FERAL (2016)
Label: Scream Factory / IFC Midnight'
Region Code: A
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 91 Minutes
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD MA with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.78:1)
Director: Mark H. Young
Cast: Scout Taylor-Compton, Olivia Luccardi, Lew Temple, Renee Olstead, Brock Kelly, Landry Allbright, George Finn
A group of six college kids head into the woods for a weekend of fun, but things go awry when they become lost and set-up camp overnight, during which they encounter a feral humanoid creature which guts one of therm and wounds another, leaving the the others to care for the wounded, taking refuge with a hermit who lives in cabin in the area, and a guy who definitely seems to know more than he's letting on. Feral is a fairly standard viral/undead entry with some nice flourishes along the way but nothing that's gonna flip your wig in regard to originality
We have a three couples on this trip, including a same-sex couple played by Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie's Halloween) and Olivia Luccardi (It Follows) who turn out to be the most tenacious of the group, I'm a big fan of the gap-toothed Olivia Luccardi from not just It Follows but from Channel Zero, she plays vulnerable and strong well here, working well against Scout Taylor-Compton.
The film doesn't offer a whole lot of new to the viral/undead genre, a standard kids go in the woods kids get dead (or infected) sort of flick, not awful but I much preferred the last time IFC Midnight and Scream Factory entry that went this route with Wildling, which wasn't a viral undead film but was more certainly feral than anything this flick could muster up.
