"Cold Storage"

Worth a watch?

When I saw they were turning the novel Cold Storage into a film, I thought it had potential. It was a fun, thrilling, and horrific book - a riff on Night of the Creeps and Slither, which is a riff on Night of the Creeps. And I was right.

The movie closely follows the book and mostly manages to capture the book's dark humor and tone. It's not quite a home run in that department, but it's not cringe-worthy either.

The EFX are gory and fun, reminiscent of the Golden Age of horror movies, over the top and often absurd.

The acting is solid overall, with Liam Neeson turning in one of his signature performances in a role we've seen him play dozens of times at this point. But it works. Joe Keery shows he can act outside of Stranger Things and really does hold his own here.

The movie is helped by the fact that David Koepp, who wrote the novel, also did the adaption. It's a smart, solid adaption that should please newcomers and readers of the book.

Cold Storage isn't an Oscar-worthy horror film. It's a fun, throwback movie IMO that deserves a look. It's a great Friday night movie and won't tax too much of your brain.

Check it out. Now streaming.