THREE MODERN HIDDEN GEM SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES YOU MIGHT LIKE

M3GAN (2022)
VESPER (2022)
CARNIFEX (2022)
00:00 Intro
00:43 M3GAN
04:44 Carnifex
08:38 Vesper
12:17 Outro
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[@adambenton9673]

Carnifax and Vesper are definitely going on my watchlist for my upcoming week off. I need a few good weird watches after a rough few weeks for the family. Thanks again for the homework- it's always appreciated

[@terrytalksmovies]

Sorry to hear that Adam. Hope you enjoy them.

[@adambenton9673]

@@terrytalksmovies Thank you for the kind words, they mean everything even if they change nothing. Someday I'll tell you my fav movie about movies that I didn't post on pt2 of your series on the subject because I was sad at the time but also my pick is problematic as fuck 😬

[@erikramaekers63]

I liked Megan, it's like a Paul Verhoeven movie without the extreme violence.I can't wait to see Carnifex

[@terrytalksmovies]

It's out on DVD here. I doubt if it will get a blu-ray release, so I picked it up in that format. Hopefully you can catch it.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

Carnifex is a disappointment. I thought that it will be interesting, but it is boring, too long and the animal is nothing special.

[@williamthompson286]

These are all going into my must watch queue...smaller budgets inspire creativity...large budgets inspire much nervousness on the part of the executives...also a desperate need to appeal to the lowest common denominator...

[@terrytalksmovies]

Yep, and emerging film makers are the ones to watch.

[@alphawoolf5981]

M3GAN is just a modern version of Wes Craven's Deadly Friend (1986). CHANGE MY MIND

[@terrytalksmovies]

Megan is similar but it's a thing of its own. Blumhouse is the new Roger Corman.

[@andreaslermen2008]

Vesper looks interesting. The optics reminds me a bit to the artworks of Stalenhag.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Good call. It does have a Stalenhag feel but it builds its own world.

[@jimmypenn]

Watched M3GAN last night and I really liked it and I do hope that an unrated version is released as I agree it did lack that bite so to speak but otherwise it is a fun film . Have not watched the other two yet , hadn't heard of Carnifex but looks interesting . Got Vesper on my to watch list.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Canifex is one I felt good about boosting. The production company has an aesthetic I like and it's very small.

[@jimmypenn]

@@terrytalksmovies Gonna watch Carnifex soon but I watched Vesper a few days ago and I wasn't really impressed sadly. I do like slow burn movies but I found this really dragging , though the main leads performances were excellent I found the whole film lacking , sorry not for me.

[@ellingtonhilligas]

You always have some interesting finds that are off the beaten path. That's one of the reasons why I keep coming back. Looking forward to all of these.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Thanks. I hope you enjoy them.

[@dogzdad123]

Terry: 1) Nice Hat! 2) Based on your description of wildlife in your part of the world, I would have to be outfitted ala Sigourney Weaver in Aliens to survive the night. 3) M3gan scares the crap out of me. Hope that she doesn't hook-up with Chucky to produce offspring!

[@terrytalksmovies]

That's why they made Bride of Chucky. Thanks about the hat. Buying Vegemite beanies in summer is cheaper.

[@theritchie2173]

1) Agreed 2) I suspect you & I have very different memories of Ripley's most iconic outfits from the Alien movies. 3) I'm not a huge Horror fan, with a few honourable exceptions (eg Alien, The Thing, Cabin in The Woods, Dog Soldiers, Evil Dead ok maybe more than I thought). That being said, I'm more terrified by creepy little girls than I am by Cthulhu.

[@Bobalicious]

I recently saw HouseBound and I loved it. Even the jump scares had me screaming and laughing. That is a fun movie to watch.

[@terrytalksmovies]

M3gan is similar in tone.

[@brettcoster4781]

All 3 sound great, thanks. I'll especially look out for Carniflex (and why do most of our animals have Latin names? - I do know because they're scientific clade names, but still what did the locals call them all?), says someone born in Korumburra (means lots of flies). Vesper sounds like one to watch out for, too. Good work.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Thanks, Brett. Carnifex is on disk from JB Hifi if you want physical media.

[@jamesallard7223]

I am so glad to see you enjoyed M3Gen as much as I did. It was what was on the tin, as they say.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Yep. It has the same hip vibe as a Roger Corman movie.

[@davidpirkola1547]

VESPER definitely sounds like a movie I want to see!

[@terrytalksmovies]

You should. It's a slow burn but worth it.

[@damianmagee1581]

Intersting group of films, look forward catching up with them.

[@terrytalksmovies]

I reckon you'll like them.

