Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Jayden-Lee Thomson One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Nitzan Havoc As always - Let me start off by saying that I am not a movie critique nor a cinema student, just a humble Horror addict. This time I would also like to add that I'm usually a very easy grader. It doesn't take much for me to to enjoy a horror film, even sometimes adore it. In this case, however, I must say I was slightly disappointed.The story is not more than cute, if to be merciful, and is far from original... Something evil which crawls into a live host, infests it like a parasite, then eats it way out? Doesn't it ring just a few too many bells? The farmyard agricultural adaptation was a nice idea, okay. The acting wasn't bad or anything, but was far from impressive. This is not at all the Sean Harris I loved so much in Creep. The entire film had this sort of gloomy mood to it, set by dark lighting effects. But here that simply caused sort of a boring effect, rather than a frightening or disturbing one.All in all the thrill/suspense level was pretty low. The worst part: the disgusting footage of animal interior organs and surgery. True, it added somewhat to the development of the plot, but to me it still felt like cheap vegan propaganda. There aren't too many Irish Horror films out there, and not too many "agricultural"/"biological" horrors either (unless you count "Splice" as horror). Think of this as Alien meets Species meets Splice meets Old McDonald's farm... Fans of weird stories and B-C class low budget films might disagree with me and find this film rather enjoyable. I, personally, will not be recommending this one to anyone I know. So give it a chance if you like exploring, or take my advice and watch something else.

knowledgefiend Isolation is a film with a great small cast of characters, a bleak atmosphere and a soundtrack to compliment these things. It takes place on a farm and involves the genetic tampering of cows; things go awry and all hell breaks loose. I won't say more than that. For its humble budget, the film manages quite well to capture the tense atmosphere similar to films like Alien and The Thing. However, the film carries its own weight without relying too much on homage/imitation. The cast is solid and believable; you learn just enough about each character to either care about them or hate them. Although the film moves pretty swiftly into the action, it's careful to tell a story and draw the audience in as well.Although the plot may sound a bit silly, it managed to make me believe in it. The cinematography and location do indeed give a feeling of isolation, as does the score which is featured prominently from the opening credits. I should warn that there are some intense moments of violence, mostly against animals. I actually found myself covering my face/eyes throughout a few moments (and I've never done that before). Needless to say, if you're sensitive to content like that, then this may not be a film for you. If, however you can get past that, you'll be rewarded with a pretty great film.Who should check this out? People that miss bleak creature films like Alien and The Thing.

Claudio Carvalho The broken farmer Dan (John Lynch) rents his farm for the scientist John (Marcel Iures) from the Bovine Genetics Technology that is researching genetic modifications of cattle to increase its fertilization. The veterinarian Orla (Essie Davis) is bitten by the calf while helping the cow to deliver, and she feels that something went wrong with the experiment. During the night, the cow has a narrow passage for the calf, and Dan asks the young couple Jamie (Sean Harris) and Mary (Ruth Negga) that is parked in a trailer in front of his farm's entrance to help him in the delivery. When the offspring is born, it bites Dan; Orla arrives later and realizes that it is a genetic anomaly and she sacrifices the calf. During the autopsy of the animal, she discovers that the fetus is pregnant and she destroys the freak hybrids. However, one of them escapes and attacks a cow first and Jamie later. When John arrives in the farm, he discovers that there is the danger of infection of human beings and decides to quarantine the spot. But one offspring is alive and need to be captured."Isolation" is a creepy and gruesome version of Alien in an Irish farm. The cinematography is very dark like the story that is simple but works, and the locations are indeed repugnant. But the direction and the cast make the difference with excellent work highlighting the always excellent John Lynch. The special effects are great and the open conclusion gives a perfect ending to this movie. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Quarentena" ("Quarantine")

BA_Harrison After watching the goddawful Shrooms, I googled 'Irish horror films' to see if anything worthwhile horror-wise had actually come out of the 'Emerald Isle' in recent years; Isolation was a title that repeatedly came up, so I thought I'd give it a go. However, whilst nowhere near as bad as the aforementioned Shrooms (but then again, not much is), Isolation isn't a film I'd recommend, being rather too slow paced (I know, I know... this is to build suspense and develop characters, but it's also boring), riddled with plot holes, and ultimately coming off as a low rent Alien rip-off, albeit one set on a farm.John Lynch plays Dan, a cattle farmer who regrets allowing a scientist to experiment on one of his cows after it gives birth to a vicious calf, which in turn spawns a rapidly mutating 'inside-out' monster foetus that proceeds to attack anyone unlucky enough to cross its path. Admittedly, this sounds like a lot of fun—kinda like Black Sheep with udders—but it isn't: it's plodding, not particularly scary (there's a couple of effective 'jumps', but not a lot in the way of genuine terror), and way too derivative: this really is nothing more than your standard monster on the loose story, given a rural twist.Occasionally, there are glimmers of inspiration, such as a few nasty deaths utilising a nasty piece of farmyard equipment used to kill animals, and there is also a touch of reasonable gore, but with a badly conceived monster (that looked like a cross between a crispy wonton and a chitinous prawn to me), this film doesn't go a long way to convince me that Irish horror movies are gonna have much of an impact on the genre.Still, if I can find a copy, I expect I'll give Dead Meat a chance (I love zombie films), and I might even check out the upcoming Freakdog, from Shrooms director Paddy Breathnach—after all, it's GOTTA be better than his last effort.