Feed the Gods

Stumbling upon the 2014 horror movie "Feed the Gods" by random chance here in 2024, of course I opted to sit down and watch it, since it was a horror movie that I hadn't already seen, much less actually heard about. But given my fascination with all things horror and the movie's title, of course it was a given that I would pick up the movie and give it a fair chance.

And ultimately then writer and director Braden Croft failed to entertain me with this 2014 movie. Sure, "Feed the Gods" was off to a good start, but it really lost momentum some time before midway, and the movie never recovered its heading and just trotted on forward in a slump that proved to be not particularly entertaining. So I have to say that I found the movie to be a disappointment.

The acting performances in the movie were good, and that definitely helped to keep the movie somewhat afloat. I wasn't familiar with the leading actors and actress. There were a couple of familiar faces on the screen, though, but it was in minor supportive roles only, and that was Jerry Wasserman, Aleks Paunovic and Garry Chalk.

Visually, then you're not in for anything grand. "Feed the Gods" didn't make use of very many special effects, and it was a shame, because the movie might have benefitted from being spruced up with some special effects.

For a horror movie, then "Feed the Gods" was a swing and a miss. It is not a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time, despite making it through the 84 minutes that the movie ran for. Nor is it a movie that I would recommend for horror fans to sit down and watch.

I have to say that the movie's title made zero sense at all.

My rating of "Feed the Gods" lands on a three out of ten stars.

The foster mother of brothers Will and Kris dies. Inside a box of belongings she left behind for Kris is a video labeled "Casablanca." There's no "Here's lookin' at you kid," movie on it though. Instead, it's a home movie of sorts. While Will is watching it, he notices a man and a woman in the video are the same as the people in a picture that was also in the box. The people turn out to be Will's and Kris' parents that the boys never knew. As anyone would do who never knew their parents, they decide to waste money and time going in search for these perfect strangers. The boys set out on a road trip to a town called Tendale in search of their parents, and Brit - Kris' girlfriend - goes along for the ride. Along the way, they stop at a gas station, and Will picks up a book about Big Foot. I guess you can see where this is going.

The group stops at a bed & breakfast lodge where they meet a couple who says they're there in search of Big Foot. Will finds out that there's a legend stating many in the town's past were taken by "a Wildman." They go on a trek through the forest, and the review stops here. I don't wanna give away any spoilers.

I gave this a 4-star rating. It certainly wasn't great, and as far as Big Foot movies go, I'd have to say this is very inferior to The Lost Coast Tapes. However, it wasn't awful or unwatchable. I wouldn't want to see it again, but for what it was, it was good enough.

The worst thing I don't like about movies like this is the people don't do things that they do in real life. The entire second half of he movie I was yelling at the screen for them to stop doing stupid things. People are dying because they don't think with their brains. Nobody in their right mind would do the things that get themselves killed in these movies. For once, I would like someone to write a movie script where people do smart things and avoid stupid things that get them killed. I gave this movie 3 out of 10 for stupidity. The actors were believable in their development of the characters. The storyline was good. The scenery and film location was excellent. (my wife said my blood pressure was going thru the roof if I didn't stop yelling at the screen)

If you've seen the box cover, or read the title you know what this is about. There is a monster(s?) in the forest. How many will be killed? Very straight forward premise.

I love movies filmed in BC because everything outdoors is beautiful, and I get to see what my Stargate secondaries are up to post-Stargate. So the setting is beautiful. It is filmed well, with proper sound throughout. The acting is pretty god, and everyone is putting in a good earnest performance.

In terms of plot, I have to be honest that I don't think I understood the logic behind everything going on (tickets? Origins? Myth?) but even just understanding the basics, it is very formulaic. I very much hated the characters and did not find them credible, until two brothers, while having a proper fight about their deceased parents said "I'm sorry. I didn't hear you over your steroid-jacked body." and the other replied "THIS IS NATURAL!" For whatever reason, that joke won me onboard completely and for the remainder of the film.

It really wasn't bad overall. I would see it again. Very average, in a good way. Not bad at all.

There's a good bit of fun to be had here, between the better than it needed to be writing, and the better than they needed to be actors, though the whole thing is let down quite a bit by some shoddy effects and some rushed sequences.

It takes a while to get going, but in the end, the lead up to the carnage actually ends up being the better parts. The characters aren't particularly deep or nuanced, but the actors inject them with enough energy and sense of history that it really kinda works as a hangout movie.

Unfortunately when the bigfoots (Not a spoiler, that's the whole premise) d appear, they're pretty underwhelming. They're not quite "Spirit Halloween" level effects, but they don't quite inspire fear either.

In the end, it's a breezy watchable movie with some fun performances, some decent writing and directing.