The House of the Devil (2009)

Plot: In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret; they plan to use her in a satanic ritual.

Hmmmm, ok, a small independent movie. "Uh oh" I hear you say, "they're shit". Well this one isn't. It isn't perfect by a long shot but it does lots of things right. First off, Jocelin Donahue as Samantha, in the lead role, is superb. She oozes the 80's charm and is spot on in her role. Very well done.

She's bloody good in this.

The whole film is enjoyable due to the fact it's set in the 80's. From the clothes to the walkman, everything is great and takes you back, depending on your age, to growing up with a brick playing music in your pocket. Certain scenes, like the dance montage, could have come straight out of 80's classics like Flash Dance. I'll stop mentioning the 80's vibe now, but it really is very good.

Better shake n vac.

So, the movie starts off slowly and stays that way for almost an hour. A slow, atmospheric build up to the impending doom you know is just round the corner but maybe should arrive a tad sooner. When it does it's quite a grusome shock. Bang straight out the blue it makes you think "here we go" but it dosen't quite get in to 5th gear. Everyone does a great job with their roles but the movie as a whole feels sluggish and you find yourself wanting to jab it with a red hot stick. Or a sharp fork. Either would do.

That would make me gag.

The last third of the film is very reminiscent of an old Hammer film. No real scares, a little bit of tension and some ropey effects. All of this indicates the movie would suck large yeti bollocks but it dosen't. It's because the whole cast, and the feel of the film, are so good and so sort of old school that you forgive it all it's shortcomings and just sort of enjoy it. The camera work is good, the lighting is fantastic and you kind of want it to last a bit longer than it does, but you don't know why you want more.

Grrrrrrrrr.

So the film ends and you expect the end credits of Tales of the Unexpected to start playing. But they don't. Even the credits have a retro feel about them and this is how I would sum this all up. A retro, old school, tv-like, horror movie. No real scares, no jumpy scenes, not much happens and you'll probably forget it in a few days. However, whilst watching it you'll be gripped and unable to look away. You'll want the girl to survive cos you like her. Your be sad some of them died. And you certainly wont guess the final scene.

Summary:

 Great because:

• Cast are really very good
• Captures the 80's perfectly
• Old school Hammer vibe going on
• Unexpected ending

 Crap because:

• Very slow build up
• Needed a few decent jumps

Hamster Rating: 4

Gore: 1.5

Scares: 2

Deadgirl (2008)

Plot: Rickie and J.T.  are two high school seniors who gaze at the girls they wish they could get, especially JoAnn, the object of Rickie's affection, whom he has known since he was a child. One day, they decide to cut class and end up in an abandoned insane asylum. They discover a mute, naked woman in the basement, chained to a table. While J.T. is interested in raping her, Rickie refuses and leaves. J.T. confronts Rickie the next day, and the two return to the basement where J.T. reveals that the woman is undead, which he discovered after fruitlessly attempting to kill her three times.

Hmmm, another film that I have wanted to see for over a year. The concept is original and certainly different. Does it work though. Yeah it does. The young cast are very good. Especially the two main leads. One a quiet, repressed soul, the other the typical trailer trash kind you get in America's back waters.

Not in with the in crowd, no way.

The movie dosen't take long to get to the action, and once it does it's a disturbing yet riverting ride. Special mention needs to go to the girl playing the zombie. She's naked throughout the movie but does such a great performance that you soon forget your looking at a naked actress and she her as a rather pathetic animal. Liked a caged bear in those nasty adverts, you want to save her from the nasty college kids who treat her like a plastic sex doll.

Stop it, she's dead for christ sake.

Once the crowd start building up to abuse the "girl" you know there's gonna be trouble. The cock biting scene is a nasty one but your still rooting for the zombie, not the humans.  The twist is excellent. I didn't see it coming and is very cleverly worked out by the film makers. The occasional humour, albeit very dark, works really well too. The gas station kidnapping scene is brilliant.

She aint happy, she's my zombie.

The movie runs along at a good pace and there are no boring bits of needless character development. You care for them, sure, but you don't root for them. Untill the twist. But thats the twist. Clever stuff.

All in all, this is a great movie. Very well acted, really tense and beautifully filmed at times. The dark basement could have looked like someones garage but it gives off a great atmosphere. It's original, haunting and funny at times, but only when it should be. Thumbs up to all involved. Fingers up to Hollywood.

