TheLittleSongbird Was drawn into seeing 'Primal Rage' with a cool poster/cover, an intriguing premise and as someone with a general appreciation for horror. That it was low-budget, which from frequent personal experience is rarely a good sign due to that there are so many poor ones out there, made me though apprehensive. 'Primal Rage' is sadly however yet another film seen recently, hence some reiteration because the exact same strengths and flaws those films are present here, that to me was incredibly disappointing considering its potential which it doesn't do anywhere near enough with. As a film it's lacklustre, with a plethora of problems (huge ones too). Having said that it is one of the better bigfoot/sasquatch films out there, which generally have not fared well at all on film.Lets start with the positives. The scenery is atmospheric and spooky and 'Primal Rage' is surprisingly well shot.A few nice and creepy kills and the effects are surprisingly fairly reasonable.Unfortunately, the story does feel paper thin, disjointed and over-stretched and some of it feels vague and under-explained. Especially in the interminably drawn out and stupid last third where the film especially became duller, more predictable, more senseless and less scary. Too many characters are too sketchy and with nowhere near enough to make one want to endear to them. There is far too much of an emphasis on the Indian mysticism angle, which tonally gave off a weirdness and made things muddled and difficult to take seriously.Dialogue can be stilted and rambling, with lots of clichés and no depth whatsoever (definitely one of the worst assets), while the pace goes to a standstill very quickly and drags with very little going on worth caring about. Found too many the supposedly shocking moments not surprising or scary and the supposedly creepy atmosphere dreary, due to the excessive obviousness, a lot of dumb and vague moments and explanations and the complete lack of tension and suspense, cheapened by the dull pace and sometimes gratuitous gore effects. There are a good deal of underdeveloped plot elements and often nonsensical and confusing character motivations, while too many of the things to make you jump or shocked are far from creative or scary and are pretty tame. There is not enough threat here and what there is of it tends to be used poorly, it is completely unimaginative and more odd than creepy, with little sense of horror or urgency. Some badly sagging momentum too. The direction is leaden, inexperience seems to be all over the film. There is little creativity or anything shocking.Other than the dialogue, the acting was the worst asset apart from the hunter, a role attacked with gusto. The two leads, especially the male, are wooden and emotionless and have no chemistry together in sketchy roles and exposition-heavy development not worth investing in. The sound and editing are not great.The sound is intrusive and obvious, with some of it happening in random places. The editing is haphazard and affects the coherence of some of the goings on and story structure.Overall, lacklustre but far from unwatchable. 4/10 Bethany Cox

kimzajac After reading some of the mixed reviews on this film, I figured it would be a wildcard. I am a fan of Bigfoot anything, so decided to give it a try. Yes, it is definitely the 80s gore type genre- if that is not your thing you may not enjoy this one. Considering the budget, I actually thought the interpretation of Bigfoot was creative - something of a Bigfoot-meets- Groot costume. All in all, I personally would have preferred a more subtle /eerie "stalked in the woods" vibe only. I felt like the role of the witch and amount of time the two main characters wasted arguing with the narrow-minded hunters early on just detracted from the story. Not the worst movie I've ever seen, but don't recommend planning your Saturday movie night around it. But again, that's just me. Just not scary.

sunnya-30647 Ok sometimes you just need to watch a good old fashioned b flick . The killings were good I have to say . Got lost a few times on what was happening but a few scenes later figured it out . People put expectations it's going to be like some big Hollywood producers movie , enjoy it just for the simple movie it is .

Fella_shibby Saw this on a pirated dvd. The director is the man behind the special effects of Spiderman, Jurassic park, Death sentence, Alien vs Predator. So obviously there gonna be some good kills n yes the kill scenes are the dominating factor. The Sasquatch face when it opens up its jaw is more like predator. The character development is good, the cinematography is striking. The wide shots of the forest, the road n the river is striking. Thankfully none of the kill scenes r shot in the dark. Coming to the bad things, initially when the couple is standing out of the car to see the injured man, the lead actor is hit by some stones n he falls into the river. After being rescued by his wife, our guy forgets everything about the pelting stones. Mayb temporary amnesia. Lol. During the kill scenes, the big foot spares or misses killing the lead guy n he is being rescued n healed by some witch doctor who looks more scarier. No background story about the witch. The sheriff n the guy goes to the forest to rescue our heroine n it takes helluva lot of time for the big foot to fight our guy. The final confrontation is laughable, our guy fighting the big foot. Lol. The ending was predictable for me.