Live Animals |  | Director: Jeremy Benson
Actors: John Still, Christian Walker, Patrick Cox
Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 31619
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 80 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 67109
UPC: 096009671099
EAN: 0096009671099
ASIN: B002GLG5L4
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: September 8, 2009
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 9
 pretty decent for a cheap Hostel rip-off October 17, 2009
D. Gorman "Crystalline Structure Moon"
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
okay, for an american redneck rip-off of the Hostel movies, this was not too bad. so, somewhere down south a redneck captures 20-something-year-olds, tortures them, breaks them, crates them up, then sells them as slaves...a pretty blatant rip-off of the Hostel movie genre, but not as elegant (in that bloody, gruesome way). this movie was still fairly well done. i didn't really recognize any of the actors, but i don't get to the movies as often as i should. the premise is pretty much the same as all the movies in this new shock genre. like the Hostel movies, this flick would have benefitted from a lot more torture and gore...there was a certain amount of blood, which was nice...a little bit of brief nudity...there were some brutal and nasty moments. the premise was handled well, with a good script and acting on everyone's part that pulled the story together. i've seen other Saw and Hostel movie rip-offs lately that really failed to pull off their original intent. this movie was fairly well written, acted admirably by everyone...and although more torture and mayhem would have been nice, it is a flick that deserves to be seen. the movie starts with the kids getting captured during a party that starts outside...after opening with a glimpse at the main antagonist...the capture scene was very good...then after the kids see what they are up against, of course they try to escape. i won't tell you whether or not they succeed...i don't want to ruin the movie for you. so to wrap up, as far as the new influx of shock movies based on the popularity of Saw & Hostel goes, this is a pretty decent rip-off of the genre...it's not as good or elegant as Hostel...it certainly isn't as good or as brutal or nasty as any of the Saw movies...but it is a decent stab at the genre...fairly well written, directed and acted...where Hostel deserves 8 out of 10 chainsaws, and the original Saw deserves 10 out of 10 chainsaws...in my psycho rating, i would almost give this flick a solid 7 chainsaws...almost. pretty good...grab a chainsaw and watch it with someone you love.
Good Indy Horror October 9, 2009
M. Smith (Los Angeles, CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Do not let the bad reviews deter you. This is a good and scary little indy film that is worth a viewing. It is not a studio film-so do not hold it to the same standards-but it is entertaining, and it has a good twist.
 Bland, ineffective horror October 8, 2009
Kyle Johnson (Dayton, Ohio)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A friend of mine rented this for sheer giggles and we watched it on a lark. Based on the premise and the package, I got exactly what I expected: an impossibly further low-rent attempt at capturing that same magic woven by modern horror cinema...ahem...powerhouses such as Saw and Hostel. What I got was a micro-budget trash-fest, complete with hapless actors and a slipshod script. I got a gaggle of characters I couldn't have cared less about, no plot to be found, and one of the worst examples of prosthetic make-up I've ever seen, that being a character boasting a crescent-shaped scar on his face, which looks more like a smeared mess of melted Snickers bars.
I find these movies offensive. I find them offensive because they are unoriginal. I find them offensive because it really showcases that young filmmakers are not concerned with trying to scare the audience anymore, instead finding themselves content to throw as many breasts and buckets of blood at you as they can in a (mercifully) short 90 minute-or-so runtime. That so many of these filmmakers are not striving to grasp that brass ring and create something, instead happy to grab last week's leftovers and regurgitate it all over your television in a poorly-shot mess. That these filmmakers and their equally abysmal screenwriters don't mind depriving their narrative of a discernible point of interest, an end-goal, characters to care about or root for, and feel justified in calling their happy little nothing a story by throwing in a "gotcha" twist toward the end--even if you saw it coming a mile away because, and let's face it, that's what everybody else is doing, and that means it has to be an effective tool in the storytelling process, yeah?
And even if I were that guy, that fella who is first in line at the cinema for the opening of the twelfth Saw sequel, drenching my popcorn in red Karo syrup and gasping orgasmically at the sight of paper-thin characters miraculously made full and packed with meat and bone if only for the purposes of it being spilled on some warehouse's floor, I would still be offended by this film. Because it does what no movie that has nothing going for it other than that promise that its content will shock and revile you by way of sheer brutality should do. It is simply boring and useless. And by that amazingly low standard of trying to be the red-headed stepchild of something that is unabashedly unimportant and totally reliant on gross-out moments, this film cannot be seen as anything less than an utter and complete failure.
nothing new here October 5, 2009
Topper In Missouri (Joplin, MO)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you've seen Saw or Hostel, then you seen this movie. The "surpirse" ending that other reviewers have discussed won't be much of a surprise if you pay attention to the dialog. I rented this movie in high hopes for titellation, watching a strong willed woman be broken and trained to be submissive. What I received was a ripoff of other movies, that had almost no nudity what so ever. If you looking for a movie with men breaking and training women, the I recommend "Captive Files I". Eventhough the movie is in Japanese with English subtittles, it is much more enjoyable than "Live Animals".
 Extremely well done. September 7, 2009
J. M. Russell (Grafton, Virginia United States)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This movie made my skin crawl with how creepy it was in certain spots, which, considering the genre this movie falls under, is definitely a good thing. I can't recall being filled with an actual sense of terror with other horror movies over the last few years, so Live Animals hit it's mark with me. It's a shame this wasn't a mainstream film, because horror fans should check this out.
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