Director: John Gulager
Year: 2005
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Creature Feature
Plot:
After their small-town bar is attacked, a group of random patrons join forces together to protect themselves and their establishment from a horde of ravenous, monstrous beings attempting to break in and feed on them which soon proves harder than expected.
Review:
This was a ton of fun and really didn't have all that much really wrong with it. The main thing about this one is the inherent simplicity found throughout here which is quite apparent from the beginning here. There's a great sense of this one simply featuring a one-note premise and then finding tons of ways to continue the story along which is rather exciting here and allows this to have a non-stop relentless pace filled with action. From the numerous scenes of them barricading themselves within the bar, the attacks downstairs in the basement and up on the second floor show off plenty of thrilling action that just makes for quite an insane amount of action here as the battles to keep the creatures at bay show off their barely-holding defenses while taking a toll on their numbers.
That also leads into the series' great feat of throwing off character deaths at the most unexpected times so it really throws off what to expect and when. This is augmented by the rampant gore and bloodshed throughout here which is rather fun as there are plenty of exciting and graphic kills here from the heads being smashed open, bodies being ripped in half at the waist and others being scratched up and dismembered which lets the blood flow quite freely here to match the action as well as giving the creatures a huge amount of positives.
Focusing on their ruthless attitudes and savage behavior through the attacks and carnality they spread throughout here, yet all seemingly done with a purpose rather than to simply fill up the running time because they were introduced so early in the film, it makes them seem that much more fearsome and frightening which is a great plus here which is combined well with their appearance when we do get to see them as there's the deformed head, savage teeth and claws and generally inhuman look that's quite endearing.
It's just the fact that we really can't see them all too much here as the film never really gives them a chance the way it's edited as the scatter-shot, hyper-speed cutting really makes it almost impossible to tell what's going on, especially during the action scenes as those are the scenes that you want to watch and yet this one doesn't really offer that. Otherwise, the only other part that's kind of annoying is the small introductions for each character about their survival rate which gets old very quickly and feels like a cheap gimmick that serves no real purpose. These are about the only things here that really hold this down, and that's not all that big of a deal.
Overview: ****.5/5
An absolutely spectacular monster movie, there’s so much to like here that it manages to keep everything going along rather nicely while only being let down by a few drawbacks. Give it a shot if you’re a fan of this kind of genre effort, curious about the presentation, or intrigued about it in general will have a lot to enjoy while most others out there will want to heed slight caution.
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