Summary:

 Great because:

• Cast are wicked
• Effects are great for a low budget affair
• Original
• Great Twist

 Crap because:

• Needed a bigger budget but thats nit picking really

Hamster Rating: 4

Gore: 3

Scares: 2.5



Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

Plot: On Christmas Eve in Finland, Santa Claus is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Soon after, children start disappearing, leading a boy and his father to capture Santa and, with the help of fellow hunters, they look to sell him back to the corporation that sponsored the dig. And then there's Santa's elves, who are determined to free their leader...

Ok, this is my first Finnish film. After watching, and loving, the Troll Hunter, I decided to give this a go having heard good things about it. Yes, it is set at Christmas time but that dosen't matter, horror is horror all year round. So is it any good? It's raindeer-tastic. Read on....

Santa and shotguns, nice combo.

The film starts out with the english speaking diggers but after 5 minutes or so it switches to the films own language, Finnish. Now, just like the Trol Hunter, the Fins sound a lot like the swedish chef from the muppet show and this will put some people off but seeing as I am not a racist I overlooked this and got on with reading the subtitles. The cast are all great. From the young kids to the rough, gruff adults, everyone does very well. The main lad,

Pietari Kontio does look a little bit mongoloid but he's Finnish so he probably is a little dur-brain. He is however, a very good actor.

Mongoloid, he was a mongoloid! 

The tension builds up nice and quickly in this film. The scenery is stunning and it all has a very high production value look to it. After learning that mongoloid boys mother has died and it's just him and he's dad, we then get on to the horror. This is where the film left me confused and surprised. You see, this film isn't really a horror. Sure it has a horror theme, missing children being boiled alive, a demonic Santa with horns of a goat and hundreds of evil elves running round with their penises flopping about but really this is a kind of family action adventure. A really good one too, but not a horror.

You dirty old man.

The elves are great though. Very creepy. And there is moments of good tension and mild peril. The story is great and very original and this is once again showing boring old Hollywood that there are new stories to be told and that you don't have to make remake after remake.

Let's catch us some Claus.

So the film gets to the last 10 minutes after some nice creepy moments, and nice bit of humour ( which comes over really well seeing as it's in Finnish ) and some solid acting. Then comes the crazy arsed ending. It goes all CGI and fantasy like on you when your not expecting it at all. The only thing is, it works really well. If you ignore the hundred or so floppy cocks on the screen, this is classic fairy tale, happy endings and it should have you smiling. I was. Not at the cock though, uuugghhhh, no way.

All in all, this was another example of smaller countries showing us that great movies don't need to cost $100 million or come from America. Everything about this film screams American remake, with Spielberg at the helm, although probably with a lot less Pork Swords on screen. It dosen't need a remake, it's great as it is and it's a real shame that this won't be seen by many people because it isn't in english, but I can only, whole heartedly recommend it. It's the breath of fresh air the movies need. Lot's of cock though, yuk.

Summary:

 Great because:

• Cast are excellent
• One or two creepy moments
• Original and new
• Feel good ending

 Crap because:

• More of a family film then horror
• Could have been a tad darker
• More schlong then your avergae porn movie

Hamster Rating: 4

Gore: 1

Scares: 1

The Last Exorcism (2010)

Plot: In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the evangelical Reverend Cotton Marcus was raised by his father to be a preacher. He agrees that the filmmaker Iris Reisen and the cameraman Daniel Moskowitz make a documentary about his life. Cotton tells that when her wife Shanna Marcus had troubles in the delivery of their son Justin, he prioritized the doctor help to God and since then he questions his faith. Further, he tells that exorcisms are frauds but the results are good for the believers because they believe it is true. When Cotton is summoned by the farmer Louis Sweetzer to perform an exorcism in his daughter Nell, Cotton sees the chance to prove to the documentary crew what he has just told.

Ok, another film I have been wanting to see for a good few months so I was quite excited when I got to sit down and watch this. Exorcisim movies have always been one of my favourite genre types dating right back to the original Exorcist movie. This one is shot with a hand held which you either love or hate. I quite like the style, The Blair Witch is on my top 10 list, so the shaky cam did not bother me. Infact I think it adds to the realism of it all.

She's possessed, no question, look at her!

So the film opens at a slow pace, lots of character development and background stuff. This can sometimes be boring but I have to say that the leading man, Patrick Fabian, does such a convincing job as the preacher, and is very likeable so all this dialouge stuff is no problem. Eventually, however, he sets out to the spooky farm to do the exorcist. Things then promise to hot up. The only problem is, they don't, not really anyway.

