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This article was originally published in October 2019, whenColor Out of Spacehit the film festival circuit.
We are revisiting the piece on occasion of the movies theater release.
Warning: mild spoilers ahead.
Cocaine ought to tryNicolas Cage.
So how does this Lovecraftian nightmare measure up on the Cage Rage Meter?
It also starts affecting the Gardners themselves, a family of five (not counting their various alpacas).
Such a volatile and otherworldly setting is obviously a perfect playground for Cage to abandon all restraint.
Mom blithely chops off a few fingers while doing dinner prep.
The daughter becomes violently ill.
The youngest son starts communing with some sort of invisible presence in the yard.
The alpacas act out.
That isnt Cages only breakdown in the film, but it is his most outlandish.
He marked out certain areas where we knew we were going to let him off the leash a little.
Youre going to need all the help you’re free to get.
