My friend Jason, the most informed horror fan I know, recommended this to me after I made the bold statement that "Slither" was the horror film of 2006. He suggested "Feast" would be much better. (Technically, "Feast" is 2005 but the DVD was released October 2006.) I still like "Slither" better (and probably "The Hills Have Eyes" and "Saw 3"), but "Feast" was a great film.
We are given a group of people we barely know (real names are not used) in bar fighting off monsters outside the bar trying to break in. Maybe you're thinking I'm talking about "Shaun of the Dead", and there are some similarities, but no. These monsters are far more intelligent, vicious and cause much more gore to be spilled and tossed.
The gore was the best part of this movie, by far. Guts, eyes, blood... things getting blown off, ripped off, torn out. I think several gallons of corn syrup went to good use on this production. You can't complain about a lack of blood.
The humor was also good too, with the best part coming from the "hero", who delivers a very memorable line. If you're not hooked after his line (you'll know it when you hear it) you're watching the wrong film.
Credit to Jason Mewes for playing Jason Mewes... wish he had a bigger part. And credit to Henry Rollins for not playing Henry Rollins. No fists swinging, no throat bulging... just a big man in pink pants.
My only real concern is the timing of this film. Some parts seemed to drag. So much intense action followed by slow parts, and not even tense slow parts. Just plain slow. Even the opening, where we meet the characters, starting going on for too long and I began to lose interest.
If I can say nothing else great about this movie, I can at least say its the best thing associated with Wes Craven in a very long time.
We are given a group of people we barely know (real names are not used) in bar fighting off monsters outside the bar trying to break in. Maybe you're thinking I'm talking about "Shaun of the Dead", and there are some similarities, but no. These monsters are far more intelligent, vicious and cause much more gore to be spilled and tossed.
The gore was the best part of this movie, by far. Guts, eyes, blood... things getting blown off, ripped off, torn out. I think several gallons of corn syrup went to good use on this production. You can't complain about a lack of blood.
The humor was also good too, with the best part coming from the "hero", who delivers a very memorable line. If you're not hooked after his line (you'll know it when you hear it) you're watching the wrong film.
Credit to Jason Mewes for playing Jason Mewes... wish he had a bigger part. And credit to Henry Rollins for not playing Henry Rollins. No fists swinging, no throat bulging... just a big man in pink pants.
My only real concern is the timing of this film. Some parts seemed to drag. So much intense action followed by slow parts, and not even tense slow parts. Just plain slow. Even the opening, where we meet the characters, starting going on for too long and I began to lose interest.
If I can say nothing else great about this movie, I can at least say its the best thing associated with Wes Craven in a very long time.