Meeting up with a friend in the run-up to Halloween, we decided to go to the local CEX and get a disc that we could watch later. With my friend being in the mood for a "Creature Feature" I was pleased to spot a DVD of a title that appeared to be from that genre, which led to us picking up the boa.
View on the film:
Breaking the ice by going on a tour of the New Alcatraz prison in the Antarctic, co-writer (with Terri Neish) / director Phillip J. Roth & The Room (2003) cinematographer Todd Barron crack open a frosty survival Horror atmosphere, via icy panning shots closing in on the prisoners and the guards, as their fear heats up of encountering the mega boa.
Although full shots of the creature, result in the naff rubbery CGI filling the screen, Roth wisely mixes the wide-shot set-pieces, with side shots that display fragments of the boa, which thanks to this limitation and the frosty location, allows the CGI artists to use shadows that give the boa a slippery appearance, as it slithers up to its prey.
Locking the boa in a confine location, the screenplay by Roth and Neish chews Creature Feature shocks with survival Horror prison drama, via the inmates and the wardens all butting heads and scrambling to survive the attacks from the boa.
View on the film:
Breaking the ice by going on a tour of the New Alcatraz prison in the Antarctic, co-writer (with Terri Neish) / director Phillip J. Roth & The Room (2003) cinematographer Todd Barron crack open a frosty survival Horror atmosphere, via icy panning shots closing in on the prisoners and the guards, as their fear heats up of encountering the mega boa.
Although full shots of the creature, result in the naff rubbery CGI filling the screen, Roth wisely mixes the wide-shot set-pieces, with side shots that display fragments of the boa, which thanks to this limitation and the frosty location, allows the CGI artists to use shadows that give the boa a slippery appearance, as it slithers up to its prey.
Locking the boa in a confine location, the screenplay by Roth and Neish chews Creature Feature shocks with survival Horror prison drama, via the inmates and the wardens all butting heads and scrambling to survive the attacks from the boa.