Mimic (DVD) Reviews

Well, I hadn't seen this movie for a while, and I came across it again whilst perusing my dvd collection the other night and decided to watch it again - Although I'd not seen it for a while, I have seen it several times before and thoroughly enjoyed it each time. I wont spoil the plot for anyone who hasnt seen it, but it obviously ...

The title sequence is superb, the haunting choral soundtrack bringing to mind the wonder of God's creations as the camera pans over the fragile bodies of butterfly specimens. The credits jitter bug-like around the screen, and the tones of decay pervading the photography enhance the Memento Mori mood. It is reminiscent of the opening ...

Mimic is an excellent title for this movie. In fact, it mimics numerous horror/sci-fi movies of recent years in producing a relatively entertaining but hardly original waste of around 2 hours of your viewing time. Take the premise of Aliens or The Thing amongst others, give it a tweak in location, killer beastie(s) and cast members and you have ...

Watched this film again the other day in preparation for the second one which is coming out. Took that long that I had forgotten what happened in the first one. This is not one of you major budget, excellent special effects and expensive actor/resses films. It was obviously made with a smaller amount of money and instead had to rely on ...

I was persuaded to watch a film at the cinema one night in mid-98, not even knowing which until I got there, and it had been a while since my last visit. For me, Mimic was a shiver-inspiring thriller. Thinking back to how I cannot help but shiver watching the delightful 'Arachnophobia', this adds a style and vigorous horror to it that ...

Once Scream had hit the screen and was uch a big hit millions of script writers must of dusted down those old horror films they had written hoping to get it made on the bandwagon - horror was in. Some were good, most were bad but Mimic is quite indifferent. Mimic is a 90's horror movie, a pace paced, stylish and witty take on the genre and that ...