Primal Rage (2018)

Primal Rage: Directed by Patrick Magee. With Casey Gagliardi, Andrew Joseph Montgomery, Jameson Pazak, Marshal Hilton. A newly reunited young couple’s drive through the Pacific Northwest turns into a nightmare as they are forced to face nature, unsavory locals, and a monstrous creature, known to the Native Americans as Oh-Mah.

“Lets start with the bad. I really donu0026#39;t see why writers seem to think making key and peripheral characters, mostly unlikable, is a good thing in the context of a survivalist horror? After all if you canu0026#39;t empathise with the characters predicament, how can you genuinely feel afraid for them when things turn sour? Its a mistake I see again and again. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI think too, the decision to introduce the creature stalking them so early in the piece, in its entirety, wasnu0026#39;t well considered either. The sense of the unknown, the half seen or glimpsed adds to the creeping sense of mystery and menace in a poorly lit forest setting. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOn the upside the pacing of this film is decent. It builds well as a group of suspect hunters and an unfortunate couple make their way through the woods. The gun ho antics and at times menacing attitudes of the hunters is gradually eroded as they come to realise there is something else lurking in the woods and its by no means friendly. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt leads into some fairly intense action which includes more than its share of blood soaked horror, that reminded me, in a low tech, cave man kind of way, of films like Predator .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn short Primal Rage is a moderately watchable B grade horror flick thatu0026#39;s acceptable fare for a slow wet weekend. A 6/10 from me.”