Barney Burman's Wild Boar

The movie impressed me in a few fronts. The claymation was neat and added an unsettling dream effect. The monsters costumes and effects looked impressive especially for the strait to stream affair. Unfortunately, the film, or at least the version I saw on Amazon was poorly cut. Scenes seem to jump about as frequently as the characters do about the landscape with out explanation. The best example unfortunately comes with the end, where the characters drive from the desolate landscape to a suburb, get out of the car and are apparently in the middle of no where, and all while the pig villain seems to catch up their vehicle on foot despite assumedly driving a great distance. Lastly, most of the characters that go on the trip get little introduction and our gone very quickly.

I've seen some dumb women in horror movies but these girls takes the prize, everything they do from start to finish is just plain pointless and stupid and the ending is ridiculous. That being said the costumes and makeup are really well done, the plot ,dialogue and the acting were a bit on again, off again but all up an entertaining movie.

Surprisingly professional looking for a low budget film. The lead actress, Augie Duke, is splendid.

The script is rather uneven though, little is explained how things came to be, the characters interactions with each other don't always make sense. Ending is really confusing too.

So, I doubled my 15-minute rule, but the people were so lame and progress and interest so nonexistent that I couldn't continue. Not a single character is likable or attractive (I mean moreso in their personalities but looks could apply too), so why would I care to follow them? (The "mission" they were on was also lame and poorly set up.)

Dear Horror Writers and Directors,

STOP making such characters in horror movies. Also, consider the horror films that are legendary in the genre. Do you know why they've stood the test of time? Because the characters could be empathized with, even if they weren't always likable! LEARN that the horror actually comes from seeing yourself in the characters/not wanting bad things to happen to decent to good people. You give me a group of annoying people and the horror element is ZERO. There goes the interest too!

Horror is my favorite genre (including every subgenre of horror), and I'm a cinephile besides, so believe me when I say that you are FAILING this genre in this horrible trope you insist on. It makes people dislike your movie, turn it it off, leave a bad review, and never watch your films again.

Sincerely, Frustrated

*1-star because some of the trailer (the pig people) seemed intriguing, but, alas, I didn't get that far.

Illogical plot. Dialog written by a 5th grader. Shaky camera work and weird scene cuts do not make a horror film.

Don't waste your time.

Choose another movie.