She's getting madder!

The whole issue of is she possessed or isn't she drags on through nearly the entire second half of the film. This isn't a bad thing but all the posters and TV spots for this film would have you believe there are scenes of demonic possesion and there isn't. The creepy poster above does not take place at all in the film which is a bit naughty of the studio really. Despite this the film is quite good. There are a few scarey moments and all of the cast do their job well. The script is sharp and it is this that saves the movie.

Kama Sutra time.

Now, the ending. Some people loved it, some people hated it. I liked it. I think. It all ties up quite nicely, the twist is unexpected and the nastiness of it all comes across quite well. It is not a Hollywood ending which I was expecting so you should applaud the filmaker for his brave decision.

All in all this film was just above average. The cast were all very good. The few scares that there were, were ok. It could have been much better, but also it could have been utter shite. I expected more but ultimately I did see a good film and you can't grumble at that. Too much. Maybe a little bit.

You guessed it, Kelly wouldn't watch this film incase the demon came out the TV and got her.

Summary:

 Great because:

• Cast are great
• One or two scarey moments
• Realism was a nice touch
• Twisty ending

 Crap because:

• The posters were advertising a different film.
• Could have had more demonic stuff

Hamster Rating: 3

Gore: 1

Scares: 2

Night of the Demons (2009)

Plot: A group of kids go to a Halloween party, only to have to face down a group of demons.

Ok, another remake of one of my favourite films. The original film is reviewed on this site but this is the 2009 remake but is it any good? Well, lets see. The story is pretty much the same. Kids are having a halloween party in an old abandoned mansion. Cops bust the party and a group of teens are left alone in the building. What do they do? They head off to the basement to unleash a demon of course. What happens next? They all die in grisly ways.

A goat? No, this is a demon!

The cast is ok....ish. It does at times get a little bit Beverly Hills 90210 because they all look tanned, toned and fake, but over look this and they all do ok. There is a nice little cameo by the great scream queen, Linnea Quigley, who was the star of the original, and she's wearing the same outfit. This is a nice touch and shows the filmakers cared about the source material. The rest of the cast are the usual group of tarts, idiots and cutesy girl who you know is gonna make it to the end.

Linnea's looking a bit old now.

The effects are of course much better compared to the original, although they were very good for their time, and the blood and guts come thick and fast. All of the different demons are great to look at but are they scarey? No, they arn't, but this is not a scarey movie, it's a homage to 80's horror and it does this well.

I'd still kiss it.

The famous lipstick scene is back, but this time of course the filmakers go one step further and for me it was a step to far. Pushing a lipstick through your nipple is one thing, having it pop out the other end, along with a bucket full of glop is another and I don't think the scene needed it. It comes across as the filmakers trying to "out do" the original which is silly because they dont succeed, it's just shock cinema and we see that everywhere nowadays.

Hide the lipstick, a great party game.

There is nudity, just like the original, there is gore, just like the original but there is something not as good as the original. The first one had a real edge to it, a great visual style, this one is a hollywood horror. Barbie dolls with plastic boobies and Beverly Hills attitudes. I didn't not like this film, but I loved the original. I would watch the first one if it was on TV tonight, if this came on I would turn over to Night Cops (which is great by the way). The one true dissapointment was the stupid hollywood ending.

All in all a pretty decent horror movie to watch on a sunday morning with a hangover. Nothing on the original and if that had never been made this may have come across a bit better, but it was made and it was made a thousand times better then this one so there's no point saying what if it hadn't been made, cos it was.......ummmm, I'm getting confused now. Lets just say it's alright..............but the first one is better..by miles..........and that's that.

Kelly did not watch this movie. Probably ironing.

Summary:

 Great because:

• Effects are great

 Crap because:

• Isn't as good as the original. (think we know that now)
• Hollywood ending, why do they do it?

Hamster Rating: 3

Gore: 4

Scares: 1.5 

Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (2005)

Plot: While illegally selling one canister of Trioxyin-5, Charlie Garrison is murdered by a zombie. His nephew Julian Garrison finds two canisters hidden in the attic of his house with his girlfriend Jenny and they ask their friend Cody to analyze and research the chemical product. Cody finds that the composition of the product is very similar to ecstasy and he processes the chemical, making a large quantity of a drug that he called "Z" to make money. Using the services of the local drug dealer, they sell "Z" in the college campus. In the Halloween, the DJ and Jenny's brother Jeremy organizes a rave party. Meanwhile, Julian, Jenny and Cody disclose that the drug transform the users in zombies, and with the support of two weird agents, they try to stop the distribution of "Z".

