Review of Feast (2005) by Arend R — 14 Aug 2010

A fun little B-level monster movie that plays out like a more extreme and brutal version of Tremors. I don't know that it ever lives up to the first few minutes, as each character gets a freeze frame complete with name, occupation, fun facts, and life expectancy, but the whole movie generally has a nicely skewed way of approaching things that keeps things pretty entertaining.

Feast definitely knows the genre well, and likes toying with it, playing with archetypes and cliches and exploding them in clever ways. The low budget shows through, especially in the use of shaky-cam to hide effects, but it's not a dealbreaker, and the sense of humor and the genuine sense of "we're not playing by the rules" really make this a lot of fun.

I definitely understand why it's getting a cult following.