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A horror film where a man stalks and kidnaps people coming through the town only to put them in a desolate community centre. It is unclear how many people are here but they are put in their own cages and slowly over time starved. The story centres on a young couple who are investigating cannibal stories and are soon captured.

Not really a torture porn as the only torture is not giving them food. They are rationed water and sometimes a scrap of food if they earn it. The guy running the operation pits them against each other in fights till the death with a prize consisting of a plate of cold fries or a slice of pizza.

I felt guilty eating nachos while I watched these guys starve. Mediocre film at best. It doesn't really go anywhere we already haven't been. I doubt you'll eat it up.

While Starve had several flaws, what it didn't lack was a group of entertaining actors and a story that, with a little bit of tweaking, could have been very good. I liked the twists they put in it. There were several opportunities missed (could have spent more time on the fight scenes) but overall I enjoyed the movie.

Firstly. As I write this, my review is the ONLY real review for this movie. You'll note that the 5 reviews on IMDb are all from people who worked on the film! It's the only review any of them ever write!

The Plot While researching an urban legend on feral children, three friends find themselves trapped in an abandoned high school, where they are confronted with an evil more sinister than the legend itself.

Not so original, right? Right. It's stupid actually. The film is very poorly and cheaply made.

The female lead looks like she has a mustache! All of them are already emaciated as the film begins so where's the drama of "starving?"

The entire script is derivative and uninteresting.

It's starts boring and doesn't get better. The music is horrible.

I cannot underscore how completely bad this movie is. It's a waste of your time to watch it. I wasted my time for you. One hour and 42 minutes wasted.

BTW, one of the phony reviews says there is a lot of blood. I didn't see it. Another lie to get you to rent, buy, whatever. Don't. Stay away.

I'm sure you know by now, but this movie isn't a good horror movie. That being said, do yourself a favor and WATCH IT! I created an account just to review this new favorite of mine.

In this C-rated horror/thriller, we have 3 friends who are visiting a mostly abandoned town ironically called Freedom Florida in order to get material and inspiration for the main male characters graphic novel. Once they arrive, they make a seemingly unending series of the worst choices possible, and end up kidnapped. They are then locked in an abandoned high school, starved, and forced into mortal combat with the other captives in order to eat. Oh, and the bad choices don't end after they're captured either.

It's the closest thing you will see to a college freshmans first filmography project. It's exciting enough, but the thing about this movie you need to know is that it's actually pretty hilarious, and that wasn't the intention. The special effects are laughably bad, the acting is (for the most part) bad, and the mannerisms of every character including the "principal" and his toxic avenger-esqe wrangler are just great. You get to see one of the captives dodge a pair of scissors like Neo from The Matrix and that part almost killed me. There were several times during this film where I actually was laughing my ass off, and several more where I was yelling "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU SERIOUS??"

If you're looking for a good isolation horror flick like Saw or Hunger, then you should check this one out. It's a fun movie. But if you LOVE horror movies that are funny because they're so bad like I do, then this is going to be one of your favorites. I'm glad I watched it without reading the reviews. Give it a try! Worst case scenario is you get some good laughs and a few fight scenes. I'm rating it a 9/10 for the comedy alone. If I didn't enjoy bad movies, it would get a 3 at most.

So after reading the reviews I wasn't sure if I should even bother with this movie but actually wasn't that bad! It kept my attention the whole time and all those the acting locked at times most the time it was decent enough. Cool story, likable characters. It does seem like an older movie though then 1994.

If the shaky-cam were anymore shaky...it would be off the Richter scale.

The acting is poor, and it's really obvious this movie is using wives, family and/or girlfriends.

The storyline is flat as a pancake. Even stage setting was haphazardly done....no one took the time to understand, eyewear reflects stage lighting.

Choose anything else.

Stupid idea, bad writing, bad acting and bad direction. The only thing that even made me remotely happy is when the female lead went into "Matrix" mode to dodge a projectile. I was like... 'what the actual f#$%k am I watching? The "surprise" ending lol.

I really enjoyed the premise of this movie. The acting isn't awful and it's shot fairly well. Makes a great smoke and chill movie.

I couldn't even sit through this garbage. The story is boring and the fights are just so lame. After the first fight I just fast forward through most of it, because I really just wanted to see if they escaped or not at the end... But a lot of these stupid torture movies have such poor writing that they never explain anything or give a back story to why anything happened. Also, who takes a pregnancy test in a dirty gas station restroom while on a road trip?

