Carnivore (2000)

User Rating:

2.1/10   

Directors:

Joseph Kurtz
Kenneth Mader

Writers:

Joseph Kurtz (writer)
Kenneth Mader (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A government experiment goes totally wrong as a creature confined in a hidden lab inside and abandoned house escapes. Afterwards, some teens show up to have a little fun in the house, not knowing that the beast is loose and watching them. |

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Steven Walker	...	Doctor Westmont
Jack Solem	...	DIA Director John Burroughs
J. Douglas Martner	...	General Stalwart
Michael Hogan	...	Director Burroughs' Aide
Jill Adcock	...	Dana Anderson
Angelina Peneff	...	Scott's Mom (voice)
Michelle Nicole	...	Carol Fletcher
David Howard	...	Video Engineer Gary McBride
Matthew Brennock	...	Gary's Assistant
Steven W. Cromie	...	Agent Liddy
Kim Mitchell	...	Agent North
Jeff Swan	...	Marc
Pamela Thompson	...	Dee
Lori Johnson	...	Bobbi
Randy Craig	...	Sheriff Marty Holt
Jon Schwarz	...	Officer Kyle Bryant
Angie Smith	...	Police Dispatcher (voice)
Phoebe Scott	...	Carnivore (voice)
Barb Anderson	...	Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Jacob

Directed by
Joseph Kurtz
Kenneth Mader

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joseph Kurtz		writer
Kenneth Mader		writer

Produced by
Kenneth Mader	....	producer

Original Music by
Doug Lofstrom

Cinematography by
Kenneth Mader

Film Editing by
Scott Grenke
Joseph Kurtz
Kenneth Mader

Production Design by
Kenneth Mader

Makeup Department
Laura Carnivele	....	make-up/hair artist

Sound Department
Houston Haynes	....	sound mixer (special edition)

Special Effects by
Laura Carnivele	....	special effects makeup
Joseph Kurtz	....	creature design

Visual Effects by
Kenneth Mader	....	visual effects

Distributors

• Film Artists Network

Special Effects

• Doghair EFX Group (visual effects)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:18

Trivia:

According to the display screen on the security computer when the motion detectors go off, the film takes place on 14 September 1989.

Is it really THAT bad?

It's very cheesy and very dumb for sure, with a couple of takes to the camera, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. There's some creative gore and nice nudity that didn't just amount to a stabbing and a flash. You've got total dismemberment and skin pulling off the face leaving the skeleton and along with nudity some rubbing and sucking. That's not standard horror fair.

I found Carnivore to be a time capsule to the end of the 80's and above my expectations. This is a bottom of the barrel indie flix, but they put together a monster suit that's not just store bought, designed a lab and built a haunted house from scratch. This is some inventive indie film making.

I'd ultimately rank this a step below mediocre, it's much more entertaining then a lot of other garbage out there like Hobgoblins or anything by the Polonia Brothers. If you give this flix a score of 1 I don't think you were being very realistic with your expectations. All it really needs is a few more kills to make it really decent.