Wild Boar – Disturbing, Unsettling Horror
Director: Barry Burman
Writer: Barry Burman (Screenplay)
Cast: Augie Duke, Daniel Roebuck, Barney Burman, Jeff Caperton, Reina Hardesty, Jim Nieb, Michael Reed, Douglas Tait
Plot: A small group of treasure hunters, also known as “Geocachers,” trek into to the desert to conquer a Geocache “Challenge.” Out in the wild they stumble upon a forbidden world flooded with radiation and inhabited by bloodthirsty mutants who have evolved from pigs.
Runtime: 1 Hour 38 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Wild Boar starts as five Geocache challengers, Scarlett (Duke), Garret (Roebuck), Turtle (Neib), Griffin (Reed) and Sable (Sonneborn). Look for their next challenge, one that is filled with legend. About the most famous Geocacher Foster (Burman).
The challenge will take them to the middle to the desert, to an abandoned building. Finding themselves hunted down by mutated bloodthirsty pigmen.
Thoughts on Wild Boar
Wild Boar is a creature feature horror movie. Using the stories of radiation to create the pigmen. We have a smart reason for the friends to be in the location, with the Geocache challenge. Mixing the two worlds together will make for a good concept for the survival horror.
We do spend a lot of the movie with Scarlett looking to figure out her way out of the situation. Learning to adapt to the environment she is thrown into. This world will give us the memories of ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ focusing on another radiation survival group.
The story will leave us waiting to see who will make it out alive. With Scarlett making the smart comments about each place being dangerous. She becomes the audience telling them this is a bad idea.
Daniel Roebuck will bring the confidence to his role, even if his character has big flaws. It is Augie Duke that must take on the most in the movie. Becoming the typical final girl in the movie.
The low budget horror is entertaining creature feature, on that will put us into a disturbing environment, battling to survive. It has strong effects used to make the pigman so disturbing.
Final Thoughts – Wild Boar is a disturbing creature feature.