I'll keep this short and sweet, offering a few comments on the production and content, opposed to a review of the film.

I really enjoyed the entire concept of this movie. It's somewhat unusual to see new(er) horror films that don't use recycled plots, or re-imaginings of old stories. The story has bits and pieces that might remind the viewer of other films, but on the whole, this is a fresh plot, or at worst, not common. Definitely nice to see a fresh plot, even if the overall storyline is a bit easy to telegraph.

While definitely a B-movie from a budgeting perspective, the actors do what I would call an average to above average job in their performances. Their characters do not feel forced, which makes relating to them much easier than those which are either over the top or just flat out bad. The script is also decent. In fact, there are a few lines in the film which felt "very normal," where other writers might have chosen to utilize fancy words or invoke forced dialog. This is appreciated, as it allows the viewer an opportunity to see how s/he might feel and react, opposed to a beautiful movie star regurgitating forced lines in attempt to make a point. This lends credibility to the director's performance as well, as the flow benefitted greatly from such smooth and natural dialog.

That said, the editing absolutely stinks, with some scenes ending in "fade-to-blacks." There are also a few issues with transitions between scenes, but it feels like nitpicking small examples opposed to gaping issues in production. The special fx are also not consistent. There are some live action effects, which look quite good, but they are often followed with stylized blood the very next scene. This stylized cgi blood is hokey looking, but the very next scene follows with live action blood. The inconsistency is more problematic than either use, and could have easily been solved by utilizing a single tactic through the film's entirety.

For viewers interested in content, the film could be described as:

• very, and often, violent
• containing a fair amount of blood, including a few examples of actual gore (though not over the top disgusting) and the sounds one might expect to hear from acts producing said gore.
• some slightly disturbing scenes, largely from the perspective of their realistic nature - ie "holy crap that looks like it hurt" kind of thing.
• some demented and sidistic acts, including an (almost) rape

All in all, I found this well above average than the majority of what I see coming from independent horror cinema. Nothing prophetic, and it likely wouldn't make any "favorites" lists, but a decent watch that doesn't require the viewer to make too many leaps of faith. It likely will not be enjoyed by viewers with queesy stomachs or who are not fans of blood, violence, and disturbing images. We're not talking "Cannibal Holocaust" here, but it should provide even the most ardent blood and gore hounds with basic satisfaction.

I'll give it one star for the horror disgust factor. Otherwise, forget it and go out to your local McDonald's and enjoy a Big Mac and fries.

I can't believe the rating is so low for this movie. Good story, good actors, good camera and audio. Most all the actions of the characters were appropriate to the situation without doing all the stupid stuff they do in most movies. Sure, the story has been done in many ways before but this is one of the better ones. Well worth watching!

The plot was really good. The execution? Not so much.

Traveling through central Florida for research, a man and his friends find themselves abducted by a psychotic tenant and forced to undergo extreme starvation then fighting other prisoners for their entertainment, forcing them into an extreme test to survive.

Overall this one was another disappointing and frankly unimpressive Torture Film without too many positives. As is usual in these types of films, the main purpose of this one is the fact that so much of this one is undone by the rationale of logic and common sense that it becomes merely laughable to continue to sit there in such situations that ultimately become dull and lame. The fact that a large majority of this comes from the fact that so much of the film is simply sitting around their cages waiting for the fighting to occur does seem to keep that rationale held off so late into the film regardless of where it occurred there's nothing here that makes this seem like what's going on has any relevance to what they're dealing with motivations. There's just way too much of that throughout here, and it's not only taxing to get through but to then get through it with that for their logic and reasoning is only more frustrating than before with it really going for the lamest motive possible. Likewise, it's nearly impossible to get into so many other sections of the film here as there's just so much of the film that's not really fun to get into, from the lame rescue attempt that comes up short, the group holding them hostage that aren't scary at all but only remain so because of the condition they're held in or the rather clumsy way this brings them around to being captured by the group makes this incredibly lame, dull and padded out really for much longer than it needs to be. Where this one really works, and about the only point for it, is the savageness of the kills and fights throughout here, going for an animalistic way of fighting that's brutal and designed to kill more than anything else. There's a great sense of urgency and seriousness to these, and coupled with the savage gore for them really makes these quite worthwhile and the only part of this to really be enjoyable through the heavy set of flaws. Those are just too much for this one to overcome.

Rated R: Extreme Graphic Language, Extreme Graphic Violence and Nudity.