History YMMV / HarbingerDown

* {{Narm}}: Svetlana's corny (and inconsistent) Russian accent.
* NarmCharm: For those who like the 80's homage, Svetlana's corny accent adds to it.

* BrokenBase: Some people hate the film and don't like the visual effects, others accept the film had a very low budget and makes it count and is a fun GenreThrowback film.

* SpiritualAdaptation: Of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'', between its ship-based setting, its [[WasOnceAMan once-human]] aquatic monsters, and the twist of [[spoiler:a female spy aboard the ship getting infected and turned into a monster whose head opens up into a jaw]].
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For many, the practical effects are extremely good given the film's budget was only ''380,000''. Keep in mind many Film/{{Syfy Channel Original Movie}}s have a budget approaching a ''million''.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For many, the practical effects are extremely good given the film's budget was only ''380,000''. Keep in mind many Film/{{Syfy Channel Original Movie}}s have a budget approaching a ''million''.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: For many, the practical effects are extremely good given the film's budget was only ''380,000''. Keep in mind many SyfyChannelOriginalMovies have a budget approaching a ''million''.

* ClicheStorm: The film tries very little to distance itself from stereotypes: the black funny guy, the evil Soviet ice queen, and a ton of other elements from famous horror films from TheEighties. Even if it was done in purpose as a homage, it still has little redeeming value.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: For a film which was conceived in the first place to showcase the work of a renowned special effects team, the monsters's PFX are shockingly shoddy and cheap-looking (and even worse, the camera work obscuring them constantly implies the team knew it too), to the point a viewer who knows the story behind it might actually ''agree'' with the infamous executive decision to cover up with CGI their work in ''Film/TheThing2011''. In all honesty, it was probably a budget thing, as the kickstarter only raised maybe 350 thousand and the crew had to pay for all of the effects themselves, in comparison the budget for ''The Thing'' which was ''1000 times'' larger.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: For a film which was conceived in the first place to showcase the work of a renowned special effects team, the monsters's PFX are shockingly shoddy and cheap-looking (and even worse, the camera work obscuring them constantly implies the team knew it too), to the point a viewer who knows the story behind it might actually ''agree'' with the infamous executive decision to cover up with CGI their work in ''Film/TheThing2011''. In all honesty, it was probably a budget thing, as the kickstarter only raised maybe 350 thousand, in comparison the budget for ''The Thing'' which was ''1000 times'' larger.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: For a film which was conceived in the first place to showcase the work of a renowned special effects team, the monsters's PFX are shockingly shoddy and cheap-looking (and even worse, the camera work obscuring them constantly implies the team knew it too), to the point a viewer who knows the story behind it might actually ''agree'' with the infamous executive decision to cover up with CGI their work in ''Film/TheThing2011''.
** In all honesty it was probably a budget thing, the kickstarter only raised maybe 350 thousand, in comparison the budget for ''Film/TheThing2011'' was ''1000 times'' larger than the goal, and it showed in the "making of" videos for ''Film/TheThing2011''

* SpecialEffectsFailure: For a film which was conceived in the first place to showcase the work of a renowned special effects team, the monsters's PFX are shockingly shoddy and cheap-looking (and even worse, the camera work obscuring them constantly implies the team knew it too), to the point a viewer who knows the story behind it might actually ''agree'' with the infamous executive decision to cover up with CGI their work in ''Film/TheThing2011''.

* HypeBacklash: ''Harbinger Down'' was created and advertised by Studio ADI to show off what they could do without CGI, so it's a given that people complained when the result was very far from being impressive in that field (or any other). Even fans of the studio are unanimous this is one of their worst works and a bad business move after all the fuss they made against the higher ups in ''Film/TheThing2011''.

* HypeBacklash: ''Harbinger Down'' was created by Studio ADI to show off what they could do without CGI, so it's a given that people complained when the result was very far from being impressive. Even fans of the studio are unanimous this is one of their worst works.
* JustHereForGodzilla: The film's existence itself.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: For a film which was conceived in the first place to showcase the work of a renowned special effects team, the monsters's PFX are shockingly shoddy and cheap-looking, to the point a viewer who doesn't know Studio ADI's usual record might actually ''agree'' with the decision to cover up with CGI their work in ''Film/TheThing2011''.