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Hunting Creatures

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How do you say "garbage" in German?


1) ACTING: The acting was pretty rough. I imagine that this was a group of friends that decided they wanted to get together and do a zombie movie. And it shows. I would say that the acting was mediocre at best.

2) PRODUCTION: Again, this was pretty rough. I tried to be lenient with low/no budget indies, but geez...The soundtrack pretty much consisted of German heavy metal thrash music and nothing else. The lighting was horrible, and when outside, nobody took into account that the light changes at diffrent times of the day. Character A can throw a punch at Character B at high noon, and when the fist actually hits Character B, it's 5 pm. The same goes with the weather. One day, there's 4 inches of snow, the next day, the characters are running around, all hot and sweaty in tank tops, then the next day, back to snow. I do admit I don't know how extreme the weather changes are in Germany, but wow...One thing I will praise, is the amount of blood and gore that was used in this movie. And if the blood didn't look like diluted tomato juice, I would've praised it more. The kills were very creative and over the top. The plot was filled with dozens of plot holes that were never answered, but by this time, the viewer pretty much has checked out. Especially, during the long country ride back to town. That ride back seemed as long as the movie itself.

3) THE ZOMBIES: We had a mixture of passive-aggressive zombies that will fight each other to chew on that leg and seem capable of hiding and using stealth techniques to attack their prey. Plus they are skilled at using weapons. Also, for some reason, after dying and returning to un-life, they all develop Nosferatu's rat-like teeth. And the head zombie, seems to be immortal. HUH?

4) THE CAUSE: Man-made chemical experiment.

5) NUDITY: For the ladies, a brief appearance of a guy in a sauna in all his glory.


FINAL:
There is very little I can sa that is positive about this movie. I try to be lenient because I feel that people involved in low/no budget indies should be proud that they actually made a movie, and would give them props just for that. Sadly, here's a movie that I would be ashamed to admit to being a part of. Why create mediocrity when there is so much out there already? I would think one would want their dream to shine like a star, not fizzle out like one. Avoid at all costs.


RATING: 0.5 out of 5

What can I say about German horror? Any hardcore horror fan will tell you that German horror is about as senseless, tasteless and disturbing as you can get. German horror isn't about plot or story; it's all about the extreme gore and splatter. If it doesn't have heads being crushed, innards being extracted or goodies being obliterated, it's not worth checking out. You don't watch German horror for its razor sharp with or professional acting; you watch it because you love the sight of ooze, goo and spurting wounds. Hunting Creatures is really no exception; it's exactly what you'd expect it to be if you're familiar with this type of cinema.

Hunting Creatures barely has a story and what little is present feels like it was made up along the way. The dialog, acting and technical work on this film are about as DIY as you can get which means you should prepare yourself for a rough watch. It's definitely not easy viewing material for people with a low tolerance for low budget S.O.V. B.S. The one and only thing this film has going for it is, yep you guessed it, gore. The gore level in Hunting Creatures is off the charts and hilarious to see; it's just plain icky fun.

If names like Andreas Pape, Timo Rose, Andreas Schnaas & Jörg Buttgereit get your motor running, you'll probably want to check this out. Be forewarned though, without the gore this would have been dreadfully tedious. Actually even WITH the gore it's dreadfully tedious. It just goes on and on and feels way too long for the emaciated story they were working with. Just when you think it's going to end on a dramatic note...BAM...it keeps going. Still, gore is gore and you're not watching this for anything but gore and this delivers BIG TIME.