6.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller • 2020 • 111 min • Adults (18+)
Color Out of Space (2020)
Color Out of Space (2020)
Overview
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly colour. To their horror, the family discovers this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches—including them.
Starring Cast
Nicolas Cage • Joely Richardson • Madeleine Arthur
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.9
Overview
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly colour. To their horror, the family discovers this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches—including them.
Starring Cast
Nicolas Cage • Joely Richardson • Madeleine Arthur
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film's central subject matter is cosmic horror and the psychological breakdown of a family facing an incomprehensible alien entity, which are inherently apolitical themes. It offers no discernible political message or championed solution, focusing instead on existential dread and the futility of resistance.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium
The movie features traditional casting with no apparent intentional race or gender swaps of roles. Its narrative focuses on cosmic horror themes and does not incorporate any critique of traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
Color Out of Space is a cosmic horror film centered on a family's terrifying experience with an alien organism. The narrative does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or explore related themes, resulting in no depiction within the film's content.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'Color Out of Space' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. The story focuses on cosmic horror elements and the psychological and physical degradation of a family due to an alien presence, with no depiction of transgender identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The 2020 film "Color Out of Space" adapts H.P. Lovecraft's novella. A review of the main characters from the source material and their portrayal in the film reveals no instances where a character's established gender was changed.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Medium
The film adapts H.P. Lovecraft's story. While the original characters like Ammi Pierce are implicitly white given the setting and author, their race is not explicitly stated or visually unambiguous in the source material. Therefore, the casting of actors of different races for these roles does not meet the strict definition of a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.1
6.1
Critic Ratings
8.6
7.0
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