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Director: Michael Zaiko Hall Writers: Oliver Caspersen (story by), Michael Zaiko Hall (screenwriter) Guys, i ve watch this thing just because of you!!! i wish i wasnt seing it at all! how did you come up with this crew? Story line wasnt for everyone, i get it! but acting and the people in this should be way better!!!!!!! And the way you shoot it!!!??? Cheap copy of some Horror movies which i dont even wanna say the names! i expect better from you, either you were need it quick money and you ve got cheap crew or you ve slept with does women and you couldnt say no ... you need to rethink of being director again or ask to yourself; if its the way you wanna waste your name like this! Go back to special effects or do it something better!!

What is with the delivery of the dialogue. I'm intrigued by it. Was it direction or just terrible acting? Both?

And the changing of aspect ratios... jesus

One of the worst horror made movie I've ever seen in my life time! They really done a number of cheap ways of making this film using distortion visual and so on. Not a good way to make a movie. Don't waste you time watching this film, you will regret it. Waste of my time, big time!

Usually when a film has polarized reviews, I see this as a sign that there's something good about it that most people just aren't getting. But not this time. While the story idea has merit, the acting, script, and direction are all just so far below par that I have to throw my lot in with the low reviewers. I love horror so much that I'm very tolerant of flaws. But this was just bad, bad, bad.

Yet another movie so bad you gotta just ask why.....

Good plot idea. Some decent acting on the girls' part. This movie would be a decent attempt at a school of the arts film but the director forgot one thing... a movie is supposed to be good, not just artsy.

If you have the appetite of a dog (eat anything). You might like this? What a waste of time. It was horrible, not horror.

My biggest complaint about this film is the acting. The lead actress is decent, but the others are often unconvincing when delivering their lines. If you can look past that, it's a fun B-movie with gorgeous visuals and a clever twist ending. At ~72 minutes it doesn't overstay its welcome either.

The strongest element of this film is its visual appeal. While many things about "Carrion" feel low-budget, the cinematography and editing are excellent. I see that the director is an experienced visual effects artist and it really shows here.

The plot is a bit sparse, or shall we say impressionistic. This movie is more focused on creating a feeling and a visual experience rather than a rich narrative. I would have given the plot a thumbs down, but I think the twist in the final act redeemed it for me. I didn't find it scary, but it was fun and quirky.

Another reviewer compared this movie to the work of Panos Cosmatos and that seems fair. I think "Beyond the Black Rainbow" is a better movie overall, but if you enjoyed it then I'd recommend giving "Carrion" a try.

This one surprised me. Not what I expected, but quite unique and possibly even special for those with an open mind. First the bad: the story is a bit confusing. Some of the acting is soft. With that out of the way I'll say that Carrion is a slow scifi slasher that seems to exist in a weird parallel B-movie universe. I can see real cinema influences in this, probably over the head of fans trawling low budget horror flicks for cheap thrills. I'm not surprised it's getting some hate. This movie has other things on its mind. Evil men in the woods, time loops, planets, psychics. It's all very ambiguous, but if you stay to the end and follow the clues there's something that stays with you. With so much derivative, audience pandering horror out there - something this DIFFERENT is a welcome surprise and I plan to watch it a second time.

I do wish I could give it a higher mark, but some of the way its shot comes off as amateurish and disjointed. I really hate the shaky camera business - even though in this case it is done for a certain effect I still wish they would have come up with another way.

But the story is really interesting and creative, albeit it can be difficult to follow and may not be for everyone. This is definitely not gonna be for everyone its very creative but I enjoyed it.

I can't in good conscious give this movie a truly positive review, because the reasons I personally enjoyed it won't be applicable to everyone. What I can say is that from the very first spoken word in this film, my jaw was on the floor and I couldn't stop watching. The acting is compellingly bad, the editing is schizophrenic, the aspect ratio changes every few seconds, the foley work is cartoonish, within a single scene a character who only speaks via ADR might use entirely different dubbing tracks, and the dialogue is nonsensical (both literally and figuratively) whenever it isn't laborious exposition delivered like it's being read off of cue cards. Most of the time it feels like you're watching the set up to a pornographic sex scene (and there is some nudity in this), or bad improv.

I loved it.

When you use "I'm a movie director" as a pick up line... don't actually put the women you're trying to get with in your movie if you are indeed a movie director. That's the only way I can imagine this movie being made. Pretty girls, terrible acting and an atrociously bad movie that jumps around so much you can't even follow it.

When the director has a cinematography background instead of being a writer, you can almost excuse a poor plot. But you'd like to think it would at least be visually stunning. Unfortunately, even with the sound turned off, this film is excruciating to watch. For example, the screen image goes from the normal HDTV dimensions all the way to 3:55:1 (half as tall for the same width) and back again, sometimes quite rapidly. That's like trying to peek through a gap between your fingers while your hand covers your eyes. Also, the film has been heavily color filtered. If you think of the normal spectrum of colors as ROYGBIV, all you would see on the film is just the OY part. And that's about half of the movie. Getting away from just the cinematography of the film to the other aspects, there's a confusing Russian accent on the main character, sound recording that suggests that most everything was dubbed later, and a line delivery style that seems like the actors are reading things off of cue cards for the first time. All of this makes trying to follow anything almost impossible. But, by the end of the movie, you'll realize that it was never worth trying to figure out. It's just an it-sounded-deep-when-I-was-on-peyote plot with flimsy cardboard characters and the most gratuitous of nude scenes ever.

So many reviews saying it's the worst movie ever seen. That seems a bit dramatic. While the acting could have been improved and the story was a bit dodgy...I really liked the feel of the movie. The way it was shot reminded me of Panos Cosmatos movies "Beyond the Black Rainbow" and "Mandy". With so many crappy horror movies out in the last couple years that have been essentially shot on iPhones....this was refreshing. Again, far from perfect, but who needs perfect every movie? I think the director has a bright future.

Screenwriter and director Michael Zaiko Hall is interested in aesthetics, coolness, beauty, and conveying strong emotions rather than shooting intelligible content. By the time terror kicked in, halfway in, I forgot I was watching a horror movie. Needless to say, the gore hit like a ton of bricks. The once soothing and contemplative experience got compromised, taking me out of my comfort zone.

The women in the lead are gorgeous, which should be mentioned considering it sums up the whole film. Carrion has tremendous depth and what I perceive as layers, though I must admit I didn't understand half the story. I hope it makes sense to the creator so I can investigate further, assuming that answers can be found. It's effective surrealism, nonetheless, and it makes us feel alive.

Carrion has the kind of editing that takes getting used to and adds complexities to the narrative. The editing may not rub everyone the right way, but it certainly wasn't neglected. Every aspect of this movie feels experimental, but the quality makes it all worthwhile. The danger, with Carrion, is to have trust in its polish and be led to believe it is a better film than it is. Steve Hutchenson.