Modern society is nothing but destructive and the continuing
destruction of the forests and nature has pushed all manner of wildlife to
populated areas. Some of this wildlife
man has never laid an eye on which is the premise of Animal (2014). A group of friends out on a weekend trip are
suddenly attacked by a creature they’ve never seen before. The group is herded to an abandoned cabin in
the woods where they soon discover another group of people have also been
trapped. Now these group of strangers
must learn to work together in order to survive while the creature continues to
test the effectiveness of the cabin in order to kill them one by one.
Written by Thommy Hutson and Catherine Trillo and directed
by Brett Simmons this is a film build on a basic premise of survival against an
outside menace. There is also the
tension between all the survivors trapped in the cabin who all have a different
idea of how to survive. The cast for the
most part is very effective but the film may be “too” simple in this day and
age of audiences who want more complicated stories with deeper meaning. This film is very basic but effective. Simmons has a flare behind the camera and him
and his team creates a lot of mood and atmosphere in the film. This film is never dull. The creature FX are also impressive as there
is very little CGI in the film relying more on practical effects as a film of
this type should.
Although she doesn’t really do much in the film, it is a
pleasure to see Joey Lauren Adams in a horror film which is completely
unexpected as she gives the film a little added “star” power. Monster fans will enjoy this film as it has
everything that a monster film should have and does it well, so, even if it
feels like a film that you may have seen before it is effective and
entertaining and never boring.
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