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...Were you ever worried about being upstaged by the creatures, as is often the case in sci-fi movies? Why don't we get a clear explanation of what they are or what they...
...were on a limited budget-we were kind of underdogs. Most big sci-fi movies four times as much money to work with. So we weren't really ever worried about it. Because of the budget, we were worried about the special effects and the creatures. But they explained to us that it would be more horrific if we saw less of the creatures...
...first glance, Pitch Black might seem like your standard sci-fi fare: after a crash landing on an environmentally hostile planet, the survivors encounter a scary alien enemy and then start to die off. For some added fun, this particular planet has no sunsets-it has three suns. At first he survivors' biggest problems are finding water and keeping an eye on a convicted murderer named Riddick who escaped from the ship during the crash...
Here is the promotional slogan for Pitch Black, a new sci-fi flick opening today: "Are you afraid of the dark? You will be..." Now, let's think about this: are you scared or bemused? Silly as the phrase is, it's also a little misleading. What makes Pitch Black into something you don't anticipate-a nice surprise-has nothing to do with darkness...
Pitch Black is a sort of low-budget production, and though there's good reason to be skeptical of things sci-fi or low- budget in general, the film does surprisingly well given its familiar premise. Besides some interesting visual techniques (what kinds of colors are you supposed to see in a desert?), it also manages to deliver all the fear and anxiety that tempt you to pay $8 for a movie in the first place...