The Bone Snatcher (2003)

After miners disappear in the Namib Desert, some scientists find their remains and the demonic creature that killed them.

Director:

Jason Wulfsohn

Writers:

Malcolm Kohll, Gordon Render

Stars:

Scott Bairstow, Rachel Shelley, Warrick Grier

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Bairstow	...	Dr. Zack Straker
Rachel Shelley	...	Mikki
Warrick Grier	...	Karl
Patrick Shai	...	Titus
Andre Weideman	...	Kurt
Adrienne Pierce	...	Magda (as Adrienne Pearce)
Patrick Lyster	...	Johan
Brian Claxton Payne	...	The Creature (as Brian Claxton-Payne)
Sean Higgs	...	Clive
Jan Ellis	...	Harvey
Langley Kirkwood	...	Paul
Lulama J. Nombiba	...	Old Man
Yusuf Hendrics	...	Taxi Driver
Andre Jacobs	...	Dr. Muller
Nikki Jackman	...	Mel

Storyline

After three of its employees have been reported missing in the Southern African Namib desert, the Eland Mining exploration company mounts a search and rescue expedition, comprising more employees which team up with Dr. Zach Straker, who researches extreme survival systems. Amidst the moving sand dunes they find human bones with just some blood on it, and identify them to belong to two of the missing men; then these disappear again, and they observe a strange monster, which according to a native former herdsman is known by the local people as Esikhulu. It's able to (dis)appear, survive shotgun hits, fatally 'incorporate' human bodies -picking them off one by one- and make water turn acid...

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Taglines:

It will scare you out of your skull.

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Country:

UK Canada South Africa

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 February 2004 (Bahrain)

Also Known As:

A csontrabló

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Imaginarium, Focus Films, Persistence Pictures Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Good effort, didn't pull it off in the end (litterally)

I think it's easy to give this movie a little more praise than it deserves. But, if this movie had come out in the 1950s, it would have been a smash hit. Since I'm not really from that generation, I can't fully appreciate them, and I couldn't fully appreciate this one either.

The characters don't really know what foot to stand on, and I don't know who to blame, the actors or the script. Even in the face of devastating tragedy, people's personalities don't flipflop as much as the characters did in this movie. The only good moments of the movie come too late and too short to appreciate them. Thought I must admit, the special effects are pretty good for a movie of this type & budget.

Without ruining anything, let's just say that the climax to the movie is shorter than and as exciting as, well, this review. And the actual "winding down" ending of the movie - which in typical films lasts but a few minutes - is longer than the actual climax of the film.

I hope you have a good imagination - you'll need it to give this movie the extra humph it needs to deserve your attention.