Joe Gayton

(In French, On Cable TV, August 2022) Look, either I spend 200+ words describing how mediocre-to-bad The Outpost is, or we can all save ourselves some trouble if you just take my word for it. I’ll even throw in some objective facts as a warning: This is one of those bog-standard “there’s a murderous monster in an isolated scientific outpost and here are a few non-scientists trying to survive” horror movies that were especially popular in the 1990s. It’s widely advertised as being “from Wes Craven,” but he’s just an executive producer—his son Jonathan Craven co-wrote the script, and it was directed by Joe Gayton. It’s strictly a low-budget effort, shot in Bulgaria to take advantage of tax incentives and lower production costs—but it still looks cheap. Do I need to add more to convince you? You won’t even remember it the next day. 150 words—we’re done here.