Hmmmm, ok, firstly the original ROTLD film is in my top 5 horror films of all time. No question. It is as near to the perfect zombie film as you'll ever get. Part 2 was pretty shit. It had the same two lead characters but overall it was rubbish. Part 3 sort off worked. It reinvented the franchise somewhat and had the excellent Julie Walker as the star. Then, a fair few years later part 4 came from nowhere. It was shit. I had been waiting to see part 5 since 2005 and was really excited as it kinda looked similar to the first one. I was wrong.

Zombie college kids....nice.

This film takes place after part 4 but no reference is made to the last zombie outbreak at all. The same characters are now at college when one of the trusty canisters containing the nasty zombie gunk turns up in an attic. There is some kind of sub plot going on involving two russian mafia types who are looking for the canister but this doesn't work at all. They are played for laughs all the time and the problem is, they arn't funny. At all.

Go on, bite his head off.

The kids end up at the rave of the decade, along with the zombies and the russians, dressed as vikings! The acting is crap, especially John Keefe , the lead male, who is atrocious. My bollocks can act better then this guy. All this is such ashame because there is one part of this film that is good. No, not good, excellent. The zombie make up. As in the first film, it is top notch. Brilliant. The way zombies are meant to look. This is down to Optic Nerve Studios who should have been given an oscar for their work, but they wont get jack because they arn't James Cameron.

She's naked and has a prongy fork thing.

The film makers try to throw in the usual nudity and gore but this dosen't save the film from slipping in to turd territory. One thing a ROTLD film should not be is boring, but this is. An utter mess of a film. I hate it and wish it was dead.

Kelly did not watch this film. Lucky her.

Summary:

 Great because:

• Zombies look great

 Crap because:

• Boring
• Actors can't act
• Tries to be funny and fails

Hamster Rating: 1 for the zombies

Gore: 3

Scares: 0.5

Botched (2007)

Plot: During a heist in Russia, a professional thief finds himself dealing with serial killers, insane hostages, double-crossing psycho Russian hardmen and the real possibility of a horrible death. 

I had never heard of this film. It stars Stephen Dorff, Sean Pertwee and Jamie Foreman amongst others, all of whom I like so I was quite looking forward to seeing it. I thought I knew what it was about, a heist, and the first 10 minutes or so would have you believe this is indeed the case. Get to 15 minutes in however and you suddenly think "what the fuck" as it all kicks off bif time style. Bigger then King Kong's cock infact!

Sean's a russian gangsta, no really, he is.

After Sean gives his best attempt at a russian accent, with a hint of Worzel Gummidge, our trio of thiefs grab the loot and hot foot it down the elavator. After the unwelcome guests enter the lift you start to relise this is not a normal heist movie. The first death scene really is unexpected and over the top. Lovely stuff.

Where's his head gone?





Things go from bad to worse as we are introduced to an array of wacky, hideous but funny characters. The ugly bird from the commitments is here and does a splendid job, keeping the ham levels up and never taking her tounge from her cheek. Stephen Dorff does a good job of the guy forced in to a job he didn't want but now has to fight for his own survival.

Boiler suits, must be robbers then.



The pace never lets up, the gore is totally over the top and the many funny bits are exactly that, funny. It's a real tough one, to get a comedy horror movie that delivers on laughs as well as gore but this one does just that, more then once too. Whats also very hard to pull off (he he he, pull off!) is getting us to care about the characters, but we do, we really do, they are all great in their roles and you really hope they make it, right up to the point they die horribly.

Girl on girl action, nice.

All in all this is a fresh original take on the heist movie and everyone does really well. The pace is cracking, the script is reall sharp, it's genuinely funny and the blood never lets up for more then 5 minutes. Bloody good show.

Here is Kelly's take on the action:

"For once I was expecting a normal type of film - bank job/heist gone wrong and it all started out fine until a giant pair of earwig pincers decapitated someone, needless to say a raised eyebrow was given to the "you'll like this one" comment.  I presume it is a black comedy but I thought the whole film was pants.  The only thing that was really good was the Russian security guard who stole the film with his part and he actually got a couple of laughs out of me.  All in all a film I shall not watch again nor recommend to anyone. :-)"

Thank you Kelly.

Summary:

 Great because:

• Brutal death scenes
• New and original characters
• Funny in a horrific way

 Crap because:

• Ummmm......it isn't.

