At a climate research station in the Alps, the scientists are stunned as the nearby melting glacier is leaking a red liquid. It quickly turns to be very special juice — with unexpected genetic effects on the local wildlife.
The monsters are a scream, squishing crossbreeds that are all fur and teeth and exposed, pulsing, ready-to-burst viscera. And the screamers are a bit monstrous ...
– Alan Scherstuhl,
Village Voice,
29 Apr 2014
rotten:
The attempts made to flesh out Janek and Tanja's rocky relationship, especially, are pure Screenwriting 101 contrivance.
– Keith Uhlich,
Time Out New York,
29 Apr 2014
rotten:
As if climate change weren't worrying enough, studies show it's leading to an uptick in the production of cheesy German-language monster flicks.
– Kyle Smith,
New York Post,
1 May 2014
fresh:
Sometimes genre-based filmmakers don't know how to make their material fun without making fun of their material, but that's not a failing of Mr. Kren's.
– Nicolas Rapold,
New York Times,
1 May 2014
fresh:
Yes, this is gruesome Euro-horror about the climate apocalypse and the possible end of life on earth as we know it, but it's also fun for the whole family.