Furry Nights is a horror film made by a bunch of amateurs about a bunch of amateurs making a horror film. While recording a swamp monster movie in the woods, a group of teens witness a gathering of 'furries' (people who get their kicks from dressing and acting like animals) on the opposite side of a lake. After one of the film-making friends accidentally shoots one of these furries, believing it to be a real bear, the rest of the 'animals' arm themselves and seek revenge.
Furry Nights could have been a truly demented and OTT effort - after all, furries are inherently creepy, allowing plenty of scope for oddball horror antics - but the extremely weak script, terrible acting, and an unwillingness to get really crazy means that the film fails to capitalise on its intriguing premise. Writer/director J. Zachary Thurman manages some reasonably impressive shots, but his storytelling leaves a lot to be desired, plot progression almost non-existent after the initial set-up, and a reliance on 'found-footage' style camerawork quickly becoming tiresome (a Blair Witch parody scene being the worst).
With minimal gore and only the merest hint of nudity, there is very little for fans of the absurd and outrageous to get excited about - unless you too get your jollies from animal masks and butt-plug tails.
1.5/10, rounded up to 2 for IMDb.
