Product Details

• Actors: Samantha Shields, Martin Compston, Peter Capaldi, Alan McHugh, Kevin Quinn
• Directors: Craig Strachan
• Writers: Craig Strachan
• Producers: Angela Murray, Catherine Aitken, Ros Borland
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• 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: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: December 16, 2008
• Run Time: 67 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001GP5TM2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,069 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Wild Country" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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WILD COUNTRY - DVD Movie

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Scottish horror, June 25, 2009

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Chrissy K. McVay "Writer" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Country (DVD)

I love horror movies, but especially Scottish horror (love the accents). This story centers around coming-of-age teens dropped off by the priest in their youth group on a camping trip, only to find out that the beautiful countryside is infested with strange, hairy beasts (and it's not the sheep). I liked the way the movie introduced us to the characters first and helped us care about them before killing anybody off. I was slightly disappointed in the look of the beast, but they did well for their budget. Not a 'top notch' horror, but still entertaining.

Chrissy K. McVay

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Something different, for a change., October 17, 2009

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Marvin Jenkins "FantasyFan" (Bonifay,Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Country (DVD)

This movie was a interesting take on the werewolf genre. I myself liked it. The problem was that the whole middle half of the movie is in the dark, and I mean you can't see anything. When the film begins, you see great looking Scottish countrysides with fog, and you think,Wow this has atmosphere...and the the sun goes down. Too bad really, because all the young actors did a good job, aside from thick accents, which sometimes had me scratching my head wondering what they just said. Sometimes I would be staring at a black screen with these fast Scottish sentence flying by,& the F word would be the only thing I could catch! In the bonus features it showed the production of the cool looking castle set, and there's no telling how much that thing cost, and you practically see none of it on screen! If your gonna build a cool set, at least light the thing ! The werewolf itself is definately something new. It stalkes on four legs rather than the typical wolf man type. They said in the bonus materials that it was made to look like a wolf and Hiyena. It reminded me of a possum with stripes across it's face. I mean It did look menacing,and could take a mighty big chomp out of ya, but it just is'nt what we're used to. But I guess if it looked like a (HOWLING) werewolf,everyone would be screaming "Oh they ripped off Howling!"So I give them credit for trying something fresh.I'm glad they used an actual prop, rather than cgi, cause CGI wolves suck!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible B Werewolf movie, February 14, 2009

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Nick Zannella (Montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
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I am sorely disappointed having seen this film after having read a few decent reviews. I expected it to be a surprise guilty pleasure. Instead,WILD COUNTRY gets high marks for cheese and cheap horror fare, typical of this genre. I'll cut to the chase: The Scottish scenery was impressive enough, the teenage actors were nominal (though their thick accents made me laugh!) but the storyline was weak and didn't make any sense. For example, where did that baby in the castle come from?! And how the hell did it survive? The wolves fed the baby?! The movie provides no clue. And of course, the werewolf-like creature was shockingly fake: it looked more like a Muppet monster or black bear with it's face exposed!!! His facial movements were robotic. It didn't seem threatening at all as it slowly strolled around the hikers throughout their trip, picking them off one by one!! Also, the blundering beast never howled as we know werewolves do but made low pig like snorting and burping sounds!! This movie was realized on a small budget and it showed.
Another glaring weak point: this was a very quiet movie- almost no music where it could have created tension and suspense , unlike the Blair Witch Project which didn't need any music and was genuinely creepy. I was surprised to hear the director so pleased with the results of his film in the special features- talk about settling for mediocrity!! Sorry, folks, but I'll return to classic werewolf movies like AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, WOLFEN, the exciting DOG SOLDIERS and a few others. This one disappoints on many levels and had me howling with laughter and frustration.