Movie Review: Pig Hunt

Synopsis: When John takes his San Francisco friends to his deceased uncle's remote ranch to hunt wild pigs, it seems like a typical guys weekend with guns - despite the presence of his girlfriend Brooks. But as John and his crew trek deeper into the forest, they begin tracking the awful truth about his uncle's demise and the legend of The Ripper -- a murderous three-thousand-pound black boar!

I honestly expected this low budget film to be just another monster movie in the vein of most of the fare typically on the SyFy network Saturday nights. It's a level above that though and I actually found it pretty entertaining.

There are a few reasons for this. First, despite it's cliched set-up and it obviously owing plenty to films like Razorback, Deliverance and Wrong Turn just to name a few, it takes a pretty wild turn or 2 and throws enough curve balls to keep it quite entertaining. Towards the end it's even got a trippy Rob Zombie vibe going. The 2nd reason I think it's enjoyable is the soundtrack, mostly done by Les Claypool from the band Primus (who also plays a role). His funky, eclectic vibe gives it a bit more kick.

There's some gore, high-powered weaponry, plenty of violence, boobs, angry hillbillies hatin' on city folks, a machete-toting black Hippie and topless throat-slitting cult girls who are part of a commune that grows and sells dope by day and worships a giant pig in their spare time. Oh yes, did I mention there's a giant man-eating pig? Well there is, and he's an ulgy mofo. You don't get to see much of him though, but he's got a good run in the last 10 minutes or so. It reminded me of the way they used to save the monsters until the end of the film and keep you curious.

It's a fairly fresh, fun and odd horror flick that's worth a watch for the most part.

6.5/10