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Movie Reviews of Feast (Unrated Edition)
Movie Review: Delicious!
Summary: 5 Stars
Until I read reviews here, I had no idea this movie had anything to do with "Project Greenlight." That doesn't change my opinion one bit; it's just a fun fact.
I kept seeing previews for this on SciFi and reminding myself to rent it. My friends who saw it all said, "It's such a *you* movie.*
Boy howdy they were right! In spades!
I admit to enjoying bad horror films. Even better is a bad horror film that knows it's bad and gleefully refuses to care. A "bad" horror film should be campy, gory, over-the-top, sexy, self-aware, and a lot like the smart kid in school who eats dead bugs - not because he is gross, but because he has done his research and knows which ones are poisonous.
In other words, Feast has a very high squick factor. There are some nasties here that are quite unique. The monsters, in addition to being gross and scary, are also sexual deviants who seem to prefer oral gratification from members not of their species. There is also a scene involving monster-on-monster action on top of a car . . . which sets the car alarm off. You can see what kind of movie this is. You're laughing while you gag, which is a great thing.
Another little head-nod to Feast is that it doesn't hesitate to turn genre cliches about who lives and who dies on their collective heads. The less said about that the better.
The plot is simple: snarky characters in a crappy bar are attacked by monsters. Simple. The end. Yet with Feast, the devil is in the details. None of the characters have names (they are called things like Grandma, Hot Wheels, etc), and as each character is introduced, there is a stylish freeze frame and a small set of stats. These are funny in and of themselves, especially the "Life Expectancy" section. All the characters are run down and dirty with agendas that are paper thin. They all seem to dislike one another with varying degrees of intensity. Their dialogue varies from lame to witty, but everyone in the cast is "there;" no one phoned in their performance. The female characters kick just as much butt as the men and are even more proactive when it comes to trying to save their own lives.
Yes, the camera work is a little jumpy and the close ups tend to be extreme. That's no big deal; it makes the gore more effective and it takes something that would be corny at a distance and makes it looks a little more believable. This movie was low-budget but they do an amazing job with their resources. Henry Rollins is great.
Don't overthink Feast; it is what it is. Fans of shock and sleaze horror should love it. Fans of snarky humor and gore should love it. I love it. Five stars!
Movie Review: great horror/comedy that entertains
Summary: 5 Stars
i always watch horror movies now adays with a negative outlook, just cause they all seem to be either holywood shlock or just plain ametuer hour garbage, (see my reviews of the graveyard, 13 seconds, and shatter dead). so needless to say i was supremely suprised and pleased at the end of my viewing of the feast. yes it is a low buget film, no cgi or any supremely fancy effects. which really doesnt matter in a film like this. if done right, a low buget film can be better than a high budget super cgi special effects-a-thon. cgi i think has made a lot of film makers lazy. no longer do they have to work hard at detailing the environment, creatures etc. all they have to do is imput data in a cpu and presto, you got your movie effects. (im sure there is more to it than that but you get the point). cgi just doesnt feel as personal to me. i mean watch some of the making of videos of some of the older horror classics like the thing or dawn of the dead trilogy or alien/aliens. you could tell that these people cared so much about their product and busted their chops to make it to as close to real as possible. and in the end i think that piece of heart and soul the filmakers put into their product really shines through. thats what the effects were like in this movie. cool looking, nothing fancy, but well made. this movie i felt had a lot more character to it than half the movies out there now a days like i know what you did last summer trilogy (i cant believe they made a 3rd one) cry-wolf, continual sequals of final destination, etc. i mean dont get me wrong, these are pretty much all popcorn movies, which theres nothing wrong with that really. i guess everyone goes to the movies for one reason and thats to be entertained, and these movies i guess serve their purpose. the difference is do you want to leave the theater like:
1: yeah that was good
or
2: I CANT BELIEVE THAT, THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!
this movie i think falls in the 2 catagory for me. it might be in the 1 catagory for some others. it might not have the most earth shatteringly original story line (we have been making movies for about 100 years or so<---historical accuracy questionable----so pretty much all the fresh ideas are takin and have been done before)but this movie had enough fresh ideas, and innovations to differenciate this film from the others out there and it did make me truly enjoy myself for the 90 minutes it took to watch this film, and the next 180 minutes of repeat viewings.
4.5 stars
Movie Review: Anybody got any lip balm?
Summary: 5 Stars
"Feast" absolutely blew me away! Directed by John Gulager, written by Marcus Dunston and Patrick Melton, and executive produced by Wes Craven, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Chris Moore, "Feast" is an over-the-top, balls-to-the-wall horror movie. What a refreshing change. The movie for whatever reason(s) received a very limited run at theaters. That's too bad because this is the best horror movie I've seen since "Slither".
The set-up--although not all that original--delivers because of the non-stop action. Each character introduced is just that: a character. There are no "names", only nicknames. That's something else I rather enjoyed about this movie. You are shown a frame of a character. His/her stats come up, i.e. nickname, occupation, and (what I loved best) chance of survival. That type of tactic by the director works very well here; he's basically telling his audience, "look; don't become "involved" with any of these characters because I just might kill everyone."
