So I'm bumping this thread because time has past, SURELY more HDCers have seen this years Horrorfest films, and now I am catching up on them myself.
So, now, where did I leave off...
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Originally Posted by ChronoGrl
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Two nights ago the boyfriend and I watched...
Dying Breed
So I was pretty excited when I found out that one of this year's Horrorfest films was right out of Australia because I haven't seen all that many Aussie horror films (with the exception of
Wolf Creek). Or maybe I just dig the accents. ;) Well, regardless,
Dying Breed at least began to meet my expectations by taking advantage of the lush greenery down under by placing our heroes in a remote forest chasing after what they believe to be last remaining Tasmanian Tiger. So, the scenery was pretty, the actors all knew what they were doing, and I was settled down to enjoy a nice nature-based horror romp...
But what I got was a fairly derivative urbanoia/backwoods rednecks film. Think
Wrong Turn meets
Timber Falls. With extra cannibalism. Don't get me wrong; Dying Breed was definitely a decent derivation of the aforementioned genre, but, quite frankly, I've seen it before. I think what disappointed me the most was using the interesting vehicle of hunting after a once-thought-extinct animal to isolate our victims. I figured that this guise would open us up to a nice monster film at least. But the monsters are just rednecks and our victims, though well-acted by the crew, are far too under-developed for me to even care of they are slaughtered (with the exception of our main character Nina). Where good horror direction and acting are hard to come by these days, I'm slightly disappointed that they were wasted on such an unoriginal film.
In a word: Disappointed.
But I'll give them extra points for the prettiness and the good acting.
2.75/5