Feast (Unrated Edition)

And don't get me wrong - I consider "Alien" a B movie and one of the best movies ever. To me "B Movie" describes a genre rather than a level of quality. "Feast" was just fun fun fun in ways that Hollywood hasn't managed in quite a while. It has a cleverness on par with that shown by "Scream," in that it plays to, and with, the conventions we know and expectations we bring. I mean, everyone knows how a horror movie or creature feature is supposed to play out, and this movie plays with both keeping to that tradition and dropping it like the cold wet rag it can be to surprise us and entertain us. I was expecting something like a straight-to-DVD video that would tell basically the same story in basically the same way as any other monster movie, probably with cheesy effects and maybe bad acting. I was very happily surprised at how much better than that Feast turned out to be. The characters are well-done and the actors turn in good performances (a special nod to Henry Rollins on that count), and the production style is really very entertaining, a good sense of humor underlying everything. It is graphically (and sometimes sexually) violent, but if you object to that you're probably not considering this movie anyway. And despite being on a limited budget, the monsters are done well, nicely grotesque, frightening and convincing. This is as much due to the director's cinematography as the effects folks' creations, both of which work to advantage in bringing these creatures to life. I recommend this movie the way I recommend American Werewolf in London and Carpenter's The Thing. I believe this movie was the result of the "Project Greenlight" program, so horror fans looking for a little deviation from the standard predictable Hollywood approach to these kinds of movies should definitely support this film, send the message that we'll be an audience for more than they think.

"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)!

"Feast" stands apart from other recent horror movies by finding the right mix of comedy and gore. So often we find these thrillers taking themselves far too seriously, or not seriously enough. Feast doesn't play the "False-scare" card either, relying more on intensity rather than fear. In fact, "Feast" really isn't that scary. This movie is more fun than fright. It starts off with the shoveling up of a severed monster head, then shows us the title. We are then taken to a bar in the middle of nowhere, desert style, with regulars as irregular as they come. It is these characters that make watching "Feast" such a treat. They are all introduced with a short bio, complete with life expectancies. Yeah, it's that kind of film. I was happy enough watching the deadbeat cast of alcoholics go through their nightly routine, completely oblivious to their impending doom. It takes its time until the action hits and when it does, it doesn't take too many breaks. The mayhem drops on you like a ton of bricks. This movie is meant t be watched with the volume loud. It is made more interesting with the monsters. So often a low budget, used cleverly, can be more of an omen than a burden. The less you see of these monsters, the more it works. We are on lockdown in this bar and know as much as they do. And it's not so much how these monsters look, more what they do! In order of creative gore, this ranks fairly high. Not too over the top, but almost everyone gets knocked off in an interesting way. And hosts a monster kill any feminist would be proud of! This film can be surprisingly sexual. The women have the lead throughout, while the men are mostly idiotic, which makes watching the interplay inside the bar priceless at times. Henry Rollins' character, a motivational speaker (who doesn't seem to take his own advice) gives great lines like "we need to think outside the box" and "this is a clash of species". Maybe the clash of species that is really taking place is that of the sexes. Maybe not. Maybe we aren't supposed to think too hard about "Feast" which is why it is good fun to watch. Fun monsters, plus murders of characters we seem to have known all our lives is what makes us keep watching this camp movie for the 2000's with smiles.

As Stated in the header I am biased but I'll still try to give a accurate account of this trilogy on movies. These movies were shot in the tradition of the Crank movies, fast and a bit shaky camera movement with a heavy dose of humor added even though they are horror movies. Feast One boast a well known but not superstar cast who hang out in a all night dinner/bar located out in the boonies ran by popular seventies actor Clu Gulager then toss in hilarious patrons played by actors/actresses Balthazar Getty. Henry Rollins, Judah Friedlander, Eric Dane, Jenny Wade, Krista Allen and hilarious character actor Duane Whitaker. The first scene opens with a stranger entering into the full bar late at night who is exhausted from running and armed with a gun. He tell the startled patrons if they want to live they must follow his directions. All the while saying this a caption pops up under each character stating their odds of surviving the night and why they have those odds in a hilarious fashion as each person is killed off by creatures who are lurking outside the bar. Although the movie is bloody and graphic in it's violence it's done with a heavy dose of dark humor that will have you laughing as well as cringing at each scene. Feast Two and Three are a continuation of the surviving actors from the previous movie with a touch of new characters thrown in for good bloody measure filmed with the same frenetic and hilarious pace as the first one. It is rare in the movie industry to have a movie be successful and it's follow up films do just as well but this is the case in all three because the same writers and director produced all three thus they all have the same witty dark humor as the previous one. For this reason I gave this three pack 5 stars, something I rarely do. I highly recommend if you enjoy horror movies with heavy doses of dark humor.

Good practical effects, gory and a good family friendly movie.

so here i sit watching "feast" for the fifth time this month on HDTV. i decided to do some research hoping there were more movies and to my surprise there are 3 in total. so i ordered all the on amazon about ten minutes ago. but i have not seen the second or third movies so i will review them later. feast is a great movie, it is bloody, gorier, funny and just plain old fashioned gross. if you are looking for a movie what will tell you what the monsters are, where they came from and why they are here this is not the movie for you. it is one of those movies that you happen to see on late night rotation and go "kewl i never herd of this". it should be on your halloween rotation or any other time you want to watch a no minded horror flick. the characters are all cliche but the film knows this and acknowledges such. buy or watch this movie because you love horror flicks. if you stick with that you will love this movie. see you after i watch the other 2 frankieg

This blu ray came in great condition with no scratches or wrinkles. The picture quality is on point with how a blu ray transfer should look like. As for the movie itself, while not necessarily a masterpiece, it is certainly a fun and cheesy mess that can be enjoyed by many.

This film is a cult classic! Plenty of Guts and Gore in this film. A small bar in a remote town is rocked by a panicked man who runs in to the bar stating that there our creatures after him out side and to get ready because they are coming your way! He is killed by one of creatures, when his wife arrives soon after telling everyone in the bar that they "The Creatures are coming"! and that they need to get ready. These creatures look some kind of humanoid's, and or demons. In any case, the occupants of the bar start to find out in short order what this women and her deceased husband were talking about! Everyone in that bar will have to fight a family of creatures though out the night, and as I stated before there is lots of blood, slime, body parts torn off, infestation, screaming,bullets, and GORE!. As a film collector, this made my list an is now part of the collection!

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Amazing

The original feast movie is still just as classic as when it originally came out, very awesome horror movie that's original and completely insane, the story revolves around a group of misfit characters that unluckily are trapped together one night in a bar trying to survive the night from a pack of vicious killer monsters that mysteriously with no origin come out of no-where, the pace of he movie is great with a few twists and turns that keep you guessing who may survive the ordeal, there's plenty of gross-out over the top gore and blood and monster madness all done on a great budget, this is certainly one to pick up for a good time, great cast too of a few famous faces. DVD has a decent picture quality. Features include a making of, outtakes, bloopers and more. Pal region 2, 83-mins, 2005.

Primera de las 3 digamos partes. Acción. Intriga hasta el final.

J'espére que je ne subirai jamais une telle aventure dans ma vie. L'horreur n'est peut etre jamais bien loin et bien souvent à portée de mains.