Review of Dying Breed (2008) by Steph O — 13 Oct 2010
"Dying Breed" starts off really slowly, without any of the usual creepy moments that these movies like to shove into the first 20 minutes or so. Actually, the only genuinely scary moments in "Dying Breed" come at the very end. The rest is just gross, and predictable. The dialogue's pretty bad too. Worse even, than the average horror movie. Okay not that bad - but bad dialogue for an AUSSIE horror movie. We expect better from Aussies.
The movie drives home some of the basic horror rules. Don't have sex - or bad things will happen to you. Don't provoke creepy old guys in bars. Don't eat mysterious food... and all that jazz. The movie concept itself was a good idea. And the little notes about the real cannibal guy and disappearances and such at the end will probably make me rethink ever going to Tasmania again. Just kidding - Tasmania's cool.
Also, I DO like Nathan Phillips. He's been in some great Aussie films. And TV shows. Hello - he was in The Saddle Club. Therefore he rules. Phillips plays the dick-ish best friend character in this one though, so you can pretty much guess from the start that "Dying Breed" won't end well for his character. Basically "Dying Breed" isn't horrifically awful, it's just a completely unremarkable horror film that I'll probably forget in about 30 seconds. Torture porn.
This review of Dying Breed (2008) was written by Steph O on 13 Oct 2010.
Dying Breed has generally received mixed reviews.
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