SnoopyStyle
Various people are spending a regular night at a low life bar. Hero (Eric Dane) comes in totting a shotgun warning of a monster. He is killed right away. His wife Heroine (Navi Rawat) tries to organize the people in a defense. Tuffy (Krista Allen) is Cody's mom. Jason Mewes gets his face ripped off. There are Bozo (Balthazar Getty), Coach (Henry Rollins), Beer Guy (Judah Friedlander), Hot Wheels (Josh Zuckerman), waitress Honey Pie (Jenny Wade), Drunk Girl (Chauntae Davis), and Harley Mom (Diane Ayala Goldner).This puts a bunch of standard characters in a standard horror situation. It's quite deliberate and somewhat effective. It has a few comedic scenes that kinda works. It's not a masterpiece but horror fans will get something out of this striped-down indie.
Diane Ruth
John Culager has proved himself to be one of cinema's most creative directors. Arguably his most triumphant contribution to the horror genre and the one that is best remembered is Feast. Culagers's vision could not be artistically contained in only a single film and it soon became clear that only a trilogy would be adequate in order to express the gifted film maker's cinematic ambition. The result is nothing less than overwhelming. The first entry in this trilogy is a superb film, serving as an introduction to the entire saga as well as a stunning stand alone motion picture. With incredible suspense, unrelenting intensity, and profound horror, this is one of the finest horror films in the last decade. There is also wit and some humor in order to temper the terror and it is at times brilliant. An excellent cast creates characters of depth and humanity and it is perhaps the relationships between the individuals that are part of this film's greatest strength. Outstanding in the role of the bartender is Clu Culager, the director's father, an acclaimed veteran who gives one of his most beautifully realized performances in years. To experience the development of Culager's character over the course of the trilogy is truly extraordinary. It is essential that the Feast trilogy be seen in its entirety in order to appreciate this work in all its power and as the director intended it to be viewed. One will most likely find that viewing the first Feast film will capture the imagination to such a critical extent that immersion in the entire series of films will be unavoidable. The Feast films are indeed the most magnificent fulfillment of director Culager's cinematic vision to so far reach the screen. With this success and the associated critical acclaim, demand for his work will certainly not diminish.
Lele
One of the few 8/10 I gave to an horror movie. Some other reviewer wrote the story is silly :) Please, show me a movie with monsters with a story that is not silly! I watched "28 Weeks" yesterday: the plot was much more stupid than this one.This movie has memorable scenes and is funny from the very beginning to the end (BTW, do not forget to watch the credit titles because they show what happened to Grandma).One of my favorite is when the busty girl manages to run outside and reach the truck.After watching this movie try to watch "The Mist" and stay serious. :)
thesar-2
You know that plan the cornered innocents always seem to come up with, after an hour of either relentless bickering or being picked off in horror movies? You know there's still about twenty minutes left, but you always find that THIS PLAN WILL WORK, no matter what, right?I do. I fall for it every…single…time. I think that's the fun of it. And, by the time that inevitable scene appears, I'm so overwhelmed with countless failures, blood, gore, craziness, anarchy, treachery and unreal conditions, that I guess I WANT more than anything that one in a million chance will work. Because, things have to even out, right? The good guys have to win in the end and we have to get back to normal!No spoilers, but Feast's premise is like countless other TRAPPED SURVIVORS movies.** - A group of assorted stereotypes find themselves hunted, disbelieving, alone, confused, argumentative, disconnected from any communication, outgunned and cornered in some kind of shelter, i.e. From Dusk Till Dawn or Night of the Living Dead.But, that's just the premise. While the movie centers around a desert middle-of-nowhere saloon and vulture creatures circle and attempt to get in for a, ah hem, feast, there's plenty of originality and fun to be had inside. (Fun, if you're into extreme gore, pain, suffering and never knowing who gets picked off next.)And speaking of freshness, one of the brightest spots of the creativity in Feast, was the comic-book introductions of the characters as they appeared on screen with spoilers of their fate. Or were they spoilers?I would have never even remembered this 2005 (limited in 2006 in the USA) horror "comedy" existed if not for co-hosting a podcast with a friend that recommended this injunction with the same director's (John Gulager) Piranha 3DD we were discussing. So, kudos to him since I found this movie fairly enjoyable and probably one of the most grossest and vicious TRAPPED SURVIVORS films.There's not much more to this movie except the aforementioned location and a group of diverse individuals attempting to survive when the universe's most brutal and sharp creatures attempt to get in. The entertainment is how they cope or their lack of managing unity.Early in the film, one of the baddies gets in and goes berserk beyond most horror films I've seen, it sets the scene for how much carnage and peril these victims are in store for. And for some of their sakes, being dead from an attack, or feeding, is far better than surviving.Feast is for die-hard TRAPPED SURVIVORS and horror fans. I honestly can't see this movie branching outside that group, but it's still one helluva ride.
