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Rise of the Animals

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
3.3/10
810
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Rise of the Animals (2011)
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In a world where animals have turned on humanity, a teen travels across the country in search of the girl of his dreams.In a world where animals have turned on humanity, a teen travels across the country in search of the girl of his dreams.In a world where animals have turned on humanity, a teen travels across the country in search of the girl of his dreams.

  • Director
    • Chris Wojcik
  • Writer
    • Chris Wojcik
  • Stars
    • Greg Hoople
    • Stephanie Motta
    • Adam Schonberg
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.3/10
    810
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Chris Wojcik
    • Writer
      • Chris Wojcik
    • Stars
      • Greg Hoople
      • Stephanie Motta
      • Adam Schonberg
    • 11User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    Greg Hoople
    • Wolf
    Stephanie Motta
    • Rachel
    Adam Schonberg
    • Jake
    Nikki Preston
    • Samantha
    • (as Nicole Salisbury)
    Charles Bigelow
    • Grandpa
    Phillip Musumeci
    Phillip Musumeci
    • Brian
    Katie LeVander
    • Amber
    Melissa Orioli
    • Melissa
    Laura Blank
    • Jessica
    Tricia Dalusio
    • Darlene
    Brittany Cerra
    • Liz
    Renee Radwan
    • Emily
    Justine Turner
    • Mom
    Max Roth
    • Son
    Charlie Roth
    • Dead Son
    Casey Daggett
    • Towel Girl
    Phillip Cleague
    • Success
    Jim Toepper
    • Cop #1
    • Director
      • Chris Wojcik
    • Writer
      • Chris Wojcik
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    Dethcharm

    The Turtles Are Coming! The Squirrels Are Here!...

    It has finally happened. The animal kingdom has had enough, and mankind is doomed!

    RISE OF THE ANIMALS shows us an all-too-possible future, when the creatures we've taken for granted rise up and eat our faces off!

    A trio of survivors, including Wolf (Greg Hoople) the pizza guy, must fight their way through marauding hordes of deer-puppets with antlers thirsty for blood, and CGI squirrels of certain death!

    Soaked in oceans of gore, the world has become a hunting ground for vengeful wildlife out to settle the score once and for all!

    Think of this movie the next time you go around depleting the ozone layer, motherf-----!...
    7Cedric_Catsuits

    Brilliant

    Faultless acting, complex plot, ground-breaking special effects, scary and realistic monsters and seamless editing are all noticeably absent from this movie.

    Anybody making negative comments is missing the point, and a few brain cells. This film sets out to be the worst animal horror film of all time, and despite stiff competition from the likes of Grizzly Rage it succeeds.

    There are far too many movies that try hard to be everything this is not, and fail miserably. Those are the truly awful films. This one at least is honest.

    Where I mark it down from 10 to 7 is that it is probably intended to be a parody of cheesy horror flicks, but doesn't quite make it as such.

    Anybody fed up with the pretentious twaddle that budget horror movies so often are, should find this highly amusing. The cast are likable and not actually bad actors (well maybe some of them are). Motta is particularly watchable, and I loved her encounter with a horse.

    Take it for what it is and enjoy it.
    7pytoks

    Great effects and some unforgettable moments !

    This movie has some unforgettable moments in it that makes it so memorable. I won't spoil anything but some of the scenes were so hilarious I will always keep thinking about it. Also a plus for their effects, they did the best what they could :-). The only thing that could've been bit better were some of story parts. During the middle of the film it became a bit boring and some parts were totally illogical but of course you can live with it because of the comedy part.

    It might have been even better if they explained the cause why they started attacking humans but of course that adds more mystery to the movie.

    I would give it a 7.5!
    2wolvenstudio

    I could've made better props and effects in my backyard

    Okay I gave it a 2 because it got me fooled. And I laughed! But not from the comedy. I laughed at how horrible this movie was made. Perhaps they intended this to be so stupid and faulty to entertain us. 30-40 seconds into the movie you will see what I mean. There was this spotted cat going berserk in a kitchen, lady holding a frying pan in fear. The cat suddenly jumps on her, and wham! She hits the cat (that looked like an all white teddy bear) that slams into the sink. Couldn't they just have tried to paint the stuffed thing with black spots to look like it was the cat? I can do better special effects and props in my backyard without breaking a sweat. So maybe I'm missing out on something about modern comedy. It's an adventure. The adventure of your lifetime getting ripped off on this foolish story. Horror. Oh the horrors of films made like this. I thought movies made in the Philippines were utterly horrible. Great work guys. You actually made Philippine movies look better. If you got nothing else on a Saturday night, and are prepared for the worse entertainment in the history of film making, suspend disbelief and just drink till your eyes get sucked in your skull and can't finish the movie? Then this is one of those movies out there just for you. Oh yeah, there are more of this I can assure you.
    4BA_Harrison

    An intentionally inept 'animals attack' flick.

    Virginal pizza delivery boy Wolf (Greg Hoople) and his equally inexperienced best bud Jake (Adam Schonberg) crash an all-girl sleepover party where both guys finally get lucky. Their good fortune is short-lived, however, when it transpires that the world is under attack from the animal kingdom, with even the most cute and cuddly of critters now bloodthirsty beasts.

    Rise Of The Animals is an intentionally inept 'animals attack' flick that aims to entertain with a barrage of deliberately pathetic special effects, a preposterous script, and terrible performances. And for a while its actually quite fun, the animal attacks achieved through the use of Birdemic-level CGI and manky hand puppets, with buckets of blood splashed around for good measure. It's all so dumb one cannot help to be entertained. For a while.

    Sadly, as the story goes nowhere, delivering one silly attack scene after another (including mutant turtles, a crap CGI gorilla with a red mohawk and an equally unconvincing bear), the novelty gradually starts to wear off, and, by the end of the film, you might find yourself wondering why you keep on wasting your time watching cheap rubbish like this when there are so many other films more worthy of your time. I know I do. Every time. But I keep on coming back for more

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    • Trivia
      The movie is part of the notorious german "SchleFaZ" series. Thus, it was aired October 9, 2021 on german TV station Tele5. ("SchleFaZ" is a german abbreviation, means "the worst films ever". In that series 2 hosts present the whole flick - and make fun of it throughout the movie)
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    • Release date
      • May 13, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Восстание животных
    • Filming locations
      • Rochester, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Whacked-out Entertainment
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    • Budget
      • $7,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 10m(70 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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