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Cthulhu Hates Airplanes

By TK | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (13)

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While I’m more than ready for Altitude to be a crappy movie, I’m nonetheless interested in it. I like the concept — group of people trapped in a plane, get stuck in a storm, and some massive Cthulhu-esque monster wreaks havoc on them. When we ran the trailer a while back, I called it Deep Rising on a plane, and nothing has really changed my opinion — only I think it’ll probably be crappier. And yet, I’m strangely drawn to it.

Anchor Bay, perhaps sensing the waning interest in a project that only had about a dozen people interested in it in the first place, decided to show their hand and have given folks a look at the Lovecraft-inspired creature. I have to say, considering the low-budget-ness of the flick, the image is pretty nifty. I’m still annoyed at the young, happenin’ 20-something cast, but what the fuck, right?

Anyway, if you don’t want the reveal spoiled, read no further. If you don’t care, here you go. Oh, and here’s the full synopsis should you care about that:

“Altitude follows a group of teens on a weekend getaway aboard a small plane that suddenly turns deadly for the rookie pilot (Jessica Lowndes) and four young friends: Julianna Guill (Friday the 13th, “90210”), Ryan Donowho (Bandslam, “The O.C.”), Landon Liboiron (“Degrassi: The Next Generation”) and Jake Weary (“As the World Turns”). Minutes after the group takes-off, an unexplained malfunction sends the aircraft climbing out of control into the heart of a mysterious storm. Unable to get their bearings or contact the ground, the survivors gradually realize they are locked in combat with a terrifying supernatural force.”

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(source: Bloody Disgusting)









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Comments

Donowho? Really? He spells his name Ryan Donowho?

Posted by: PaddyDog at September 21, 2010 9:21 AM

Godtopus?

Posted by: , at September 21, 2010 10:15 AM

So . . . a group of teens charter a small plane for thousands of dollars a ticket and get eaten by a skygodtopus. Somehow, the image doesn't say "locked in combat" as much as "about to be ingested." Oh well, at least Sharktopus is on this week.

Posted by: BWeaves at September 21, 2010 10:20 AM

Given the previous roles taken by the cast (Friday the 13th, “90210”, Bandslam, “The O.C.”, "Degrassi: The Next Generation", “As the World Turns”), I say, "Cthulhu fhtagn."

Posted by: branded at September 21, 2010 11:09 AM

I HAVE that Cthulhu toy.

I love Pajiba.

Posted by: vdo86 at September 21, 2010 11:31 AM

Needs more raptors.

Posted by: lubeg at September 21, 2010 11:52 AM

Posted by: superasente at September 21, 2010 12:47 PM

goddamnit, that header pic is so adorable! I want that Cthulhu toy.

Posted by: Iris at September 21, 2010 5:55 PM

so, how long could they be locked in battle? its a small flimsy plane with no armaments. and keep in mind, even a small plane is probably zipping along at a brisk pace. I mean, this can't play out like those movies where the phantom truck is playing chicken with the hapless teens on the highway. the giant floating demon thing can't dispatch them one by one--they're in a little plane

Posted by: idleprimate at September 21, 2010 6:52 PM

Oh God that image is one of my favorite things on the whole Internet.

This movie...not so much.

Posted by: Lefty Mothersbaugh at September 21, 2010 7:08 PM

idle, perhaps it's holding them there, fucking with their minds, telepathically, and feeding off their fear before ripping the plane to bits...

merely speculation on my part...

Posted by: Rykker at September 21, 2010 7:22 PM

Ha I've got that toy too. I've also got a Mighty Mug Galactus figure that's about the same size that sits next to it. I love my adorable unknowable horrors.

Posted by: Ben at September 21, 2010 9:45 PM

It kind of looks like Arthur Conan Doyle's "Horror of the Heights".

Posted by: Adam C at September 22, 2010 3:27 AM