Okay, so I might have butchered the line from Iron Lung, but at one point she asks him a question and he responds with something like, you’re not going to believe this -and I thought it was a most brilliant moment. And obviously thought I’d be capable of remembering the exact line when I left the cinema.
If Quentin Tarantino’s is tomato soup, and Robert Rodriguez’s is raspberry sauce, then Markiplier’s is Ketchup and Grenadine.
-Kate, on leaving the cinema
Markiplier is my eldest’s favourite YouTuber, so obviously tickets were bought and plans were made. And on a Wednesday night we headed to the Odeon. Grabbed drinks and found our seats. And whilst not packed, there weren’t too many spare seats. And damn those seats are comfy.
I’ve never played the game, or watched a play through, and so had absolutely no idea what to expect -other than what I’d seen on the trailer, obviously. But it was horror, and so it was definitly something I needed to see. And watching all of the videos and reading about how he’d brought this movie to the cinemas certainly gave it an increased appeal. But was it the best horror movie ever?
In a post-apocalyptic future after “The Quiet Rapture” event, a convict explores a blood ocean on a desolate moon using a submarine called the “Iron Lung” to search for missing stars/planets.
Starring Caroline Kaplan (FBI: Most Wanted, The Plot Against America), Tory Baker (Family Guy, Batman: Arkham Knight). Elsie Lovelock (Hazbin Hotel, Death Battle), Elle LaMont (Alita: Battle Angel, Mercy Black), Mick Lauer (Hazbin Hotel, Dandadan), and Mark Fischbach (Markiplier, In Space with Markiplier).
Iron Lung Review Conclusion
I will definitly be watching this again when it comes to streaming: because I’m sure I missed things, particularly in the story itself. There was a moment around the shift from second act to third act that I felt a little lost. And no, it wasn’t the moment I nipped to the loo (I made it the whole way through without a loo break). But it was an incredible watch. The lighting, the pacing, the colours were all a great visual feast for the eyes. And I was engrossed through the whole thing. The slow reveal of why he was there in the first place was well done, and it was fun. It was a good movie. And I look forward to seeing what he brings us next. But for me, it didn’t quite have that simmering anticipation element that a truly great horror needs.
Writer, reviewer, and occasional chaos-collector -the kind who laughs through the plot twists and finds magic in the strange corners of storytelling. I explore films, stories, and the wonderfully weird… and yes, moths are still my sworn enemies.
