Plustown
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
dragmetodetroit
My video review can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDmAArj-ZKA Attack of the Beast Creatures is a "good bad movie." The flick is a lot of fun to watch in spite of the bad acting or the absurd looking "beast creatures."You would think a movie where the cast is simply wondering around in the woods, would get boring, but for some reason, the whole thing works. I think one of the reasons this is so, is because the script is a simple one. You can't lose with a simple survival story.I suggest watching this movie and then watching a movie like "Evil in the Woods (1986)." You will see the juxtaposition of two indie flicks where one works, thriving on a simple, straight forward script and another script that attempts to Jam three different stories into one movie, tries to jam bigfoot, witches, and zombies (?) into one film. You will see the difference between a "good bad movie" and a movie that simply fails on all levels, starting with a script that should have been heavily re-edited or scrapped altogether.
HumanoidOfFlesh
The plot of "Attack of the Beast Creatures" is relatively simple:a group of castaways land on a mysterious and deserted North Atlantic island with trees and deadly acidic water.The island is inhabited by flesh-eating critters that promptly start killing survivors.Badly acted and amateurish horror flick that is strangely compelling and entertaining.There is a lot of walking in "Attack of the Beast Creatures",so patience is needed.The dialogue is outrageously banal,but the attack scenes are hilarious and bloody enough.The tiny wooden dolls are cute and they provide plenty of campy entertainment.They hide in the trees and run through grass like crazy in pursuit of their screaming victims.Nasty little natives,I kid ya not.Give this obscure little creature feature a look.8 out of 10.
slayrrr666
"Attack of the Beast Creatures" is a lot better creature feature than it should be expected.**SPOILERS**Crashing in the Atlantic, John Trieste, (Robert Nolfi) Cathy, (Julia Rust) Case Quinn, (Robert Lengyel) Phillip, (Frank Murgalo) Diane, (Lisa Pak) Pat, (Frans Kal) and Mrs. Gordon, (Kay Bailey) wash ashore on a deserted island and try to figure out where they are. Exploring the island, they find that it is inhabited by a strange creature that none of them have seen before. Frantic to get away after a particularly brutal attack, they soon suffer repeated attacks as their quest to get off gets more desperate. Finally finding a way off, even as their numbers go down, they to implement it before the creatures attack.The Good News: This here wasn't anywhere near as bad as expected and is a lot of fun. The film's biggest plus is the fact that it's creatures are relentless and absolutely unafraid to launch attack after attack. The last half of the film is pretty much a gigantic assault, since they never really leave and are constantly in the faces of the victims, and the sight of seeing them launch themselves again and again onto their victims is what is needed to make creatures with as much height difference between them into viable threats. After a while, it begins to wear on that something could as dangerous as those that are in the film, due to the relentlessness and their ferocity in the attacks. These here are pretty much adverse to trying anything, from surprise attacks when they drop from the trees to the suspenseful type where they all converge to attack them and then proceed to swarm. That also leads into the brilliant tactics, since they do swarm a few victims but are also content with trying out the bite and run style, which leads to a recurring gag with one victim where they continuously target one specific body area and just bite into it whenever they want to, and the continuous use of that tactic gives them a lot more intelligence than expected. The gore here is also quite nice, which builds from what they are capable of and really looks quite nice. In addition to several of them being continually swarmed, leading to numerous bite marks and wounds all over the body, one is tripped up and lands stomach first on a sharpened branch sticking out of the ground, another has their leg bitten off, another has their body continually bitten into and devoured, one is found eaten all the way down to the skeleton and the big one is when one decides to wash their face with acidic water, melting their skin off and turning their face into a gigantic pile of red crimson goo that looks incredibly disgusting. The last big feature is the impressive atmosphere, since this one does have some great scenes built around that. The jungle search early on is really great, since there's always a feeling that something is going on but it plays the suspense off in the search to discover what is there. That is a great tactic and is done perfectly. A later scene, where the creatures first attack, is a stand-out, due to the fact that they are first seen with just the glowing eyes appearing in the distance, and slowly it becomes obvious that more and more eyes are showing up, and it really builds up expertly. From there the attack is launched, and it works due to the atmospheric build-up. All of these factors make the film so much fun.The Bad News: This here did have a few flaws with it, and most of those are centered around it's creatures. The little creatures in the film aren't that bad when they merely stand there and watch the events unfold, such as the scenes of them standing in the trees or before launching attacks, but the fact that they look terrible when in action is only confirmed to be little puppets that are nowhere near as threatening as the look suggests. As brutal as the gore is, it's only this way due to how ridiculously cheesy the creatures look in the film. The other flaw would be the cheese, which is mostly linked to the tolerance of the creature puppets. As they get a lot of screen-time at the end, it becomes even cheesier than expected, and that's due to how they look like in the scenes, which at times is laugh-inducing. These are the main things that keep the film down.The Final Verdict: This is a lot better than expected, though it's still a rather cheesy film that doesn't really have any right to be. It's there mostly for most of the cheesy creature feature fans out there, while this one will only turn off those who aren't that big on the style to begin with.Rated R: Graphic Violence and Language
moycon
I have in the past seen terrible reviews of this flick, I could never figure out why. I can see via other comments that this movie isn't as hated as I once thought. True the budget is almost non-existent, but considering the results, the director is a genius. The film is generally creepy throughout, some of the scenes don't work...But surprisingly most do. You will be entertained, and really who could ask for more than that?
A group of ship wreck survivors lands on an island in the middle of no where. Much of the islands water will cause their flesh to dissolve!! A tribe of creepy, hungry little folk inhabit this island...And want to devour the survivors! Not a good day. Get this movie if you can and give it a watch. 7/10