[@zamiadams4343]

"Long Weekend" is my fav Aussie movie ever.

[@terrytalksmovies]

For me, it's Newsfront. You should check that one out.

[@zamiadams4343]

@@terrytalksmovies will do Terry.

[@timetraveller6643]

and don't forget the fourteen legged woolly death snake. gives me nightmares!

[@terrytalksmovies]

We have the best megafauna.

[@ActionPanda-g5n]

Megan is a hoot and appeals to adults as well as the kiddies. Carnifax I need to see. I was absolutely blown away by Vesper, the cinematography is stunningly beautiful and the post apocalyptic bio-world convincing enough. The plot was a bit incoherent/dark though the film deserved a lot more success. The beauty of the effects, I would rate as highly as 'Annihilation'. Good picks, Terry.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Vesper has such a unique look and Eddie Marsan is brilliant as always.

[@splodge71]

Vesper is awesome,i thouroughly enjoyed,if you are looking for something similar you may want to check out Prospect(2018)if you haven't already seen it,it stars a pre-Mandalorian Pedro Pascal and Sophie Thatcher,Vesper reminded me very of it in its tone. a hidden gem Sci-fi film i always recommend is Kill Command(2016),it deserves to be thought of of a so much more than its Terminator meets Predator tag it gets lumbered with(though those aren't 2 bad films to be compared to)

[@terrytalksmovies]

The point is, those small SF movies punch well above their weight when it comes to story and character.

[@teacherdude]

Thank you for the recommendations

[@terrytalksmovies]

Always a pleasure.

[@RecordingStudio9]

Interesting list. Thanks.

[@terrytalksmovies]

My pleasure 😊

[@owenmadden7577]

Man, I saw M3gan its opening weekend and I absolutely agree with everything you said. It was the most just plain fun I have had at the movies in a long time! I especially recommend seeing it in the collective experience. Some movies (good or bad) tap into a hidden energy that can course thru an audience. M3gan is that kind of movie.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Yep. Shared entertainment has a vibe about it that enhances the experience.

[@unclepatrick2]

Will check these films out. thanks

[@terrytalksmovies]

Always a pleasure.

[@paulcharlesworth9114]

If you're scaring Americans with Australian fauna, imagine what you're doing to Brits like me. We only have 1 venomous snake, and that not very. A few deadly mushrooms but they don't bite you if you step on them or chase you through the scrub. Really enjoyed the video and thanks for the recommendations, Terry. Thanks for all your hard work making your channel.

[@terrytalksmovies]

My pleasure, Paul.

[@tobyhines7587]

I'll watch this after I watch these movies.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Go for it.

[@mahatmarandy5977]

If you’ve ever got the chance, I’d love to hear your take on the movie, “Upgrade” (2018)

[@terrytalksmovies]

Seen it. Liked it.

[@mahatmarandy5977]

@@terrytalksmovies cool. Thanks!

[@davidfaltskog4970]

For some reason i have a craving for Vegemite. :)

[@terrytalksmovies]

Sometimes you need that umami tsunami.

[@curiousworld7912]

Just in reply to your comment about Australian wildlife and Americans freaking out - yes. You're absolutely right. Because everything that crawls, flies, leaps, slithers, swims, or just sits there, will kill you. Even if some are now extinct; plenty species of various types survive, and will kill you. Horribly. ( :) )

[@terrytalksmovies]

In that case, don't google gympie-gympie or Irukandji. 😉

[@curiousworld7912]

@@terrytalksmovies As I was saying.... ;)

[@dcdad556]

The AI bot reminds me of The Bad Seed (1956). The naughty girl was real and was a murderer. It was so disturbing to the adults, there was a tag at the end, where the principle actor as mother spanks the murderous little girl, her movie daughter, so she got her comeupance.

[@terrytalksmovies]

They wussed out the ending of the original play.

[@taker68]

Was that spider directed at me? 😄 That's the only animal I fear, the rest of Australia doesn't scare me unless I leave my baby where dingos can steal it. 3 films that sound interesting, will look for them.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Here's a tip. Spiders are fragile AF. You can squish them effortlessly. 😀

[@taker68]

@@terrytalksmovies Very true, I got traumatized in my youth by one of those giant spider movies. It's totally irrational.

[@Laceykat66]

Loved the reviews this time. You are on point here. I want to like AI movies but they are all so redundant. Nobody has the about to take a solid look at interactions with AI, they all degenerate into Frankenstein Complex slasher films. Jason does Windows. That was my complaint with Ex Machina. Great tools does not an artist make, but I keep hoping one will come along.

[@terrytalksmovies]

More AI screenwriters should talk with real AI experts.

