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Offspring (2008)

Starring: Stephen Grey, Art Hindle Director: Andrew van den Houten Rating: R (Restricted) Format: DVD
2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Stephen Grey, Art Hindle, Pollyana McIntosh, Tommy Nelson
  • Directors: Andrew van den Houten
  • Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • 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
  • Rating: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: LIONSGATE
  • DVD Release Date: October 6, 2009
  • Run Time: 79 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B002I41KMI
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #38,450 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 10/06/2009 Run time: 79 minutes Rating: R

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2.0 out of 5 stars CHILDREN OF THE CORNY, October 17, 2009
The Offspring is one of those movies that's so awful you have to stare at the screen and keep watching to see if it can get any worse. It does. Cannibalistic, feral children whose idea of show and tell is disembowelment-and a simple disembowelment is a slow night to these kids. They grunt, stab, grunt, mutilate, grunt,and the quickly passed over reason for their existence is that they are the offspring of the children of a lighthouse keeper gone missing off the coast of Maine in the 19th century. I gave this movie two stars because despite the lousy plot, lousy script, lousy acting--the cannibal kids can't even grunt convincingly, the movie is so fascinatingly bad that everyone should watch it to see just how bad a movie can be. Oh scratch that thought----don't watch it.



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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A Mediocre Book-To-Film Adaptation, November 2, 2009
By Brian Lueth "WildsideCinema.com" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
Folks, it was bound to happen to Ketchum, it happens to authors all the time, amazing books occasionally end up as barely tolerable cinematic adaptations. In this case the bad cinematic adaptation was spawned from a mediocre novel and, unfortunately, Ketchum is partially to blame as he scripted this adaptation. Thus far Ketchum's work has remained safe from the usually withering touch of death wielded by Hollywood, The Lost and Girl Next Door were both fantastic films and the as-yet unseen Red starring Brian Cox is still highly anticipated. You win some, you lose some though, right?

Offspring isn't a horrible film, it just wasn't very good at all; the directing wasn't strong, the dialogue was clunky and the characters clichéd, the entire thing felt amateurish (especially the acting) and incomplete.

Many people enjoyed this film due to the fair amount of gore on display, and there was, but it just doesn't change my opinion of this film. Gore, when done right, is certainly a plus but it can never make up for a wobbly story that depends on the opening title sequence to fill in the back story viewers will no doubt be asking about by closing credits. By far this is the weakest entry in this year's Ghost House Underground series and, without a doubt, the low point of Ketchum's films. No biggie though, it happens to King all the time. Hell, I'm not sure there's EVER been a decent Koontz film!

I just didn't dig Offspring, it was my least favorite of the films based on Ketchum novels, but that's just inevitability, it would have only been a matter of time before there was a dud. Andrew van den Houten's company Modernciné has produced and released some good stuff so I don't want to come across as being a hater but this was a swing and a miss.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Good for direct to DVD, October 25, 2009
By L. Kiss "jeangarydiablo" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Since I am a fan of Jack Ketchum's novels and this was one of my favorites I had to see it (although I have no interest in seeing his other film adaptions).

It's direct to DVD and I knew what to expect. I wasn't that disappointed, mostly because the running time is short and it has some ok production design. The location scout deserves most of the credit in this movie and it was filmed in the US (I have a thing about runaway film productions, they should be labeled as "foreign films")

This film had so much potential but is extremely lackluster. Who thought crazy, cannibal kids could be so trite? The costumes, wigs, and makeup effects look like leftovers from the bargain bin at a Halloween store a week after October 31. This alone could have saved it even from the poor acting performances (which could have been saved through editing).

I have to admit it was nice not to be bombarded with bad CGI for once.

I gave two stars for effort, the location captures the setting in the book, short running time, and being filmed in the US. You won't loose any sleep if you don't see it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Why couldn't I fall deep in love with this!? After all, it is a cannibal flick.
I don't know Jack Ketchum's novels so I really can't judge this movie from its novel. So with that being said, here goes. Read more
Published 21 days ago by Jennifer M. Hensley

3.0 out of 5 stars Cheesy but gory fun

I know the adaptation of Jack Kethum's "Offspring" has it's problems one being acting with some of the characters ,costume and a few other flaws but I really enjoyed this... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dayna Newman

2.0 out of 5 stars GUESS WHOS COMING FOR DINNER
Maybe I'm getting too old or maybe I've seen too many horror movies but it seems that there's a fine line between entertainment and exploitive voyeurism. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Michael Butts

4.0 out of 5 stars Offspring Delivers Undemanding Fun
I definitely agree with the reviews for this film that tagged it a bit of a disappointment. A lot of the horror and character development present in the novel just does not come... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Crawlspace Man

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly good horror film
My wife and I really enjoyed this film. I'm surprised at the negative reviews since this is one of the best, if not the best, film made from a Ketchum novel. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Robert F. Strauss

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I hate to agree with the other reviews on this site, but Offspring is a big disappointment for Ketchum fans, particularly on the heels of The Girl Next Door and The Lost. Read more
Published 4 months ago by N. Schneider

1.0 out of 5 stars Painfully embarassing to sit through
I like Jack Ketchum; he's not Dostoevsky, but in his medium of literature he does what he does pretty well, even more so than King, and I've liked 2/3 of the film adaptations of... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Purgatorio Infinito

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Pulp/horror writer Jack Ketchum adapts his own novel for Offspring, an interesting entry of sorts in this year's Ghost House Underground lineup. Read more
Published 4 months ago by N. Durham

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Pulp/horror writer Jack Ketchum adapts his own novel for Offspring, an interesting entry of sorts in this year's Ghost House Underground lineup. Read more
Published 4 months ago by N. Durham

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