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Bad Meat

  • 2011
  • TV-MA
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
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Jessica Parker Kennedy in Bad Meat (2011)
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Troubled teens at a reform camp face horror when a virus turns guards into cannibals.Troubled teens at a reform camp face horror when a virus turns guards into cannibals.Troubled teens at a reform camp face horror when a virus turns guards into cannibals.

  • Director
    • Lulu Jarmen
  • Writer
    • Paul Gerstenberger
  • Stars
    • Mark Pellegrino
    • Elisabeth Harnois
    • Dave Franco
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.7/10
    981
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lulu Jarmen
    • Writer
      • Paul Gerstenberger
    • Stars
      • Mark Pellegrino
      • Elisabeth Harnois
      • Dave Franco
    • 23User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Mark Pellegrino
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    • Doug Kendrew
    Elisabeth Harnois
    Elisabeth Harnois
    • Rose Parker
    Dave Franco
    Dave Franco
    • Tyler
    Tahj Mowry
    Tahj Mowry
    • Mark
    Jessica Parker Kennedy
    Jessica Parker Kennedy
    • Estelle
    Joe Dinicol
    Joe Dinicol
    • Billy
    Samantha Hill
    Samantha Hill
    • Kelly McCready
    Brian Nugent
    • Wolfe
    Monique Ganderton
    Monique Ganderton
    • Peters
    Aaron Berg
    Aaron Berg
    • Skullet
    Omar Alex Khan
    Omar Alex Khan
    • Manuel
    Matt Kippen
    • Tony
    John Bluethner
    • Trooper
    Ross McMillan
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    Mike Bell
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    7Jakksid

    Entertaining movie let down by terrible editing

    First of all, I am aware that "Bad Meat" suffered a lot of problems during its production. The original director Rob Schmitt was replaced by Lulu Jarmen, who was making her directorial debut (and first experience in film whatsoever according to IMDb.) There were also issues with funding, and at one point it was announced that the film had been canceled. So it was understandable that the final product would probably be a little bit shaky at times.

    However, it still wasn't any less painful to see just how badly edited the film was due to its potential. The final cut of "Bad Meat" was less than eighty minutes long. After a very confusing opening sequence the film quickly switches to a clear plot about a group of unruly teenagers arriving at a Boot Camp run by over-aggressive workers. Although things soon go from bad to worse for as the staff begin to contract a disease, causing them to vigorously release every bodily fluid known to man and then turn into flesh-eating maniacs. It's fairly simple and it works, however it is continuously and rudely interrupted from brief clips developing from the opening sequence over and over again, which don't contribute anything to the storyline. I would later find out these were not added until the last minute after the original cast had finished filming, nor were they actually scripted (which does make a whole lot of sense seeing how awkwardly they are crammed in.) This could not be made more apparent by the abrupt manner in which the film just sharply ends and cuts to the credits, with no prior indication it was nearing the conclusion. In fact, at the time I felt that the film was really starting to get interesting.

    The most frustrating thing about "Bad Meat" is that it was very fun to watch, and even if the opening and ending had been remotely logical it would have been a very solid horror film overall. Yet due to the merciless butchering it received in the editing room the final result is too short and too uneven to be considered a good movie.

    My final rating - 6.5/10. The bulk of the film was thoroughly entertaining hence this rating, and despite the extremely shoddy editing, it is not a movie I regret seeing. Hopefully someone has another crack at making the plot clearer before publicly releasing it.
    7hellornola

    A little crazy but good!

    Before I decided to watch this, I sifted through dozens of reviews, most of the claiming that this movie was beyond terrible and that no one in the right mind should see it. I decided to see it anyway.

    Surprisingly, it was much better than I expected. There was plenty of gore for those who like it bloody, some funny scenes, great acting (especially from Mark Pellegrino), and a fairly decent plot. The only problem was that some of the plot was a little confusing and the audience is left with a few loose ends. I don't think those things took away from the movie too much though.

