The Monster Hunter

The Monster Hunter

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The Monster Hunter
The Monster Hunter

The Monster Hunter

5.3 | 1h28m | en | Horror

Residents of an East Texas town react strangely when a serial killer invades their small town world.

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5.3 | 1h28m | en | Horror , Comedy | More Info
Released: January. 01,1999 | Released Producted By: The Asylum , Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Residents of an East Texas town react strangely when a serial killer invades their small town world.

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David Carradine , Darren E. Burrows , Michael Bowen

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Greg Smith

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zengun I saw this late at night recently on premium cable, and I got more amusement from it than from any of the top moneymakers of 2002. Is it me? I guess. Maybe my brain's been rotted by one too many formulaic thrillers and vacuous big-budget special effects extravaganzas. At any rate, five minutes in it was obvious this was my kind of movie. It has that spark.The bad news first: David Carradine sucks. Fortunately he's only in a small part of it, in spite of top billing. And, ok, some other subpar acting, but not by the main characters. Some of the 'real' characters (in the parallel documentary movie w/i a movie) are bad actors, but in a way this is covered by the fact that they're supposed to be real people put on camera -- so hey, wouldn't you be a bit stiff?The good news. The script is so witty and multi-leveled you wouldn't mind reading it. You want to savor this stuff, there's so little of it around. These writers are funny.Since there are alot of great characters, I want to credit them. (Not that many people are likely to read this.) I particularly enjoyed Bob Balaban's seemingly off-the-cuff performance as the smarmy, BS'ing and yet bestselling psychologist -- speculating for the camera on why serial killers kill. Maybe there's a prototype for this character somewhere, but to me it was deliciously original. Darren Burrows I loved as the wacky and cheery young guy who has unusual ambitions. And Joe Unger as the morose local yokel cop who get's the case (and hot tuna surprise in the face) but who gives as good as he gets: Asked the eternal question by the documentary crew about why serial killers kill, he remarks without emphasis: "I don't know, I never thought about it until I met you guys." (Or something like that.)The whole movie is rife with this kind of understated humor. It's great.BTW, if you're into this intellectually perverse, low budget, twisted but not sick kind of black humor, check out these other underrated gems: Eating Raoul, TerrorVision, Re-animator, $lasher$, and The Evil Dead.
f242 I saw this movie on Showtime recently and I had a ball. Sometimes it was a little rough around the edges, but I laughed a lot. Hell, the monster gags even freaked me out. Very creative film. It is nice to see that small independent genre films can still find an audience. Check it out when you can.
artgecko-2 A friend and I were invited to a special screening of 'Natural Selection' in Santa Monica this past June. As finicky spectators, we were both skeptical. We had an inkling of the film's storyline; but for the most part, we were uninitiated as to what might come to light or smolder to ash in a genre that is all too trite--a black comedy entwined with a serial killing ruse. Yet despite our snobbish prelude, by the end of the opening title sequence we were smiling. And by the end of the closing title sequence we were wildly entertained. The characters take some getting use to, all of which are satirically drawn, but once you get past introductions you realize you could be at a southern county fair and all is laughable. The film's strength is its lunacy and the direction of each preposterous circumstance. The writing is no stroke of genius, but in collaboration with the creative direction, performances, and a smart edit it is noteworthy. If 'Natural Selection' gets its audience it will be rocketed to cult film status and hence be a fusion of three genres--black comedy, serial killing ruse, and cult film. Check up and coming film festival listings or special screenings of 'Natural Selection'-- like me, you will be caught off guard and caught having a good time.
RLP-2 WARNING: This review contains spoilers.Natural Selection is a lot fun. It's also a promising first step for director, Mark Bristol, boasting fine work from screenwriters, B.J. Burrow & Allen Odom, as well as impressive technical credits for a film of its budget, most notably eerie and evocative cinematography by Rhett Bear and excellent production design by Jennifer Bristol.For purposes of quick comparison, the movie which comes to mind as most similar is Natural Born Killers. Though, it must be said, that in Natural Selection the emphasis is placed squarely on dark comedy and not explicit violence.The film concerns itself with the final days of Willlie Dickinson's reign of terror in the small Texas town of Whitehills. Willie (menacingly played by Michael Bowen), a postman in addition to being a serial killer, finds himself the prey of two psychopaths - one, a serial killer wannabe named Glen who is nicely played by Darren Burrows (Ed from TV's Northern Exposure), and the other, an FBI agent named Dehoven who believes he is hunting vampires. Dehoven is played by David Carradine in a touching homage to his father, John Carradine. It is a delight to watch him pull his glasses on and off and jut his chin out in mannerisms that are pure John Carradine.Commenting on the action, is a hilarious documentary which boasts appearances by Newsradio's Stephen Root as a bereaved father and Bob Balaban as an addled psychologist who admits he knows nothing about the killer or his motivation but nonetheless feels compelled to expound endlessly on the killings.Still, the film belongs to Bristol who creates some wonderfully eerie and poetic images. A bound victim struggling in slow motion to escape a darkened house. Carradine's FBI Agent standing under a solitary street light breathing in a crime scene. The same FBI Agent's vampire hallucinations, which are both startling and genuinely frightening. Switching gears to the video based documentary, Bristol shows himself to be equally deft with comedy, including an inspired bit of slapstick involving a shotgun and some dim-witted hunters and a funny, yet achingly painful bit with Stephen Root as the father of the above referenced bound victim.The film does have it's faults. It is too long by about 5 or 10 minutes and could be edited a bit more crisply, moving from punch line to punch line without spending the time on set-ups, and the use of religious mania to explain the psychosis of Carradine's FBI agent does not work at all. - better if we never know why and just concentrate on his actions. But, all in all, this is an entertaining and promising first feature of which all involved can be proud. It should be quite popular with college and festival audiences.