Claire Dunne
One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
Yazmin
Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Isbel
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
deacon_blues-3
LOL! I have to laugh at the many silly plot holes this movie suffers from, but I will give it points for grizzly humor and a chilling atmosphere. I spent most of the movie questioning why the characters were doing the stupid things they were doing, but what would a horror movie be without a lot of characters doing stupid things that put them within the grasp of some inconceivable horror along the way? The story situations are preposterous, disjointed, and inexplicable for the most part, but there is a serious creepy factor to the film over-all that almost makes it worthwhile (but not entirely). All-in-all, this film has a decent creep-out factor. Also, there is a great joke told by the film's main protagonist in the initial tavern scene.
trashgang
France did it again. But this time it isn't a gory brutal flick like the classic French flicks from a few years ago but it does deliver. It's also a good example how merchandising is working. The version that came out in the Benelux has the name Matthias Schoenaerts on it. He's a well known actor and is making it in Hollywood for the moment but be honest, here he is maybe one minute in it and doesn't say anything but a few things. But don't be bothered, if you are a fan of eighties horror then you will love it. The flick do needs it from the actors who are all famous names in France but they surely do deliver the good work in this flick. And naturally the atmosphere made by the houses used makes it up too, the slamming of a metal door, remember Texas Chainsaw, there's a bit of all those classics in it. The blood do flows and it's sometimes even a bit funny with the bikers. And I even recognized a few roads and a tower shot a few hundred meters from where I live. The creatures are something between zombies and evil spirits but are really well done. It is never gory like those other French movies but really one for the buffs out there.
jwoodliff-863-326904
I saw The Pack (La Meute) at celluloid screams horror festival last fall & really enjoyed it , i think Franck Richard did an awesome job and although I've heard critics complain about the film being like 3 different movies which i do agree with , i liked that about it , nobody minded it when Rodriguez did it with From Dusk til Dawn which i must say is 1 of my fave vampire films of all time. I loved the ideas , the gore , the acting , the SFX , the direction , the cinematography , the mood of the film , i loved almost everything about it , the only thing that i would have liked to have been different is the design of the (pack) creatures , they reminded me of the crawlers from The Descent a little but the special make-up effects that brought them to life were great. Overall: I thought this was a great addition to the new wave french horror scene and can't wait for it to be released on DVD on the 4th of July , i will be sure to pick it up 1st thing on that date. Highly recommended especially to French horror lovers like myself. P.S. Can't wait to see what Franck Richard comes up with next
kosmasp
But then again we would have missed out on a very suspenseful and very good beginning of this movie. But somewhere after one third of the movie it changes gears drastically ... and unfortunately it looses almost all of its drive. Movies that change "lanes" or "gears" are not uncommon (the original From Dusk til Dawn being the most recognizable), but in this instance it just does not work in favor of the movie.It should have stayed with the humor and pace it established at the beginning instead of trying to experiment too much. Sometimes a few glimpses of that shine through in the latter part of the movie. Still not enough to make this worth-while and a very disappointing ending concludes the whole thing. A shame then, but maybe the director can and will come up with something better next time around.
