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Vicious

  • Video
  • 2003
  • R
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
2.9/10
268
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Vicious (2003)
ActionHorrorSci-FiThriller

A group of campers encounter a brutal government agent whom uses them as bait to capture a vicious creature, a failed government experiment, loose in the woods.A group of campers encounter a brutal government agent whom uses them as bait to capture a vicious creature, a failed government experiment, loose in the woods.A group of campers encounter a brutal government agent whom uses them as bait to capture a vicious creature, a failed government experiment, loose in the woods.

  • Director
    • Matt Green
  • Writers
    • Matt Green
    • Martin L. Kelley
  • Stars
    • Tom Savini
    • Brian Bremer
    • Melanie Parker
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    2.9/10
    268
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Matt Green
    • Writers
      • Matt Green
      • Martin L. Kelley
    • Stars
      • Tom Savini
      • Brian Bremer
      • Melanie Parker
    • 18User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tom Savini
    Tom Savini
    • Kane
    Brian Bremer
    Brian Bremer
    • Doug
    Melanie Parker
    • Barbara
    Bill Moseley
    Bill Moseley
    • Walace
    Marco St. John
    Marco St. John
    • Col. Hardwick
    Robert Pralgo
    Robert Pralgo
    • Steve
    Ted Huckabee
    Ted Huckabee
    • Hal
    Brinke Stevens
    Brinke Stevens
    • Woman Camper
    Rob Morris
    • Marine in Hall
    Jenna Campbell
    • Secretary
    Natalie Stephenson
    • Waitress
    Kevin Dotcom Brown
    Kevin Dotcom Brown
    • Marine #1
    • (as Kevin Brown)
    Michael Patrick Larson
    Michael Patrick Larson
    • Marine #2
    • (as Michael Larson)
    Leigh Higginbotham
    Leigh Higginbotham
    • Kerri
    • (as Leigh Hill)
    Mark Schell
    • Richie
    Matt Green
    • Pilot
    Ken Porter
    • Goober
    Sonny Goff
    • Bartender
    • Director
      • Matt Green
    • Writers
      • Matt Green
      • Martin L. Kelley
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    User reviews18

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    spmakeupfxdude

    Very Good!

    This film was put together very well. The editing was wonderful. Matt Green has a great eye when it comes to the angles and feel of the film. I think the Sci-Fi channel should premier it SOON, hear that SCI-FI..HUH? Great Film!!!!
    willywants

    A great movie!

    Low-budget monster movie about a Military experiment that goes horribly wrong, releasing a lizard-like carnivorous monster into the wild. An X-Millitant (Tom Savani) lures people to the creature's habitat so it can feed....off human flesh. Tom Savani's "Vicious" is a great shoe-string budget monster fest with lots of gory on-screen death, a cool monster, and decent writing and performances for a film made under a million dollars. Okay, it's extremely corny, but the excellent gory special effects and the presence of Mr. Savani make up where the film fell short! 8/10.
    Backlash007

    "Don't bite the hand that feeds you."

    Tom Savini, Bill Moseley, Brinke Stevens--How could you? How could you dupe me into renting this god-awful piece of cinematic garbage? I didn't expect much, but this is bottom of the barrel quality. Vicious is about a government operative named Kane (Savini) who captures unsuspecting campers and feeds them to a carnivorous beast living in the woods. From that description alone I was expecting what could have been a camp classic. But no, it's handled very terribly and the folks that I rented the movie for have very little screentime. The "actors" that do get the most screentime are BAD. But what really killed any enjoyment of this flick was the beast itself. When that photoshop-looking thing popped unto the screen, I really wanted to turn it off. I just simply hung my head in shame. I'm trying to forget this one already. I was wanting a film in the same vein as Mosquito but I got something much, much worse.
    5razorwire

    Absolute Garbage truck material, Burn it, & bury it !

    Not the best CGI monster in the world but it was a fun film to watch. Brian Bremer from Pumpkinhead did a very good job as well as Savini. Tom was not as good as he was in From Dusk Til Dawn but this is not a Robert Rodriguez film either. Film Bashers beware! Nobody takes you serious. These guys spent a lot of time and effort into making this film and it does show. I am sure with a bigger budget it could have been better but that is why we call them low budget films. I would have liked to se Savini a little more hands on with the effects but I understand he is more into acting now and that's cool. The effects were not all that bad anyhow! Cudos guys. Even though the monster on the DVD cover looks nothing like the one in the film, well that's the fault of the distributor and their marketing department. Not bad though...not bad!
    1eros-in-hell

    catastrophically inept

    Breathtakingly dumb, this execrable micro-budgeted, dialogless loser pits insipid teens (played by ugly 30 year olds)against embarassing $10 cgi monster effects. Mangled action scenes and half baked dialogue are the highlights of this puke for brains wretched mess. A bloodless phony that hardcore pornography couldn't even help! Just plain crummy! Flush it, or suffer and learn.

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    Related interests

    Bruce Willis and Taniel in Die Hard (1988)
    Action
    Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    Horror
    James Earl Jones and David Prowse in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    Sci-Fi
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      There was originally a full-scale animatronic monster built for the film. Unfortunately, by the time the film was ready to be shot, the creature wasn't finished. The head was, however, and the close-up of the creature or shots with just the head exposed are all animatronic, the rest finished with CG that writer/director Matt Green condones.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Adjust Your Tracking (2013)

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    • Release date
      • December 30, 2003 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Georgia, USA
    • Production company
      • Kingpin Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color

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