StunnaKrypto
Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.
Freaktana
A Major Disappointment
Mischa Redfern
I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
Michael Ledo
The film opens with three rude, crude tank top cuties calling a bikers names. Some young men join them as they hurry off to a private trail to hike on for some reason or another. Then the title of the film plays a spoiler as they meet a non-introduced character who collects human pelts.I liked the girls who I thought were going to lose their tops at any moment. The language was crude and rude but fitting for the film and was perhaps the high spot. The killings were not graphic. It looks like someone broke a realistic looking blow up doll and decided to call it a pelt, make a movie about it so they could get another one.The pajamas was a nice touch.Parental guide: F-bomb. Brief sex. Fake corpse nudity.
ASouthernHorrorFan
2010's "Pelt" has a group of friends fighting for their lives against a couple of local yokels with a taste for blood and torture. Unfortunately for this crew they chose to spend a weekend in the woods on private property. The choice is a fatal error for the friends. A typical scenario found in modern horror but it all works. The story is a fun, modern nightmare that puts fuel into the "camping/in the woods" horror film. I really didn't expect a lot from "Pelt" but was pleasantly surprised. Swindell creates a very suspenseful chiller that plays with elements of slasher, grindhouse and splatter horror. The cast commit to their characters and pull off some pretty authentic personalities that I connected with. "Pelt" does find itself battling through some pretty standard clichés, but never gets marred down completely by the stereotypes. Even with a few of the characters coming off a bit abrasive, (douche-bag daddy-o's) , the actors give convincing performances that does take the characters into caricature territory.The special effects are strong, realistic grue that explores elements of exploitation, and splatter without pushing the kill scenes into sensationalized depravity. There is a nice balance between the horror elements and the psychological suspense that makes "Pelt" a very strong horror film. The soundtrack and sound effects create a tense, thrilling atmosphere that carries the story arch from the first scene until the credits roll. Honestly I went into this film expecting to be disappointed or bored, but instead I was captivated and chilled. "Pelt" is a film that I will be watching over and over.There is some downer moments to "Pelt". The dialog is weak in some scenes, with characters feeling forced into conversation with one another, instead of seeming natural. It does ad a bit of a hokey vibe that disrupts the intensity and drama of the story. Honestly that is really the only hiccups I had while watching "Pelt". The kills are bloody, there is screaming and crying, running through the woods. Brutality is the theme de jour for "Pelt" with some truly nightmarish moments. I will be referencing this film the next time I decide to explore the hills and back roads in my neck of the woods-believe that!
tmccull52
As per the requirements of this site, I will tell you now that this review contains spoilers. If you wish to watch this movie, read no further.Now that we've the necessary disclaimer established, here was have yet another in a seemingly endless line of horror movies where all of the characters die. In the epic poem by Dante, he is counseled, while at the gates of Hell, to "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here". If you're going to watch this movie, you may wish to consider that same advice.At the beginning, the characters are so shallow and cliché that you want them to all die, and most horribly. But as the movie progresses, some of them do exhibit at least a modicum of decency. They're still not particularly likable, but you do at least begin to pity them their plight.The plot isn't particularly imaginative; there's nothing here that you likely haven't seen before. People go into the wilderness to party hearty. You have your requisite sex scene, although there is surprisingly little nudity in the movie. You've got your typical druggie skank, and so on and so on. It was rather interesting that the killer wasn't some hideously disfigured superhuman juggernaut. He's just some redneck living out in the woods who likes to skin people. Oh, he does like to stuff the skins with some other substance and then have sex with them. I haven't seen that one very often before.As I said before, there's not a whole lot new here. This is just another in an increasingly long line of movies and titles where everyone in the movie dies. There's no hope for survival however hard they fight or struggle. Sometimes, that does make for an interesting movie, but now it's so overused that it's a boring plot device. At least in this movie, when the killer dies, he doesn't spring to his feet miraculously at the end, prepared to wreak havoc in the sequel.
Michael O'Keefe
Maybe a little better than expected, but all the same this story is so predictable and not exactly original. The story is about a group of twenty-something friends (obviously played by actors thirty-something)taking a hiking trip in deep woods of Caveland, Kentucky. The hikers are warned by locals not to dare trespass on private property. This group is made up of party people, not nature lovers...not hikers for that matter. Gulp down some beers, take a toke or two and have some secluded sex; all interrupted by a crazed lumberjack. Let the gore, splatter, slice and dice begin. Fools that they are to leave civilization; there is no trip back home. Castmembers: Ashley Watkins, Travis Goodman, Sarah Zurell, Ryan Boone, Amber Bollinger, Justin Welborn and Larry Lallberte.
