2017, Chris Sun (Charlie's Farn) -- download
The premise to this creature feature is pretty thin. There is a big boar in the Australian outback, tearing down fences and eating livestock. Big as a fucking rhino, to quote one character. And that's it. No nuclear waste seeping into the water supply, no top secret government experiments, no Aboriginal legend of a vengeful monster. Nope, just a big (BIG!) murderous pig.
But no, not just a pig. This was a fucking ninja pig! This thing can hide behind grass hillocks on a gently rolling hillside. This thing can quietly flank a victim, before it appears silently behind them, and only then thunder to the attack. This thing can walk through a dense forest all sneaky like, to stare at the victims with its one wonky eye, to best choose when to eat the hapless campers.
If it wasn't for some engaging characters and half ways decent acting, I would have suggested turning it off. I kept on waiting for the movie to go somewhere, and should have realized that when they killed the Awesome Aussie character (grizzled, experienced woodsman grampa) it was not worth watching. But we persevered until said grampa's daughter slammed into the boar with her truck rescuing the uncharacteristically alive main character family members -- seriously though, one was dragged into the grass (remember, this 11 feet high thing can hide in grass) but ... survived.
The best part of the movie? The list of 40+ "bar patrons" in the credits! This list went on and on, even though the watering hole scene showed a bar that could make hold a dozen people.
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