Review – Black Mountain Side

I originally took an interest in this movie after a member of The Thing’s fan group on Facebook sang its praises. Further, the plot summaries promised that the horror would stem from the discovery of ruins more ancient than humanity itself, which of course conjured a tantalizing vision of Lovecraftian adjectives. Instead the archaeological element is a boxy hunk of junk that the filmmakers wisely opt to avoid showing in any detail. And the only real points in common with John Carpenter’s masterpiece are an all-male cast and a cold setting. Beyond that this is a tangle of fragmentary plot threads that aren’t woven together with any skill. Added demerit: cat death. Wish I’d skipped it