    Honestly, I don't regret seeing this movie, and I don't think people should be put off by the lack of good reviews. It's not the greatest horror movie ever made, but it kept me interested until the very end, so I'd say it's worth watching in my book.
    2fairlesssam

    Bad Meat - a silly film

    A group of wayward teenagers are sent to a boot-camp by their parents to teach them a lesson. The people running it are complete nutters and ridiculously unsavoury characters. I don't know why they're even running the boot-camp or how.

    The kids are all cliché characters, irritating and unlikable. The acting is pretty terrible as is the script.

    There is emphasis on what the staff running the camp are eating and the fact that they viciously kill a dog who won't stop barking. The film shows a random scene of two of the staff members having a bizarre sexual encounter and then becoming violently ill. Vomit in the grossest form is literally everywhere.

    The staff then turn into crazed zombies and chaos ensues somewhat like a carry on film. It's all very silly and pointless. There is a survivor in the hospital that the film keeps cutting to who is basically a bloody, dripping mess covered in bandages. Who this person is, why, how etc... is not found out.
    5biba_yu

    Meaningless nasty fun, but no ending

    This movie is nasty and dirty cheap, little horror flick, so nasty you would want to shower after watching it. It's super fun though, because it's so silly and over the top and actors are quite decent. Characters are mostly caricatures and over the top but still somehow done well. It's bad but it seems to be bad on purpose and it's fairly watchable.

    However, it seems to be cut and it just suddenly ends with no answers. It's like they run out of funds or just didn't know how to end it or they wanted to leave us guessing. Whatever it was, I bet no one was happy with that ending.

    Who was the survivor? Was that even human as no one could survive in that state, especially when we see what we saw at the ending? What happened to all involved? It just stopped.
    3one9eighty

    Stinky Meat

    This 2011 comedy horror film is brought to us by director Lulu Jarmen on her debut, and it comes from the mind of Paul Gerstenberger. 6 bad teens (3 boys and 3 girls) are sent to a bootcamp which is in the middle of nowhere. The bootcamp specialises in reforming bad/troubled teenagers into model citizens. It is run by Doug Kendrew (Mark Pellegrino) and his nasty wardens. One night the chef cooks up some bad meat which that staff all eat. The food makes them seriously ill, and an additional side effect it turns them into flesh-eating zombie like maniacs. From there on in the film become about survival for the teens as they try to avoid being put on the menu themselves. Some of the zombie-wardens are outright feral, some are S&M gimps stalking the kids. There is lots of bloodshed, plenty of gore, and a lot of vomiting too.

    The premise of the film is not something new - it combines summer camp slasher, cannibal zombies, hillbillies, hostel, hunter vs hunted chases, and some typical American "kids will save the day" concepts. It COULD have been quite good, albeit tongue in cheek at times - but it wasn't. The problem I had with it was that it was hard to watch for the wrong reasons. The pace of the film did not work, the editing was shocking, and despite building up certain in-film events, NOTHING is resolved because the film just ends abruptly. The acting was not much to write home about either, this is due to the poorly conceived stereotypical characters being portrayed. I gave this film a chance because of the synopsis I read about it, and because Mark Pelligrino is amusing in the Supernatural TV series. Yes, one of the Franco brothers is in the film, but it is not one of the more interesting ones and he certainly does not have much of a role in this. Unfortunately, the film turned out to be a let-down.

    I think, given more time and more investment this film might not have been that bad. Due to the production issues it had though, the film ended up being one that will be remembered for the wrong reasons, rather than being an underground cult classic. Yes, plenty of gore. No, to much else. Pity.

    And now, just the like the end of film did, I'm going to... (drops mic - walks away)

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      Dave Franco stated in an interview that he considers this to be the worst movie of his career.
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      During Rose's first therapy session, the time stamp on the camera jumps from 42 minutes recorded to 41 minutes recorded next time the camera screen is shown.

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    • Release date
      • February 18, 2013 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Carne podrida
    • Filming locations
      • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Capitol Films
      • Capitol Films
      • Tiger Aspect Productions
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      • 1h 23m(83 min)
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      • 1.85 : 1

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