Toronto Film Review: ‘Color Out of Space’

Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeline Arthur, Brendan Meyer, Julian Hilliard, Elliot Knight, Q’Orianka Kilcher, Tommy Chong.Five years ago, one of the most famously troubled productions in movie history was colorfully detailed in the documentary “Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of’s Island of Doctor Moreau.” Its major takeaway was the cruel injustice of a director being removed from a project that had been his baby from inception.

Still, there will be great interest among genre fans, ensuring wide exposure in home formats, though big-screen placements will likely be spottier. RLJE Films picked up U.S. theatrical rights just before the film’s premiere in Toronto’s Midnight Madness section. After that mildly flirtatious first meet, she heads home to the inherited farm her family has recently moved to, its isolated location a fair distance from the nearest town of Arkham . There, mom is working as an online commodities trader, while failed-painter dad Nathan is trying to make a go of rural life by growing produce and raising alpacas. Adolescent son Benny copes with their changed circumstances herbally, while junior child Jack is young enough not to be bothered.

Stanley fares best in the early going, when our dread of what might be coming is managed with a nice balance of creepiness and humor. Once the alien force begins taking over in earnest, however, the film turns overloaded and incoherent by degrees, piling on too many underdeveloped factors. Lovecraft left the cause or purpose of the invading “color” mysterious. But the movie is very literal-minded in some aspects, notably some grotesque mutation effects, while remaining vague in others.

Lovely to see a Poe fan, H.P. Lovecraft, get his story told on film by such a talented bunch.

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