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Soldiers vs. Soviet horrors in a hole so deep hell looks up.
TMDB
50
IMDb
46
Rotten Tomatoes
18
Audience Score
18
Google
50
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Scintilla (2014)

B-movie gritclaustrophobic dreadpractical creature feature

Overview

Science Fiction

From a torturous cell in Africa, Abel Powell is released and given the chance to regroup his team of skilled mercenaries for one last job. A top scientist will guide them half a mile underground through an ex-Soviet bunker to extract the vital specimens and information being paid for by a mysterious backer, but what they seek should never have been found!

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Content warning
corporate exploitationmoral bankruptcy of mercenariesscience without conscience

Standout Aspects

Practical Effects

Squishy, slimy creature suits that CGI would have murdered.

Production

Cramped Soviet bunker sets feel authentically miserable.

Best for:Streaming: Late-night genre fix when you need practical effects, not CGI soup.·Solo: No one to judge your love of grimy underground monster nonsense.·Friends: Drinking game: shot every time someone says 'extraction.'
Heads up:Gore: Body horror with teeth; creature birth scenes are... moist.
Billy O'Brien

Director

Billy O'Brien

ReleasedFeb 28, 2014
Runtime1h 34m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feellight
Splice Post
North Light Film Studios

Top Cast

John Lynch

John Lynch

Powell

Morjana Alaoui

Morjana Alaoui

Healy

Craig Conway

Craig Conway

Mason

Antonia Thomas

Antonia Thomas

Steinmann

Beth Winslet

Beth Winslet

Irvine

Ned Dennehy

Ned Dennehy

Harris

Aiste S. Gram

Aiste S. Gram

Biker Girl

Adam Fogerty

Adam Fogerty

Militia Leader

Sophia Hatfield

Sophia Hatfield

Ali

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Beth Winslet is Kate Winslet's sister, making this the most obscure entry in that family's filmography by a mile.

Cultural

Shot in Serbia standing in for Georgia, continuing the proud tradition of Eastern Europe as 'generic post-Soviet hellscape' in British genre films.

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