Primal

2010

1h 24m

Horror

List

67%

9 Reviews

Tomatometer

25%

500+ Ratings

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Six friends go camping in the outback of Australia and accidentally awaken something deadly that viciously hunts them down.

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Wow. I gave this movie a chance because of the 75 percent tomato rating. It was terrible. I turned it off halfway through. I tried to overlook the terrible quality, the obnoxious/unlikeable/underdeveloped characters and may have been able to finish it if I wasn't so utterly bored. Maybe there is some crazy surprise ending but at this point I just don't care.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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A waist of my life....

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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This was better than I thought it would be, the creature was never explained but it was very well done, its not just another low budget piece of crap, the actors were believable and the picture was well made. It caught me by surprise this movie. I give it a C-.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/27/19

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Not a bad watch. This simple survival story has all the typical things you would expect with plenty of gore. Only gripe was some week CGI effects at end of film but that shouldn't stop you from watching it.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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After watching this movie I can safely say that it is not worth you time and that there are many other movies out there that could satisfy your needs for some horror in your life. Bottom line don't watch this movie. There will be some spoilers in the rest of this review so if you read on you have been warned.( However please save yourself the pain and don't watch this.) This movie follows a group of "friends" that are on a camping trip to study some ancient cave paintings. They arrive at a cave where they enter and one of the girls has to get out and drive around the mountain that the cave cuts through. When they arrive two of the kids are in a relationship start having sex in a tent that they have just set up. This is happening when their other friends are siting outside the tent. It a strange scene. At some point they all go and look at the painting that they were here for. 4 of the 6 kids go back to there camp and the two that stay are attacked by a rabbit with crazy sharp teeth. After this they go back to the camp and eat. One of the girls deciding she wants to go swimming in the pond that she has no clue what is in it. As she gets out she screams because she has a bunch of leeches on her body. She then is exposed to this sickness and the confusion starts. That is the start of the movie. That is as far as i'll go with the review except I have to address the three parts/aspects of the movie I hated the most. The fist is a part at the beginning of the movie where they show a flashback of this sickness taking place before to another group of people. It is only shown for 15 seconds at most, but is never explained. Secondly the insane amount of stupidity in this group of people. Lastly is the ending because it involves a tentacle rape scene and an attempted tentacle rape scene and it is why I give the movie only a .5. In conclusion don't watch this movie it is physically painful to watch.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

nothing revolutionary but has a great vibe to it

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Josh Reed

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Krew Boylan

Mel

Ch'aska Cuba de Reed

Squatter's daughter

Santiago Cuba de Reed

Squatter's son

Stephen Shanahan

Squatter

Wil Traval

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Brian Eggert

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Watch it with friends for 80 minutes of contemptuous mocking, but don’t expect an engaging story, genuine scares, or anything that might involve you.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 3, 2023

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Anton Bitel

Projected Figures

a gory, grotesque trip to the savagery within - and yet another in the new wave of Ozploitation films that seem designed to repel as much as attract any tourists curious about the nation's picturesque outback.

Jun 2, 2018

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A forgettable and underwhelming survival horror picture...

Nov 21, 2012

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John Gholson

Cinematical

As monster movies go, 'Primal' ends up being worthwhile through its own simplicity.

Feb 9, 2012

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Christian Toto

What Would Toto Watch?

Primal is neither original nor well polished, but it brings the gore like a respectable genre outing should.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 27, 2011

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...wears out its welcome to an almost astonishing degree.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 25, 2011

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Synopsis

Six friends go camping in the outback of Australia and accidentally awaken something deadly that viciously hunts them down.

Director: Josh Reed
Screenwriter: Nigel Christensen, Josh Reed
Production Co: Talisman Films
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Runtime: 1h 24m

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