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AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Wuchak Released in 2008 and directed by Sean Dillon, "The Craving" is a low-budget horror flick about five youths who get stuck in the desert after a crazy hermit disables their van with a shotgun. The hermit is the least of their problems, however, as an unknown creature of the night preys upon them.I've been watching a lot of barely-a-budget independent horror flicks lately, many with the identical plot as this one (e.g. "Delirium" & "Feeding Grounds"), and "The Craving" is noticeably professional by comparison. Despite a couple cases of dubious photography, the filmmaking is adept enough to pass for a theatrical release, at least a drive-in release—the cinematography, cast, acting, script, editing, gore effects, creature effects, etc. No-budget horror flicks usually have sub-par women and actors in general, but the first act showcases Lesley Paterson as Jeannie and she's Prime A all the way (I'm not referring to the dark-haired girl, Diane, who has a top-nude sequence right out of the gate and who's decidedly average by comparison).The low-ratings for "The Craving" are inexplicable because it delivers the goods for what it is in all the requisite areas noted above.The movie runs 99 minutes and was shot in Desert Center, California.GRADE: B

DigitalRevenantX7 A group of friends heading to the "Burning Man" festival in Mexico take a wrong turn & end up stranded in the desert. Driving around they reach a dilapidated hut where a mysterious man disables their van with a shotgun. In defending themselves, they accidentally kill the man. With nowhere to go the group set up tents near the hut to spend the night there. But once night falls they are suddenly attacked by a mysterious creature that emits an intoxicating stench.A while ago I reviewed a film called Trespassers, which concerned a group of friends who head to a remote location for fun but are attacked by crazed cannibals once night falls. It seems that somebody out there saw Trespassers & decided to try their own hand at making a similar film. Enter The Craving.The Craving is an interesting film in some aspects, despite its cheapness. Of course it's nothing especially good but does have its moments. The cast only number about seven or eight, not including those who are just passing through the film; the location is restricted to a remote run-down shack in the middle of the desert & the creature is only seen in shadow or extreme close-up shots. I thought that not revealing too much about the creature, aside from its carnivorous appetite & that the powerful stench it emits can make a person high was a smart move to make the possibility of sequels more likely, although it would be hard to make a follow-up picture without messing with the atmosphere of the film. The film takes its time in setting the scenario but once the action starts it attains a modest intensity. The actors give decent performances & the gore, while cheap, looks reasonably realistic.

Woodyanders A group of college students find themselves stranded in the desert while embarking on a cross country road trip to the Burning Man Festival. Come nightfall a vicious predatory monster comes out searching for a meal. Director Sean Dillon, working from a tight and compelling script by Curtis Krick, relates the gripping story at a steady pace, builds a substantial amount of suspense, makes excellent use of the arid and remote harsh location, and adroitly creates and sustains a grimly serious tone that becomes more increasingly bleak and hopeless as the narrative unfolds towards a surprising downbeat conclusion. Moreover, Dillon further spices things up with a few bits of ghastly gore, a nice smattering of bare female skin, and even a dab of sizzling soft-core sex. The startling moments of bloody'n'brutal violence pack a pretty potent punch. The sound acting from the able non-star cast rates as another major asset, with praiseworthy contributions by Grayson Berry as the decent, likable Brian, Jesse C. Boyd as easygoing druggie Scotty, Anselm Clinard as the surly, hot-tempered Troy, Wallis Herst as the sassy Diane, Lesley Paterson as the gutsy, sensible Jeannie, and Jason Kehler as a folksy ranger. Krick's crisp widescreen cinematography gives the picture a pleasing polished look while his shuddery score hits the shivery spot. A worthwhile low-budget indie fright film.

Scarecrow-88 The tiresome shortcut plot is once again used in this clichéd desert horror flick about a group of young adults on a road trip in their van(yawn)to the Burning Man festival. Yes, all of what I described has been duplicated multiple times in the past so originality vacates the premises rather quickly. Some wacko feeds this creature dogs and may just get a chance to nourish the flesh eating monster with humans instead when the van loaded with amorous teens come driving down his dirt road. So therein lies the plot, you can now fill in the blanks rather easily. The kids get lost, of course, find the nutcase who shoots their van with a shot gun leaving them stranded, stuck at his ramshackle abode until they can figure out a feasible plan to get themselves out of their current predicament. The driver gets in a scuffle with the hick lunatic, shooting the maniac in the process. The crazy's pick-up truck doesn't start, they are scared out of their wits, and worse yet a monster lurks somewhere in the darkness. The usual includes swearing, make-out sessions, tits, entrails, bickering back and forth, heated exchanges, the blame game, drug use, guys with their shirts off exposing their sculpted bodies for the ladies, cell phones and vehicles that don't work, and murky nighttime sequences where we can hardly see anything. The creature which tears apart it's victims while eating them ferociously is never fully seen. Most creative aspect to the movie is that the creature emits a nasty aroma that seductively addicts those who smell from it too long! Despite the overuse of the isolation theme, even something as mediocre as THE CRAVING uses it at times effectively, maybe because the desert setting helps, because you can feel the piercing sun, not to mention the fact that those lost are unfamiliar with their surroundings.