Deep Freeze (film)

Deep Freeze also known as Ice Crawlers is a 2003 horror film directed by John Carl Buechler. Written by Robert Boris, Dennis A. Pratt, and Matthew Jason Walsh, the film was shot in Germany in 2001. The film was retitled Ice Crawlers for USA release.

MJ Simpson notes that the film was directed and produced by effects legend John Carl Buechler. Speaking toward the giant monster trilobite of the film, he writes it wouldnt be a John Carl Buechler movie without a deadly rubber monster puppet, clarifying Of course, it has to be considerably more deadly and carnivorous than trilobites are believed to have been. He also noted that although the writing team had otherwise decent work to their credit, three credited writers doesnt necessarily make for a good script and this ones a clunker. Toward the makeup and creature effects, he granted that to be fair, the trilobite is a welldone effect, especially when seen scuttling across the floor, but that as an antgonist is just such a dopy concept for a monster. He also found flaw with production design and sloppiness of the screen credits. He concluded Its got a few thrills, a few unintentional laughs and a bunch of exterior stock footage from The Thing, but theres a certain amount of depth to the characters and there are no wannabe scream queens in the cast, which is a blessing.Dread Central lists the criteria that viewers should look for to predetermine that this film is a bad one the premise of the film being derivative of Alien, the plot line of the film blatantly copies that of more than one famous genre film, that a man whose specialty lies in the FX department rarely ever succeed when taking the directors chair, the special effects are unremarkable, the director is already known for Ghoulies 3, and the lead writer is the man responsible for Backyard Dogs. The reviewer then lambasts the monster, a trilobite with the seeming and inexplicable power of teleportation and mind reading. Dubbing the creature Trilly, the reviewer writes Trilly, you see, is no ordinary maneating, prehistoric insect awoken from an icy slumber. No, Trilly has magical powers that your typical maneating, prehistoric insect didnt have. Trilly seems to be psychic. Much like Santa, Trilly knows w

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