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Carnivore

  • 2000
  • R
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
2.3/10
678
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Carnivore (2000)
HorrorSci-Fi

A government experiment goes totally wrong as a creature confined in a hidden lab inside an abandoned house escapes. Afterwards, some teens show up to have a little fun in the house, not kno... Read allA government experiment goes totally wrong as a creature confined in a hidden lab inside an abandoned house escapes. Afterwards, some teens show up to have a little fun in the house, not knowing that the beast is loose and watching them.A government experiment goes totally wrong as a creature confined in a hidden lab inside an abandoned house escapes. Afterwards, some teens show up to have a little fun in the house, not knowing that the beast is loose and watching them.

  • Directors
    • Joseph Kurtz
    • Kenneth Mader
  • Writers
    • Kenneth Mader
    • Joseph Kurtz
  • Stars
    • Steven Walker
    • Jack Solem
    • J. Douglas Martner
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    2.3/10
    678
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Joseph Kurtz
      • Kenneth Mader
    • Writers
      • Kenneth Mader
      • Joseph Kurtz
    • Stars
      • Steven Walker
      • Jack Solem
      • J. Douglas Martner
    • 41User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Steven Walker
    • Doctor Westmont
    Jack Solem
    • DIA Director John Burroughs
    J. Douglas Martner
    • General Stalwart
    Michael Hogan
    • Director Burroughs' Aide
    Jill Adcock
    • Dana Anderson
    John Jacob
    • Scott
    • (as John C. Jacob)
    Angelina Peneff
    • Scott's Mom
    • (voice)
    Michelle Nicole
    • Carol Fletcher
    David Howard
    • Video Engineer Gary McBride
    Matthew Brennock
    • Gary's Assistant
    Steven W. Cromie
    Steven W. Cromie
    • Agent Liddy
    Kim Mitchell
    • Agent North
    Jeff Swan
    Jeff Swan
    • Marc
    Pamela Thompson
    • Dee
    Lori Johnson
    • Bobbi
    Randy Craig
    • Sheriff Marty Holt
    Jon Schwarz
    • Officer Kyle Bryant
    Angie Smith
    • Police Dispatcher
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Joseph Kurtz
      • Kenneth Mader
    • Writers
      • Kenneth Mader
      • Joseph Kurtz
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews41

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    Dali_Tzerni

    Yippy ya ya

    My friend Marie bought this movie at Walmart for $4.88, and she told me that this is probably going to be one of the worst movies that I will ever see. I must say that this is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. 2nd in line is Hobbs End, but that is another story and It is better than this one. the 3rd worst movie is Komodo. If anyone disagrees with me please tell me because I'm always looking forward to laughs. My friend Marie proudly states that she saw this movie 3 whole times in a week and a half. Imagine that! She says it's good quality tv...riiight. Ewww boooring. The beginning was incredibly slow and I had to keep my eyes open so I wouldn't fall asleep. I tried to split the scene several times but my friend made me stay for the whole movie. I actually don't remember much of it except for the scene where they are drinking beer, running around a musty house, a woman agent fighting with a guy holding an uzi and this monster that looks like the honeycomb monster thing off of the honeycomb box. My favorite scene was when honecomb jumped out of the shadows and attacked the guy and tossed his organs around. The ending was dumb, don't remember it, don't remember the beginning..there's not much to remember. So the grand rating for this movie is: 1.3/10 marie's rating: 9.2/10
    niteguy

    This was a totally cool movie! A classic of low budget, gonzo filmmaking!

    This film has a great monster, atomospheric lighting, good camerawork, and an excellent music score. The sound quality was a bit muffled, but other than that this was one of the better "B" movies I've seen in awhile. And the DVD is packed with great extras like a 42-minute behind-the-scenes that's a textbook case study in the making of low budget indie movies. Definitely a must-have for B-movie enthusiasts!
    3HumanoidOfFlesh

    Painfully bad monster flick.

    A Top Secret Government project decides to set up its laboratory in the basement of an abandoned old house.They're using genetics to create an intelligent,regenerating mutant critter for the purposes of warfare.Even more inevitably,four teenagers decide to pick that night to camp out in the spooky old house."Carnivore" is absolutely bad and painful to watch.Whoever give it a 10 needs to have his/her head examined.I can't believe that it took almost twelve years to make this piece of cow dung.The acting is horrendous,the creature looks lame and there is absolutely no suspense.A couple of gore scenes can't save this this boring trash from fading into total obscurity.Watch this one only under the influence of alcohol.3 out of 10 and that's being kind.
    womiworu

    So bad, it's freakin hilarious!

    Ok, I bought this movie as kind of a gamble buy. I must say as a gamble I absolutely lost this one. This movie is awful. At several points i had to turn the TV to full vol. just to hear the characters speak.

    However... This movie does have one redeeming quality, besides that very arousing sex scene(joking). This movie is perfect to watch at about 4 or 5 in the morning with a bunch of friends, you will laugh your heads off at it. Have fun making fun of this one people!
    Katatonia

    LAME, BORING, TERRIBLE, COMPLETE GARBAGE!!!

    This easily ranks as one of the worst horror movies i have ever seen. And i have seen hundreds and hundreds. I love low-budget "so bad they're good" cult movies as much as the next fan of the horror genre, but Carnivore is just bad, bad, bad! UTTERLY TERRIBLE!!!

    Where to begin? The video box makes the plot sound like it would be at least a partially entertaining horror movie. Nothing could be further from the truth. Everything about this film is B-O-R-I-N-G. The laughable monster looks like a Halloween mask with fur on it. The "death special effects" are some of the worst i have ever seen. Also, it tries to be funny many times during the movie and fails completely. The budget on this was obviously only a couple thousand dollars at most.

    THE ACTING? THE DIRECTING? Very, very bad on both counts. A complete amateur mess. If this was the director's first film then i would recommend...FINDING ANOTHER LINE OF WORK!!!

    THE PICTURE? This was obviously shot on video, i rented the DVD for Carnivore, and i've seen bad VHS tapes with a better picture! It is also as if they used hardly no lighting at all, the film is so dark at times that it's like watching a black screen.

    THE SOUND? It sounds like a raw mix recorded on noisy sets. Most of the time you can barely understand the dialogue. An elementary student could have done a better job.

    It's amazing that a reputable company such as 20th Century Fox is distributing this film. Horror fans, stay clear of this garbage, there are tons of better movies out there. It's not even worth watching once, it really is that bad. I feel very sorry for anyone who actually thinks this is a good movie. I would not even give this 1 out of 10.

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    • Trivia
      This movie was filmed between 1989-1991 as a micro-budget indie, then spent the next 7 years seeking completion funds. Finally finished in 2000, it was released as a rental title by Spartan Home Entertainment, then picked up a year later as a sell-through title by Fox, who proceeded to botch the manufacturing and mistakenly only release the full screen version with bad sound and no extras.
    • Goofs
      They re-used shots and scenes that were in the film.
    • Crazy credits
      Assistant to Mr. Mader: his mom
    • Connections
      Featured in Best of the Worst: Carnivore, HauntedWeen, and Black Roses (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Dream Queen
      Written by Madison Rhoades and Rick Cuttino

      Performed by Madison Rhoades and Blatant Disregard

      Recorded, Mixed and Engineered by Brian Eaton at Eatin' Records

      Mastered by Brian Eaton and Dino Bourmas at Brooklyn Bound Recordings

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    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Re-Animated
    • Filming locations
      • Sandwich, Illinois, USA
    • Production company
      • Maderfilm Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 20m(80 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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