Underrated Sci-Fi/Horror

Rating: 7/10 (4 June 2018)

I first saw this movie in 1998 and it has always stuck with me. While certainly not perfect, there are some excellent (albeit gory) visuals, much of the acting is solid, and the first half of the film does a great job building up suspense.
The story does play around with mind games, hallucinations, and drawing on the characters' past traumas. At times, if you're unable to suspend disbelief, this can make characters appear foolish as they chase after a character that couldn't possibly be there or otherwise see things they should logically know are not real. But if you can wrap your mind around this being much more than horror-character stupidity, you begin to realize just how insidious the evil in this movie is.
Sam Neill has done other horror and I think he's underrated when it comes to his appearances in the genre. He does a great job throughout here, adjusting his performance well as his character goes through major changes.
There aren't many decent sci-fi/horror films out there. While this one certainly doesn't surpass classics like Alien, it is a suspenseful, creepy film that continues the genre's tradition of asking big, frightening questions. I definitely recommend it to any fans of dark science fiction.