Several critics have said that "Feast" was just too simple in its approach to horror. Take it from someone who has seen just about every kind of horror movie: YOU NEED TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. I don't watch horror because I want to see some complex story line that is next to impossible to follow, coupled with actors who take themselves WAY too seriously, followed by your run of the mill slice 'em and dice 'em end product. If I wanted to be bored to death, I'd watch "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Part Pie)". The director has put these characters inside a bar, bombards them with some of the nastiest monsters this side of "Alien", and never distinguishes between the "good" guys and the "bad" guys. Good and bad are turned upside in this bar. Just as in everyone's real life, YOU have to make that decision.
The movie stars Balthazar Getty (Bozo), Eric Dane (Hero), Navi Rawat (Heroine), Judah Friedlander (Beer Guy), Duane Whitaker (Bossman, and Clu Gulager (Bartender--and director's father) are part of a great cast. Henry Rollins (Coach) plays a motivational speaker and when he's giving his rah-rah about how to beat the aliens, well...you just wanted to strike him repeatedly with any kind of heavy object! But he was great! Please keep in mind that I am reviewing the unrated version of this movie. This version is unrated for gratuitous gore and language. Give this one a try (or buy)!
Movie Review: Spectacular monster feast!
Summary: 5 Stars
In the middle of nowhere at a bar, the costumers even the Bartender (Clu Gulager from "Return of the Living Dead") were enjoying their evening of booze and fun until a man comes in and warns them all about a group of mysterious flesh-eating monsters who are about to attack them all. But they didn't believe him until one of the costumers gets eaten by one of the beasts, it turns into a living nightmare as they must try to fight to survive, battle these weird creatures and get the hell out.
Exciting and gory as hell horror comedy romp that is one of the better horror movies of late and has the potential to be a cult fave. Sure the film is quite plotless and there's no explanation of where the monsters come from but this does offer some good quality entertainment for the horror fan. The film co-stars Dwayne Witaker ("Pulp Fiction"), Judah Friedlander (Wonder Showzen), Henry Rollins, and Balthazar Getty ("Alias") with Clu's brother John Gulager as the director of this movie with Wes Craven, Ben Affeleck, Matt Damon and Chris Moore as executive producers. The creatures in this movie are quite HP Lovecraft-esque as they are all done by animatronics rather then CGI and the gore effects are so over the top such as the eyeball ripping sequence for instance that you'll need an umbrella to prevent more blood from spilling. This movie was chronicled on Bravo's TV reality series "Project Greenlight" and now that movie has became a reality, fans of gore and horror comedies will have a funny and bloody fun time with this romp.
This DVD contains the unrated version with more gore then before and has good extras like audio commentary, two featurettes, trailers and deleted scenes.
Also recommended: "From Dusk Till Dawn", "Re-Animator", "Dead Alive (Braindead)", "Evil Dead 2", "The Mist", "From Beyond", "Demons", "C.H.U.D.", "Dawn of the Dead (1978 and 2004)", "The Toxic Avenger", "Basket Case", "House (1986)", "Evil Dead", "Bride of Re-Animator", "Pumpkinhead", "Hatchet", "Night of the Living Dead (1968 and 1990)", "Day of the Dead (1985)", "Land of the Dead", "Diary of the Dead", "Street Trash", "Shaun of the Dead", "The Blob (1988)", "Bad Taste", "Slither", "Frontier(s)", "Wicked City", "The Ruins", "The Descent", "Cemetery Man", "Grindhouse", "Q: The Winged Serpent", ""The Stuff", "Demon Knight", "The Host" and "The Hills Have Eyes (1977 and 2006)".
Movie Review: You came away satisfied with this feast!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Well watching the Bravo Project Greenlight series I didn't know what to expect from this movie. If you watched PG from beginning to end you'd be led to believe that John Gulager was the biggest idiot alive who stumbled on to a camera and go the lucky shot to make his feature film (his sales pitch was laughable as he basically played with his mouth). During the shooting of the film it was made apparent that Gulager didn't quite have the knack to set up shots. Then in other occasions there was other drama on the set from Krista Allen being to Clu Gulager being a complete jerk to the hardworking crew who was becoming frustrated with the project itself. Finally, there was tension about the budget of the film going from millions to millions and whether the film would ever make a profit.
No matter whether this was true or not is irrelevant now as "Feast" delivered all the goods in this type of monster movie: Gore, sex, violence, quick laughs. I don't think anyone could have written this type of film. I mean lots of movies have monsters in them but in today's age every wannabee director thinks he can do effectively....few do.
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I love the surprises the film offered from what they do with the hero and heroine. Krista Allen is hot and even though she will not be remembered as a great actress she was a good pick here as was Balthazar Getty, Navi Rawat, and Henry Rollins
(played a good coward) to name a few.
The character development was there for the most part at least with characters that I cared the most while the expendable characters were quickly put to rest. The suspense was there, you couldn't tell me watching movie the first time that you knew who would die and who would live.
The ending was good as well. No matter what happened on PG (true or not) "Feast" turned out be a fabulous horror movie.
Currently Feast 2 and Feast 3 are in development and seeing how successful this film was well "Feast" fans are rejoicing in delight.