Feast (film)

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Feast
Directed by John Gulager
Produced by Michael Leahy
Joel Soisson
Co-Producers:
Marc Joubert
Larry Tanz
Benjamin Ormand
Andrew Jameson
Associate Producers:
Alix Taylor
Alex Keledjian
Written by Marcus Dunstan
Patrick Melton
Starring Krista Allen
Balthazar Getty
Navi Rawat
Eric Dane
Clu Gulager
Jenny Wade
Cinematography Thomas L. Callaway
Editing by Kirk M. Morri
Distributed by Dimension Films (USA)
Buena Vista Distribution (non-USA)
Release date(s) September 22, 2006
Language English
Budget $3,200,000 (estimated)
Followed by Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds
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Feast is a 2006 horror film that is a result of the third season Project Greenlight contest. The winning team was composed of writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton and director John Gulager. It was executive produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore through their LivePlanet production company, Wes Craven, and the Maloof family. The film was produced and distributed by Dimension Films in association with Maloof Motion Pictures and Neo Art & Logic.

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[edit] Plot

The movie starts out at a bar in the desert. The people in the bar are all having a good time when a man covered in blood enters through the door. He tells everyone that they are in big trouble, but no one really heeds his warning until he exposes the head of a vicious looking monster. He is promptly decapitated by one of the monsters, and the young girl known only as "Honey Pie" is showered from head to toe in blood.

Following this, a woman bursts through the door and is revealed to be the recently deceased man's wife. After a brief sentimental moment between the wife and her late husband, they begin boarding up the windows in the bar, which then results in the military guy getting killed. A smaller monster than the ones previously seen bursts through the uncovered window and begins incapacitating the various people inside the bar, starting with the woman named "Harley Mom", who has one of her legs sawed off at the knee. It is assumed she then dies from massive blood loss.

After she is taken out, the monster disappears, only for it to be found humping one of the deer heads nailed to the wall. A shotgun blast promptly removes the deer head and monster from the wall and the monster then drops into a refrigerator, which is then sealed shut, trapping the monster inside it.

Following this, most of the windows are boarded up and the bar patrons are given a moment of peace. The only phone however, has been hit by a stray shotgun blast, and is rendered useless. After a short breather, the woman known as Tuffy suddenly realizes that while most people are presumably safe downstairs, her son is still upstairs, and she bolts upstairs to get him.

The kid is quickly found, and all rejoice, until the boy is pulled through the window and eaten by one of the monsters, leaving only his sneakers behind. Tuffy is now incapacitated by grief, and the monster then vomits a stream of slime at "Beer Guy", who is hit, and falls over, and is then hit again as he attempts to stand up. As the remaining people regroup downstairs, it is revealed that the slime has a decomposing effect and "Beer Guy" is slowly overcome by its effects.

Meanwhile, "Honey Pie" begins washing off the blood and has to take off her clothes, much to the amusement of "Hot Wheels" and "Bozo". Following this is an attempt to scare off the monsters by killing what is now revealed to be a baby monster and hanging it outside. The monsters quickly have sex and reproduce two offspring in a matter of seconds. They begin to attack the pub with renewed fury.

After many attacks and ultimately, a fight to the death between the last remaining humans and monsters, only 4 people survive: "Tuffy"/"Heroine 2", "Hot Wheels", "Bozo", and apparently "Honey Pie" although her survival was not confirmed. "Grandma" seems to survive but in the last second is seen being attacked by one of the remaining monsters.

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[edit] Release

Originally produced at Miramax, the film was later taken by Harvey and Bob Weinstein to their newly formed studio, The Weinstein Company, along with the Dimension Films brand after their so called "divorce" from Miramax Films.

The film premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, the Chicago International Film Festival, the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, and the Savannah Film Festival on various dates throughout October 2005. John Gulager was named "Best Director" for Feast at Fantastic Fest 2005.

After a period of delays, the film eventually made its way to American theaters on September 22, 2006. The DVD was released on October 17, 2006.

  • USA 14 October 2005 (Chicago International Film Festival)
  • USA 23 October 2005 (International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival)
  • USA 31 October 2005 (Savannah Film and Video Festival)
  • USA 22 September 2006
  • Philippines 1 November 2006 (Manila)
  • Singapore 18 January 2007
  • Hong Kong 1 February 2007
  • Argentina 8 February 2007 (video premiere)
  • Hungary 27 February 2007 (DVD premiere)
  • Finland 9 March 2007 (DVD premiere)
  • Norway 28 March 2007 (DVD premiere)
  • Netherlands 21 April 2007 (Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival)
  • Thailand 26 April 2007
  • Poland 27 April 2007 (DVD premiere)
  • Egypt 9 May 2007
  • Greece 14 May 2007 (DVD premiere)
  • Japan 22 March 2008


[edit] Sequels

Main article: Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds

In an interview with Marcus Dunstan, the writer of the original film, it was confirmed that Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds and Feast 3: The Happy Finish are currently in the works. Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds is set for a release sometime in 2008. John Gulager will return to direct the films. Dunstan also stated that the films could possibly be rated NC-17.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fangoria - America's Horror Magazine

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