Harbinger Down (2015)

While studying the effects of global warming on a pod of whales, grad students on a crabbing vessel and its crew uncover frozen Soviet space shuttle and unintentionally release a monstrous organism from it.

Director:

Alec Gillis

Writer:

Alec Gillis

Stars:

Lance Henriksen, Camille Balsamo, Matt Winston

Cast

Cast overview:
Lance Henriksen	...	Graff
Camille Balsamo	...	Sadie
Matt Winston	...	Stephen
Reid Collums	...	Bowman
Winston James Francis	...	Guillaume
Milla Bjorn	...	Svet (as Milla Björn)
Giovonnie Samuels	...	Ronelle
Michel Estime	...	Dock (as Mike Estimé)
Edwin H. Bravo	...	Atka (as Edwin Bravo)
Kraig W. Sturtz	...	Roland (as Kraig Sturtz)
Jason Speer	...	Sergei Petrova
Morgana Ignis	...	Creature Suit Performer
Lev Poberesky	...	Russian Voice #1 (voice)
Alla Poberesky	...	Russian Voice #2 (voice)

Storyline

A group of grad students have booked passage on the crabbing boat Harbinger to study the effects of global warming on a pod of Belugas in the Bering Sea. When the ship's crew dredges up a recently thawed piece of old Soviet space wreckage, things get downright deadly. It seems that the Russians experimented with tardigrades, tiny resilient animals able to withstand the extremes of space radiation. The creatures survived, but not without mutation. Now the crew is exposed to aggressively mutating organisms. And after being locked in ice for 3 decades, the creatures aren't about to give up the warmth of human companionship.

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Plot Keywords:

retro | retro horror | outer space | creature feature | shaky cam | 

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Taglines:

Terror is just beneath the surface.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and creature violence.

Did You Know?

Trivia

(at around 10 mins) When Sadie goes on deck with the whale song microphone. The case she opens to retrieve the gear from is labeled LV-426. This is a reference to the planet from the movie Aliens (1986) in which Lance Henriksen starred.

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Goofs

(at around 12 mins) When the crew of The Harbinger raise the 'object' shortly into the film, they claim it is encased in 'old ice' (due to the visible blue colour). Indeed, due to compression over many hundreds/thousands of years by 'newer ice' forming on top, this would be the case. However, according to the opening sequence; the object/craft in question crashed in 1982, and would unlikely have been there long enough for the necessary ice build-up and compression needed to give it the blue colour.

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Quotes

Graff: You're gonna need a bigger bucket.

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Connections

References The Thing (1982)

User Reviews

The only thing remarkable about this film is that it got made at all!

Poor script, poor characters, poor acting, poor direction, poor special effects...need I go on? It really is sad to see Lance Henrikson ending his career making these stinkers. Do not be fooled (as I was) by some of the reviewers here saying this stands up next to Carpenters 'The Thing'....it is nowhere near it. I only granted it 3 stars because there are actually films around that are even worse. Please don't bother. Just watch 'The Thing' again instead.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Harbinger Down

Filming Locations:

Chatsworth, California, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$61,036

Company Credits

Production Co:

Studio ADI, Dark Dunes Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1