I was struggling pretty hard to be in the mood to watch a movie yesterday. Nothing sounded good. I think I'm just anticipating October and the return of my month-long horror feature. I want to get started on Spooky Season so bad!Love and Monsters is not a horror movie, despite the title. It's basically The Sure Thing, but with monsters and Michael Rooker instead of Daphne Zuniga.
Joel (Dylan O'Brien) has been weathering the apocalypse in an underground bunker filled with amorous couples. Meanwhile, he's still pining for the girl he lost before the giant asteroid hit the earth, Aimee (Jessica Henwick). When he finds out that she's only 85 miles away in a different colony of survivors, he decides to brave the untested wilds to get to her.
Teen movies have their place and this is certainly one of them. Henwick and O'Brien make decent leads, the monsters are appropriately monstrous, and there is a cute animal sidekick. Have you seen most of these plot points before? If you are over 14, probably. Is it still worth watching? Yeah, mostly. It's good for killing an afternoon and you're not going to feel dumber for having seen it. Would I watch it again? Probably not but that shouldn't stop you. It's currently streaming on Paramount+.
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