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It's Easier For Me To Get Closer To Heaven Than Ever Feel Whole Again: The Darkest Hour Trailer

By TK | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (21)

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One science fiction movie that’s been somewhat flying under the radar is Chris Gorak’s The Darkest Hour. It’s about a group of Americans traveling in Moscow, partying it up when — of course — aliens attack. The aliens themselves are what makes the film interesting. Eschewing giant robots and spaceships and scaly monstrosities, the aliens are invisible, energy-based life forms that disintegrate everything in their path. It opens up some new avenues and creates some interesting visual opportunities, effects-wise.

The cast is solid, including Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, and Max Minghella. It’s set for a Christmas release date, and I’m hoping it lives up to its potential. There’s a new trailer out, and while the boom-chicka-boom-chicka techno soundtrack is a little off-putting to some, I actually quite like it. The tone, visuals and atmosphere are all quite impressive. Take a look:









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Comments

That header image is pretty radass. If that was actually Katherine Heigl, it would be the best image (period) ever. I'm just gonna pretend it's Katherine Heigl, okay?

Posted by: RobP at November 23, 2011 10:51 AM

Looks awful. Though I do like the Ghostbuster rigs they improvise to fight the invisible aliens.

Posted by: Gavin S. at November 23, 2011 10:52 AM

Given that there was an actual person responsible for selecting that music and approving that trailer leads me to believe that the studio doesn't want anyone to see the movie at all. In fact, I'm pretty sure they want us to blow out our hair, don some Ed Hardy and fucking fist-pump our way to the nearest strobe light outlet.

Posted by: admin at November 23, 2011 10:57 AM

yeah, that was pretty off-putting.

Posted by: gp at November 23, 2011 11:04 AM

"...while the boom-chicka-boom-chicka techno soundtrack is a little off-putting to some, I actually quite like it."

techno
You may like dubstep then.

Posted by: Scott at November 23, 2011 11:14 AM

I love this dubstep version and the guy is amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myMC3IETlpo

Posted by: Gavin S. at November 23, 2011 11:21 AM

eyes on fire by blue foundation the zeds dead remix, FYI.

Posted by: Gavin S. at November 23, 2011 11:37 AM

Disturbing. People disintegrating at the hands of barely- visible energy beings. I need some cat videos, stat.

Posted by: Rest In Peace at November 23, 2011 11:51 AM

but will the chick from Transformers use her annoying accent again?

Posted by: haplo at November 23, 2011 12:25 PM

They disintegrated a dog! Have they no souls?! Motherfuckers!
And WTF happened to Max Minghella's face?

Posted by: Irina at November 23, 2011 12:37 PM

How the end always is.

Posted by: Jay at November 23, 2011 1:25 PM

Not with a bang, but with a boom-chika-boom-chika?

Posted by: BiblioGeek at November 23, 2011 1:45 PM

What's wrong with the music? I like it.

Posted by: Adam c at November 23, 2011 2:02 PM

The music screams campy alien invasion hijinks. It would be better suited to something like Mars Attacks! than a serious scifi/horror flick.

Posted by: Craig at November 23, 2011 4:54 PM

While I haven't bothered with the trailer, your description of the music "boom chicka boom chicka" is better suited to porn, while techno exclusively uses "uhn tss uhn tss".

Posted by: grendel at November 23, 2011 5:26 PM

I love the look of this movie, isn't it the guy that did Nightwatch that's making it?

Posted by: Ben at November 23, 2011 7:39 PM

grendel, having just viewed the trailer, I'm gonna have to adjust the knob away from "uhn tss uhn tss" to "bwoooooooyyyyp bwoooooooyyyyp bwoooooooyyyyp bwoooooooyyyyp duhn duhn bwoooooooyyyyp bwoooooooyyyyp bwoooooooyyyyp."

Posted by: Salieri2 at November 23, 2011 7:41 PM

The music makes the trailer. Very cool. I may just stop my unintentional movie-going boycott for this one.

Posted by: Candy at November 24, 2011 1:19 AM

I like a fair share of techno, but I found the track they used in the trailer to be dissonant.
The short featurettes that are listed at the end of the trailer offer a better look at the film, sans the noise.

Posted by: Rykker at November 24, 2011 3:27 AM

I have a high quality amplifier for my computer speakers so maybe that's why I like the music so much. I just rewatched it an I'm still loving it.

Posted by: Candy at November 24, 2011 4:38 AM

This movie needed a cinematographer. The visuals are blandly competent, just about par for a Syfy original.

Posted by: Frodo Baggins at November 27, 2011 3:03 PM