Sea Fever (Neasa Hardiman, 2019)

A fishing trawler attracts a bio-luminescent squid-like creature (reminded me a bit of the monster from 1983's The Deadly Spawn) which proceeds to inject the crew with fatal parasites. Obviously, this horror thriller benefits from our current climate of viral fear. But it would have compelled last year as well with its refreshingly muted tone and grungy production design. The creature never metastasizes into The Thing so a more palpable feeling of dread creeps into each narrative crag. Still, when the movie's over, it's over. Not much to gnaw on afterward. 

Grade: B+