Hamster Rating: 4.5

Gore: 4

Scares: 1

Halloween II (2009)

Plot: Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.

Rob Zombie's first Halloween was great. A gritty, modern take on the godfather of slashers. This one continues the moment the first one ended, same as the original John Carpenter classics did. The opening scenes are fantastic, especially the moo moo cow bit. I was thinking hell yeah, this is gonna rock, and it did, sort of.

Someone needs a new mask.



 

Michael is back and he is still as brutal as ever. Zombie really has created and new, grittier version of the masked killer, bringing him in to our reality as best as he could do with a man who has been shot a thousand times yet still manages to grab his big fat knife and gut a load of teens. He has also managed to get us feeling sorry for Michael, which considering he is an evil mother is testiment to Zombie's directing skills.

Thats he's frikkin face!

Touches like giving Michael a beard, and letting us catch glimpses of his face, which is usually forbidden in the world of the masked killer, is a master stroke because suddenly he is a troubled man instead of a faceless maniac. The flashbacks to young Michael are really just incase you haven't seen the first one but they do further provide reason to his actions.

She's had a smack.

So all this sounds great dosen't it? Well it is but the problem is Laurie, played by Scout Taylor-Compton. I just did'nt like her. She is certainly a victim but I felt the urge to tell her to shut the fuck up and more than one occasion. I wasn't sure if it was the actress or the character but I did not connect with her at all. Jamie Lee Curtis's Laurie, in the Carpenter version, was likeable and you really felt for her, but this Laurie just dosen't come across as very nice at all. Shame, cos it did hamper the entire film.

She's lost her shoe!

Then we get on to Malcom McDowell's Dr Loomis. He is so far removed from the character in the first film it's unbelievable. He has turned in to a rich author, making a living out of the first killings but his has become a comical character and it dosent flow at all from the original. He is hammier than a pork chop whereas the rest of the film is gritty and brutal and real. It is a major set back in an otherwise great film.

She's naked, she's dead.

All in all this is a very flawed film which has moments of greatness. Rob Zombie has proven he is a great director but he lost his way a bit here I think.

Kelly did not view this movie so her comments will not appear. Oh well.

Summary:

 Great because:

• Brutal and real
• It has the original music
• Micheal is the godfather of horror
• 
  

 Crap because:

• The main lead is a tosser
• Dr Loomis has become a tosser
• It isn't as good as the first

Hamster Rating: 3

Gore: 4

Scares: 3

I Spit on Your Grave (2010)

Plot: A remake of the controversial 1979 cult classic, "I Spit on Your Grave" retells the horrific tale of writer Jennifer Hills, who takes a retreat from the city to a charming cabin in the woods to start on her next book. But Jennifer's presence in the small town attracts the attention of a few morally deprived locals led who set out one night to teach this city girl a lesson.

 

They break into her cabin to scare her. However, what starts out as terrifying acts of humiliation and intimidation, quickly and uncontrollably escalates into a night of physical abuse and torturous assault. But before they can kill her, Jennifer sacrifices her broken and beaten body to a raging river that washes her away.

 

As time passes, the men slowly stop searching for her body and try to go back to life as usual. But that isn't about to happen. Against all odds, Jennifer Hills survived her ordeal. Now, with hell bent vengeance, Jennifer's sole purpose is to turn the tables on these animals and to inflict upon them every horrifying and torturous moment they carried out on her... only much, much worse.

 

Hmmmm, you know your getting older when you stop enjoying "extreme" horror. I used to love it. Knowing it was just actors up on the screen, getting paid big bucks, was all I needed to suspend any guilt I may have had watching this type of movie. Not so much any more. Maybe because I am a father, maybe because I am gradually turning in to a gay lord pussy, I dont know.

All looks quite sweet!

The opening attack and rape scenes are brutal. Not explotative, but really brutal. They probably needed to be because attacks like this ARE brutal but watching it played out for the best part of 30 minutes is tough. It dosen't help that the lead female, Sarah Butler, is so petite and girly looking but this is just an example of great casting. Any way, get past the initial nastiness and we are set up for a great second half. The gang of rednecks are typical movie monsters and you are praying that they get it, and boy of boy, they get it.

She's well angry.

The payback is great. I remember the original movie and that was good but Jennifers method of killing the gang in this version knocks socks of that! They are so nasty that you almost feel sorry for the victims. The fishy eyeball scene is a standout moment and makes you go "ooohhhhh, bet that hurts", but all of the kills are above your average revenge flick. The addition of the family background of the main villian was also a really nice touch, making you relise these sicko fucks have other lives that we didn't see in the original movie and this gives the film so much more power.

