2009 · tv-movie · horror · sci-fi
Hydra
Directed by Andrew Prendergast1h 34m2009
The Most Dangerous Game formula gets a monstrous twist as the mythical Hydra turns the tables on a group of wealthy human-hunters. Kidnapped along with three ex-convicts, former Marine Tim Nolan is transported to a deserted island where the super rich pay a fortune to hunt human prey. But this island isn't exactly deserted; it's actually home to Hydra the Beast!
Our read: Hydra (2009) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive tv-movie · horror · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured tv-movie / horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- intense
- inventive
- cold
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