[@Laceykat66]

@@terrytalksmovies I THINK I agree, but really, do the expert know enough? I was going through back issues of Popular Mechanics for a project I am doing and you would not believe their predictions for "the future." 😁😁 Please keep up the good work. (I am watching a number of Australian programs and love the work your countrymen do)

[@terrytalksmovies]

@@Laceykat66 we have plenty of spare time here. We don't need to shovel snow off sidewalks. :-)

[@MarcColten-us2pl]

Based on what happened to the Thylacine and the brilliant idea of importing rabbits, I’m inclined to think that the most dangerous Australian wildlife is Australians. Nothing personal.,

[@terrytalksmovies]

We are. Also, foxes, feral cats and conservative politicians.

[@ChristianMcAngus]

The Carnifex died out about 50k years, same time as several other species. First Australians with nothing more than stone tools and fire managed to seriously disrupt the environment. Of course European Australians have done far worse.

[@dogzdad123]

@@terrytalksmovies In America, that would be conservative politicians and weasels.

[@theritchie2173]

@@dogzdad123 In the UK, we have conservative politicians and rat bastards. And redundancy.

[@calvinfujii5921]

Even though Australia has some deadly species that can kill us, that doesn’t mean they deserve extinction.

[@wildnight8776]

M3gan is like a less creepy Bicentennial Man

[@terrytalksmovies]

Not exactly...

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

I can't see M3GAN. I haven't seen the first two. 😘

[@terrytalksmovies]

You might want to try the others. 😀

[@calvinfujii5921]

Is it wrong that I sorta wished M3GAN was a movie geared towards children and that the titular android was a protagonist?

[@terrytalksmovies]

Nope, but it would be a different movie.

[@SmartCookie2022]

I thought M3GAN was derivative trash and needed the exorcised gore to make it vaguely gripping. Reminded me of those Charles Band movies that came out in the 80s, but without the same level of flair and originality. Not sure I'll bother with the unrated version when it comes out as that turkey is already well-cooked now.

[@terrytalksmovies]

I clearly liked it more than you, but I also love Charles Band movies.

[@CAPHOTO1961]

Jump cut city mate.

[@terrytalksmovies]

I see it more as a feature than a glitch.

[@CAPHOTO1961]

That's one way of looking at it.

[@moknbyrd]

D*MMIT, DUDE.... F*cking giant, f*cking spiders.... UGH !........ It's fine... Still like you, man.... maybe... :P

[@terrytalksmovies]

Spiders are fragile. I've lived in the city and the country here and I once accidentally touched a huntsman spider the size of a dinner plate. Still alive.

[@moknbyrd]

@@terrytalksmovies I think my arachnophobia stems from trauma as a child. My grandfather was bitten by a brown recluse and it ate a huge, nasty place into his skin before they stopped it from spreading. Logically, I know most are not poisonous.

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

I watched Carnifex and it is not a gem, on a contrary, one hour into the film and we are following those 3 people who have some strange relation with each other, the animal is not shown no matter that it killed a few times, 2 men, we can see that only in a split of a second that something is grabbing them and blood is all over... There is only one decent presentation of the whole animal, CGI, at the near end of the movie... Very bad, I honestly think I lost time trying to see the "monster" and when I saw it, that was bad CGI and it was not terrifying, just some animal that was a predator and was considered as extinct. Nothing special.

[@terrytalksmovies]

Looks like I enjoyed it more than you :-) ☺️

[@ozymandiasultor9480]

@@terrytalksmovies Yes, and I don't understand why... When I saw the title and short explanation of what that movie is about, I was excited to watch it...But I saw those 3 people, and that ranger or whatever, they go in that wood, go, go, go that is going for 1 hour, and we can see for a fragment of a second that the "monster" is grabbing some animal and later grabbing that poacher, we can't see anything specific, just blood splashes, and they still go, they find that tree and they guy theorists that Carnifex still exists, and no matter that it starts killing, we saw just one good look how that animal looked like, it is a very short scene, the animal is not big as a lion, it is like a weird, almost funny version of leopard, and that is so anticlimactic when you will face the fact that you expected some interesting horror with some incredibly made animal that looks like some monster, let's say something that might look like in that series "Terror", or in "Ritual", or in" No One Gets Alive"... And what we saw? Just some carnivorous marsupial that is looking like a typical big carnivore... Sure, I agree that we all have different tastes, and I know that Romans had that saying that we should not speak about taste, but then again, why not? Why shouldn't we talk about why I think that movie is mediocre at best and you have a different opinion, that it is good movie, a gem? Of course, civilized discussion, with arguments... I have no intention to insult anyone, I am simply saying why that movie was a disappointment for me.