Whats the worst thing that could happen?

So, even though it was tough viewing, I am glad I watched this. The payback just about forgives the crimes, but only just. All the acting was good to great and the film had a nice big budget feel to it.

Kelly will not be reviewing this film as she would not watch it. Chicks huh?

Summary:

 Great because:

• Brutal kills
• Great acting
• She gets them in the end

 Crap because:

• It's hard viewing
• Your can't eat a saveloy whilst watching this

Hamster Rating: 4

Gore: 4

Scares: 2 cos it aint a scarey film

Vanishing on 7th Street

Plot: When a massive power outage plunges the city of Detroit into total darkness, a disparate group of individuals find themselves alone. The entire city's population has vanished into thin air, leaving behind heaps of empty clothing, abandoned cars and lengthening shadows. Soon the daylight begins to disappear completely, and as the survivors gather in an abandoned tavern, they realize the darkness is out to get them, and only their rapidly diminishing light sources can keep them safe.

Sounds pretty good huh? Quite original yeah? Let me start by telling you straight, this movie is complete shit. Harsh you may think, but this is a steaming pile of do-do which goes straight in to my top 5 pieces of slop-fuck filming.

Face it, he just can't act

The first 5 minutes are ok, a whole cinema full of people just disappearing in to thin air. Ghouly type shadows moving around, some nice sound effects of ghostly whispers and a little bit of tension. Then Hayden turns up and things go down hill faster than shit through a goose. He simply is the worst actor in the world, nah, the universe. More wooden than a rain forest. This is his worst performance so far.

Thandie, stupid name, stupid girl.

Soon we meet Thandie Newton's character. She switches from a kind off well to do doctor type, to a deep sothern black mama! Her dialouge is utter rubbish and makes no sense. She also dips in to religious nutter territory for a full 5 minutes, then it's forgotten. She is probably the worst thing in this mess of a movie.

Ring his neck!

Even the usually great John Leguizamo cant save this film. He whines on for about an hour before disapearing, and when he does, we simply do not care. There are no scares at all. This is not a horror, full stop. The ending is as bad as the beginning. And the middle. The only good thing about the ending was the horse eating the apples. He had nice big floppy ears and a swishy tail, so that was quite nice. The rest of the film was......bollocks. Worst of the year so far.

Now, this is a new part of Rabid Hamsters site, I am gonna ask my lovely girlfriend, Kelly, who watches most of the films reviewed here, to write her own paragraph on the movie. She is not a horror fan at all and is not a fan of B-Movies so it will be a different take to mine and give a different perspective. Over to kelly:

"Shit"

Thank you kelly.

Summary:

Great because:

• Fuck off

Crap because:

• It got released

Hamster Rating: 0

Gore: 0

Scares: 0

Abominable (2006)

Plot: It has been sighted 42,000 times in 68 countries. A creature of myth and legend known by several names; Yeti, Sasquatch and the infamous Bigfoot! We've hunted it for years, but what happens when it decides to hunt us?

Hmmm, I love bigfoot movies. Always have. If you look at most reviews for this they will all have one common theme running through them, it's shit. I have to dissagree, this film is fantastic in almost every way. If you want a 9 foot hairy beast biting peoples faces off look no further than this.

You been eating garlic?

With a stella cast including the always fantastic Lance Henriksen and Jeffrey Combs this nice little horror zooms along with an energetic pace that rarely lets up. Throw in some girls, in cluding Tiffany Shepis, on a camping trip and whoooo, your gonna get some big boy chomping action.

Is the safety on?

The creature effects are spot on, classic big foot style. The gore is great as well and comes thick and fast. Seeing the various characters creeping round a dark forest knowing that huge hairy thing is out there produces a nice amount of tension, The bigfoot asault on the house is a great scene too.  The fact that the main hero is in a wheel chair adds another sense of dread to the whole procedings.The ending is great, setting up what could be an even better sequel, but I doubt that will ever happen.

Don't go in there you loon!

All in all a brilliant bigfoot story with some great gorey moments and more then good enough creature effects. Bigfoot is the business.

Summary:

Great because:

• Great cast
• Acting is above B-movie standard
• Effects are great
• Monsters are hairy and growl a lot

Crap because:

• Reminds you a tiny bit of Harry and the Hendersons

Hamster Rating: 4

Gore: 4

Scares: 3.5