Review of Live Animals (2008) by Kristin R — 05 Jun 2010

This is one of the best low budget horror movies I've seen in awhile. I'm so used to the film they shoot with to resemble cheap home movies. This was shot with much higher quality than most. I didn't find the gore factor to be on the high end scale up until the end, but that makes sense given the nominal budget they had to work with.

Frankly, the movie didn't require much given that the idea, the story itself and how things play out are pretty horrifying in itself. I love the dark humor aspect of some of these movies, and the crazy "see if they have a lighter" lady cracked me up.

The guy who serves as the middle man is one of the scarier horror movie characters of late, treating humans like horses that need to be broken. The cold, twisted nature of a guy who looks like Santa Claus is quite effective.

I agree with people who said the twist ending was completely not believable. It wasn't a wtf ending for me though ... more like a "oh, come ON" ending. ;) Other than that ... not bad at all.