Feral Movie Review
A group of friends lost in the woods are stalked by a virus-infected, zombie-mutant-creature thing. When the friends come across a loner (Lew Temple of The Devil's Rejects), they learn the creature is a person with the feral disease, a contagious condition that turns the victim into a killing machine. Should they believe the words of this stranger, or is he really the one behind all the evil? I sighed a bit as the movie started and I saw...
this
My expectations were low from the start, but the opening scene did manage to catch my attention. It went away a bit as we met the characters, and there wasn't much to like about any of them. Once I caught a glimpse of the zombie, however, my interest returned. At first, we don't get a good look at the monster, as it runs quickly and creepily through the woods.
He's no Bigfoot
Naturally, the feral beast eventually catches up with the others, creating more creatures. The makeup job on these beings is really well done for what was certainly a limited budget. The creature is somewhat undefined--it is a zombie for certain, but beyond that, one could easily compare it to a werewolf and vampire. You will likely either love this mix or hate that they never fully dedicated to one idea. I personally would tend to fall into the latter, but in this movie, I did kind of dig the hybrid approach; that said, this is unquestionably a zombie movie. The acting is rough, but you will recognize a couple other faces, as Scout Taylor-Compton of Rob Zombie's take on Halloween plays the lead (and is much more likable in this film than she was as Laurie Strode), and Olivia Luccardi of the highly overrated It Follows plays her girlfriend. There is a good bit of carnage in the movie, so the gorehounds will like that, if nothing else. Unfortunately, the story itself kind of hits a dead end long before the movie does. The final act plods along until we get a rather predictable ending that we have seen many times before. Even with this, Feral was much more entertaining than I expected it to be.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 6
Feral Movie Trailer
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