Directed by:
Marvin KrenScreenplay:
Benjamin HesslerCinematography:
Moritz SchultheißCast:
Gerhard Liebmann, Edita Malovcic, Hille Beseler, Peter Knaack, Felix Römer, Brigitte Kren, Murathan Muslu, Michael Fuith, Coco Huemer, Adina Vetter (more)Plots(1)
Four technicians and scientists at an alpine research station discover a glacier of blood high in the mountains. Testing the red liquid oozing from the ice, they discover a new alien organism with the astonishing capability of transforming the local wildlife into horrific hybrids and monster mutations. With the Minister of the Environment hiking to the station for an official visit, many frightening questions must be answered if the confrontational team are to survive and cope with the giant wood lice, the beetle-foxes, crossbred flying predators and much, much worse. (StudioCanal UK)
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For a moment I considered a third star, but that would have been for the Alps rather than the film itself … and we have other experts for that. Technically, it’s pretty well made, and some of the moments with the monster are also good, but after some time it begins to get more and more unintentionally funny, mainly due to the utterly absurdly overacted interactions among the members of the scientific team. Kren’s previous film, Rammbock: Berlin Undead, was better.
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The Station certainly doesn't escape comparison with John Carpenter's The Thing, but Marvin Kren's film is quite different in quality. On the one hand, I was impressed by the alpine locations and the solid musical score, on the other, I found the film's potential quite untapped and somewhat clumsily grasped. The overall impression was also spoiled by the bad special effects - The Thing is more than thirty years older and it had better and scarier looking monsters. The cast was also bland, and the relationship line (with the bizarre "mother metaphor" at the end) went completely over my head. All in all, I would have given the film two and a half stars, but I’m rounding down in this case.
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