adaptation of a story by H.P. Lovecraft, this sci-fi shocker includes a little humor and some effective visual FX, but still somehow captures the original's unique, unnamable enigma. In Color Out of Space, Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage) and his family, wife Theresa (Joely Richardson), daughter Lavinia (Madeleine Arthur), elder son Benny (Brendan Meyer), and youngest son Jack (Julian Hilliard), have given up life in the city to work Nathan's father's farm, near Arkham, raising alpacas. A hydrologist, Ward Phillips (Elliot Knight) comes by to study the water in the area, just before a glowing meteor crashes into the Gardner's front yard... (More)

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