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A variation on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the principals and horror of the situation very similar.
Rated 2.5/5 Stars •
Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/06/23
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I thought this was going to be another terrible attempt at an obscure slasher film! It was obscure but it wasn't all that terrible... It was at points quite surprising and did have a very unique plots! Pig-people treating humans like we treat pigs in essence caging them up and slaughtering them (likely for food) overall though it was an interesting watch.
Rated 3.5/5 Stars •
Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
01/25/23
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This has all of my favorite elements of a low-budget below B-movie horror flick â" a cast of unknown actors and actresses, a rookie director, a budget of however many bills and coins said director could fit in both jeans pockets, and a film poster/DVD cover that quickly triggers a WTF reaction. The tagline, The Island of Dr. Moreau meets Hostel, should have had me running for the hills but I couldnâ(TM)t resist the cute and cuddly hillbilly porker with the pitchfork. Until tonight, I was a hogsploitation virgin and thereâ(TM)s no purity in that.
It seems those crazy scientists are doing the Devilâ(TM)s work again. This time, theyâ(TM)re performing sick and twisted experiments, slicing and dicing up swine and then splicing their DNA with humansâ(TM) for the sole purpose of⦠entertainment? The viewer is never given comprehensive details as to why there would be any intelligent purpose to create a porcine-human mutant and itâ(TM)s probably for the best, considering there is no reason convincing enough. Lo and behold, the labâ(TM)s dubious creatures end up slaughtering their creators and abandoning the compound theyâ(TM)d been confined to in favor of a nearby abandoned farm. He-pig and she-pig and their mischievous midget son have quite a mean streak, taking delight in abducting poor folks who have the misfortune of traveling through them their parts.
A trio of band members, Mark, Travis, and Tom, Travisâ(TM)s ditzy and well-endowed groupies, and Valerie, the bandâ(TM)s manager, are kidnapped and made to await their demise in chickenwire prisons. The movie is tolerable up to this point, thanks to some good suspenseful, nail-biting scenes, and of course, healthy doses of blood-soaked innards and dismembered limbs. What destroys Squeal is the insufferable screaming, bawling, and the God-awful, over-emphasized hyperventilating from all but one of the characters. At some point, the director has a duty to step in and squeeze two fingers together in a gesture that says, âTone it down, waaaaay down.â?
Other than that, the make-up (aka a pig nose and body hair) is decent, the acting is not that bad, and the DIY special effects are decent. A lot of the gore and violence is shot right outside the cameraâ(TM)s view and, besides a brief sex scene and a pair of naked knockers, this is something one would expect to see on the Chiller channel late at night. Even though I rated it low, this was a hundred times better than I expected it to be and is actually more watchable than most of the drivel on the SyFy channel. Iâ(TM)ve seen worse movies, horror or otherwise, with a much higher budget. Michael Bay, anyone?
Rated 1.5/5 Stars •
Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars
02/27/23
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This has all of my favorite elements of a low-budget below B-movie horror flick - a cast of unknown actors and actresses, a rookie director, a budget of however many bills and coins said director could fit in both jeans pockets, and a [url="http://www.bloodygoodhorror.com/bgh/files/covers/squeal%20cover.jpg"]film poster/DVD cover[/url] that quickly triggers a WTF reaction. The tagline, The Island of Dr. Moreau meets Hostel, should have had me running for the hills but I couldn't resist the cute and cuddly hillbilly porker with the pitchfork. Until tonight, I was a hogsploitation virgin and there's no purity in that.
It seems those crazy scientists are doing the Devil's work again. This time, they're performing sick and twisted experiments, slicing and dicing up swine and then splicing their DNA with humans' for the sole purpose of... entertainment? The viewer is never given comprehensive details as to why there would be any intelligent purpose to create a porcine-human mutant and it's probably for the best, considering there is no reason convincing enough. Lo and behold, the lab's dubious creatures end up slaughtering their creators and abandoning the compound they'd been confined to in favor of a nearby abandoned farm. He-pig and she-pig and their mischievous midget son have quite a mean streak, taking delight in abducting poor folks who have the misfortune of traveling through them their parts.
A trio of band members, Mark, Travis, and Tom, Travis's ditzy and well-endowed groupies, and Valerie, the band's manager, are kidnapped and made to await their demise in chickenwire prisons. The movie is tolerable up to this point, thanks to some good suspenseful, nail-biting scenes, and of course, healthy doses of blood-soaked innards and dismembered limbs. What destroys [b]Squeal[/b] is the insufferable screaming, bawling, and the God-awful, over-emphasized hyperventilating from all but one of the characters. At some point, the director has a duty to step in and squeeze two fingers together in a gesture that says, "Tone it down, waaaaay down."
Other than that, the make-up (aka a pig nose and body hair) is decent, the acting is not [i]that[/i] bad, and the DIY special effects are decent. A lot of the gore and violence is shot right outside the camera's view and, besides a brief sex scene and a pair of naked knockers, this is something one would expect to see on the Chiller channel late at night. Even though I rated it low, this was a hundred times better than I expected it to be and is actually more watchable than most of the drivel on the SyFy channel. I've seen worse movies, horror or otherwise, with a much higher budget. Michael Bay, anyone?
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Rated 1.5/5 Stars •
Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars
02/09/23
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the story is a complete disaster- it seems it does not have a story line, but the monster is awesome. Does he have a wife and a kid? that is just retarded.
Rated 2.5/5 Stars •
Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/09/23
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I watched squeal last night and I wanted to scream.Scream because I wasted 6 bucks on demand for this ridiculous boring snooze fest.
OK a family of mutant pig people.Papa pig,Mama pig and baby pig "who loves putting lipstick on his snout" live way in the country "of course" and I don't mind cliches' I thrive on the formulas that make slashers what they are. Some 20' somethings breakdown and get captured by Porky and his son,they are thrown in cages and that is basically the plot.Most of the movie takes place watching people scream in cages.
The "gore" is cheaply done and not satisfying at all.I love a good indie slasher but please..I had my finger on the FF button through most of the movie.I didn't really FF it that much so I could really watch it and explain exactly how disappointed you will be if you waste your money on this trash.
Yes,the pig man simulates sex with a couple of women but he never takes off his clothes because they could only afford to throw a pig mask on his face,no money for body makeup.Bottom line,SKIP IT faster than Dorothy did down the yellow Brick Road.
Rated 1/5 Stars •
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
01/12/23
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