Pig Hunt (2008)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

James Isaac

Writers:

Robert Mailer Anderson (writer)
Zack Anderson (writer)

Release Date:

2 November 2008 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Don't Be Scared!

Plot:

When John takes his San Francisco friends to his deceased uncle's remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend with guns...

Plot Keywords:

Pig | Marijuana | Emus | Cult | Murder

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Travis Aaron Wade	...	John Hickman
Tina Huang	...	Brooks
Howard Johnson Jr.	...	Ben
Trevor Bullock	...	Quincy
Rajiv Shah	...	Wayne
Jason Foster	...	Jake
Nick Tagas	...	Ricky
Phillip K. Torretto	...	Beer Belly Redneck
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cimi Ahluwalia	...	Cimi
Robert Mailer Anderson	...	Big Train
Bryonn Bain	...	Hippie Stranger
Vince Ballew	...	Gas Mask
Max Barnett	...	ZZ Driver
Leanne Borghesi	...	Darlene
Ty Brenneman	...	Sexy Cult Girl
Cara Cameron	...	Cult Girl
Les Claypool	...	Preacher
Lane Foard	...	Lex Wockenfuss
Lanie Grainger	...	Poppy
Marissa Ingrasci	...	Sage
India Isaac	...	India
Joe Lucas	...	Homeless Vet
Christina McKay	...	Crystal
Charlie Musselwhite	...	Charlie
Henrietta 'Henri' Musselwhite	...	Woman shelving cans of creamed corn
Chris Paxton	...	Billy Stankbud
Michelle Redwine	...	Willow
Luis Saguar	...	Tj
Karen Viola	...	Cult Girl

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, drug content, sexuality, nudity and language.

Runtime:

100 min | Germany:101 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45392)

Filming Locations:

Boonville, California, USA

Company:

Pig Hunt Productions

Soundtrack:

Are you lost (Cult Girl Roll Call)

Pig Hunt review from Arrow in the Head.com

PIGHUNT is one of the few films I've seen lately where I honestly did not know where it was going from one scene to the next. Going into the film- I thought it was a mutant pig film, but then it turned into a rural action flick like DELIVERANCE & THE HILLS HAVE EYES. They all of a sudden, we had a wacky lesbian hippie cult that seemed right out of soft core Euro porn from the seventies, and then all of a sudden the mutant pig makes his entrance- and it becomes a horror flick.

Overall- I really liked PIGHUNT. I was on the edge of my seat throughout- which surprised me as I'm not a huge fan of director James Issac's previous directorial outings- like JASON X (Jason in space- bad idea) & SKINWALKERS (which might have been good had it not been cut to a PG-13 crap fest). With this film- it really seems like Issac's has found his voice.

My only real problem with the film is that it takes a good twenty minutes or so to really get going. The first part of the film is full of political commentary- which is not a bad thing but it totally doesn't pay off. I mean- we get a bunch of lead characters that dress in army fatigues, but are not in the army- and then we get a subplot about John's dead uncle being obsessed with the anti-terror policies of the U.S, prisoners at Guantanamo, etc. But all this really goes nowhere- unless there's some kind of political context that I was too stupid to grab.

All in all- I had a great time with PIGHUNT. It's one seriously balls out horror/action hybrid and the audience I saw it with went completely mental towards the end- especially once the mutant pig turns up.

-Chris Bumbray