Product Details

• Actors: Scott Bairstow, Rachel Shelley, Warrick Grier, Patrick Shai, Andre Weideman
• Directors: Jason Wulfsohn
• Writers: Gordon Render, Malcolm Kohll
• Producers: Chris Roland, Dan Sales, David Pupkewitz, Izidore Codron, Karen Lam
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: First Look Pictures
• DVD Release Date: December 23, 2003
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000D0YVO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,849 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Bone Snatcher" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Alex, a scientist who hates field-work, finds himself in a truck surrounded by sand flies and blowing dirt, bouncing across the desert. What is probably the worst day in his life is about to get worse. As he clings to his seat, a radio call comes through – four prospectors who disappeared in the desert have been found stripped of flesh with their bones scattered around a strange rock dome. With no clues to the massacre, things become terrifying when Alex discovers that he and his colleagues are being hunted by millions of creatures united into one horrifying and unstoppable killing machine. As darkness descends, the ground they stand on becomes a living carpet capable of devouring their flesh with every step. Hell has been unleashed!

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Story With Potential, But Falls A Little Short, October 14, 2004

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K. Fontenot "Prairie Cajun Lives!" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bone Snatcher (DVD)

I've seen plenty of movies like this one. It has a neat story line in it, but for the obvious reasons that hinder B-movies, it falls short of its potential. "The Bone Snatcher" starts off well enough, with three miners being attacked and stripped of their flesh by some "thing." A group seeks out the three missing individuals and come upon two of their skeletal remains. The third member of the party is accused of murder by one of the search party members. Tracking his footprints, they find his remains as well. They decide to hunt down the real murderer, which leads to a classic B-movie scenario of the team members being picked off one-by-one as the group slowly comes to realize what they are chasing. Though this is considered a horror film, there isn't much to horrify you in this picture.

The actual "Bone Snatcher" creature looks pretty good considering there probably wasn't much of a budget for the flick. Most of the acting is done in a very stiff fashion, though a couple of the characters, especially Magda, do manage to connect with the audience. Scott Bairstow is mediocre, especially considering that he is the "star" of the show. His acting isn't very convincing to me. In fact, he looks like he doesn't even want to be there. Rachel Shelley is a beautiful lady, and I hope that her career moves beyond this type of "B" fare. Her character is pretty interesting, but it's pulled off in a confused sort of way. The rest of the cast is cluttered with stock "B" characters placed on the screen for the sole purpose of being the next victim.

The story moves along at a snails pace, and the action is thin and spread far apart. The best scene involves the "snatcher" and a team member in a sleeping bag. The CGI is along the same lines as those in "The Mummy Returns." That's pretty good considering the funds available for this flick.

So why did I give it three stars? First of all, it's an above-average B-movie with a really good story, even though it drops off as the movie trudges along. Secondly, the creature effects are done very well despite a low budget. Finally, the scenery is shot very well, making the best of the desert surroundings. Overall, this movie is worthy of two to three viewings, and then it will collect dust on the shelf. If you like standard Sci-Fi channel fare, then this movie will suffice. Recommended to hardcore sci-fi fans who relish in B-movie schlock and know what to expect from such films.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Derivative but highly atmospheric horror, November 27, 2005

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Cartimand (Hampshire, UK.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Bone Snatcher (DVD)

**spoilers**

OK, so the serious horror/sci-fi buff will recognise numerous hat-tips or rip-offs during the Bone Snatcher (Them, Alien, The Thing, Blair Witch, Forbidden Planet, Tremors and many more spring to mind), but it still pulls the right strings and certainly is a well-made, entertaining and memorable movie.

A sandy desolation is not an overused scenario for this genre and I found it made for a delightfully evocative and creepy backdrop to this hefty dollop of grand guignol gore.

The entity, being constructed from human remains is cadaverously grotesque when it finally makes an appearance, and its method of infecting the humans (especially the unfortunate Titus and the poor guy in the sleeping bag) is suitably nasty.

The pace of the move is spot on; an opening shock gives way to a measured section devoted to scene-setting and characterisation, before the real gore-fest begins.

Reasonable acting (although some of the testosterone-fuelled posturing came over as a bit OTT) and the very non-Hollywood accents made for a refreshing change too!

Not bad at all!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better than expected., December 8, 2004

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John Kolecki "-J. Ko" (Philadelphia, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Bone Snatcher (DVD)

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. My expectation for watching this was to suffer through bad acting and bad storyline just to get to "the monster". By setting the story in the desert, the production value was spent on the CGI monster and better actors than I thought would appear in a movie like this. To be sure, this is a "B movie", but it performs as well as some of hollywood's mainstream offerings. The cast are all Australian/British and unlike Mad Max or Crocodile Dundee do not have super "over-the-top" personalities. The other movies tend to make you focus on the accents and mannerisms in an attempt to add some value to their storyline. The plot is pretty straightforward: Specualtors in the desert uncover something nasty and get killed. Some reseachers happen upon them and then the fun begins... There are only one or two "cliche" moments in this movie, (the awkward boy-girl kiss) & ("i can't kill the monster, I'm a scientist and I must STUDY it" *hoofa*) which is why I have to ding it a star, otherwise I'd have given this movie 4 stars, by simply over-achieving on a low budget. I recommend it for renting or if you have 5 bucks burning a hole in your pocket at the DVD discount rack.