Feast (R-2005)

"Feast" is sort of a tongue-in-cheek, does not take itself too seriously horror movie. While it is not a spoof or a straight comedy, it is definitely not trying to scare you too much, either. The thought occurred to me during this movie that makers of thrillers owe a tremendous debt to Agatha Christie. So many of these films follow the basic framework of her story "Ten Little Indians": a group of people are isolated and cut off from the rest of the world and then killed one by one by someone or something. In "Feast", it is a group of people in a bar who are not even given names, but are referred to by their character types ("Hero", "Coach", "Bozo", etc.). They are attacked and trapped inside by these vicious creatures of unknown origin. As with the formula, they are picked off one by one while the survivors try to find ways to defeat these monsters. At times, it tries too hard to be amusing. Some of the creatures "hump" their victims, which just comes across as silly, and there is even a "creature sex scene". What made me think this might be a fun flick was one scene in the trailer: "Hero" is yelling at the bar patrons and telling them what they should be doing. One of the patrons says "Who the Hell are you?". He responds "I'm the guy who's gonna save your ass!!" and is immediately ripped apart. Unfortunately, this is the best line/attack in the film and it happens very early. It is all downhill from there.

Grade: D+

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