The tribe - L'Ile de la terreur

I first saw this more than a decade back on a dvd which I own. Got enticed into buyin the dvd cos of the trailer n the concept of creatures on an uninhabited island. Revisited it recently but fast forwarded most boring scenes. The creatures are not scary, the killings are offscreen n the most dumbest thing is the ending.

Five pals are marooned on a secluded n uninhabited island after their boat crashes. They are hunted n killed off by creatures which do not just kill for territorial issues but rather for their savage nature. One of the pal is able to find out the weakness about the creatures n uses it to her advantage.

Basically a poor n cheap version of Descent, Predator, Wolfman, etc. The faces of the creatures n their bodies r ripped off from Ford Coppola's Dracula (the beast in the garden). The lead babe resembles a slimmer version of Rosamund Pike.

The film has three different titles, so be careful n try avoiding this film to save ur time. The names r, After Dusk They Come, The Tribe n The Forgotten Ones.

I have the dvd of its remake too. Surprisingly, the producers remade it in just one year with a new director, script, and cast, under the title The Lost Tribe. Will revisit the movie n post a review.

It is hard to fill ten lines of comment for this movie. What has to be said? Well, the monsters are monstrous, the girl pretty (in some common way), the island mysterious. All of them do their job. Cinematography is not that bad, you just get the sense of people lost in a wild forest. Of course the writer had to fill some space with irrelevant anthropology about characters that are not even mean enough to deserve such misfortune or so nice to make you cry. As a matter of facts monsters look more interesting and complex. I would have liked that some destiny, or original sin had pushed the humans to that place. It would have meant some stars more.

For those who rated it ten, I will have what they are having. For those who rated it a 1, that is a bit harsh. From Filmrise, I didn't have many expectations. Liz and Peter have a strained relationship, but they take out rich tourists on the boat. The GPS keeps malfunctioning, but it appears from the port they left is in California, but they wind up in the Caribbean. They hit a reef (worst special effects ever) and are stranded on this jungle island. At least the scenery is very interesting. But the creatures come out during the day, so the movie is misnamed. The creatures are not very nice. Liz (Jewel Staite) is clearly the best actor of the group and Peter finally asks her to marry him. But they have to deal with the creatures, so how will that work out for them? The creatures are done decently. But the movie has so many obvious flaws, it really is not a very good movie.

I love the lost tribe, I've already reviewed it. I can't think of a better place than the jungle to run into. Obviously nothing interesting lives there. The Lost Tribe has great music and the beasts talk. On here the music is not near as good and sadly the beasts don't talk. The beasts are still cool. On here they are a little more colorful. They still seem to be lost cousins to the Predators. Good intro. Usual hornball people that you can't wait to become the main course. Nine tenths of that could have been left out. Its like okay fast forward, get to the shipwreck and the beasts. Same fatboy is in it. Sadly at the end the beast does not get his bride. It should show them mate with women. How else would they populate? Make it better too. Watch this but watch Lost Tribe before.

It's rough being on an island with a creature that kinda looks like Predator crossed with Cha-Ka from Land of the Lost. There's no real plot so to speak, just a final girl and a machete for the most part.