Pig Hunt
| Pig Hunt | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | James Isaac |
| Written by | Robert Mailer Anderson Zack Anderson |
| Produced by | James Isaac |
| Starring | Travis Aaron Wade |
| Narrated by | Fangoria |
| Cinematography | Adam Kane |
| Edited by | Graham Willcox |
| Music by | David E. Russo |
Production company | Pig Hunt Productions |
| Distributed by | Epic Pictures Group |
Release date | July 31, 2008 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $ 6 Million |
Pig Hunt is a 2008 film directed by James Isaac, it was written by Robert Mailer Anderson and Zack Anderson.[1]
Plot
The film begins with a man running for his life through the forest, obviously in a panic he hides behind a tree, trying to spot what was following him. As he calms down, something comes up from behind him, throwing him up into the air and back down again. The man screams as something begins eating him, and as the man dies, the camera turns to a pair of dog tags that are slowly overtaken by a small river of blood.
John Hickman (Travis Aaron Wade) and his girlfriend Brooks (Tina Huang) are a pair of San Fransisco residents who invite their friends; tough guy and military man Ben (Howard Johnson Jr.), his close friend Wayne (Rajiv Shah), as well as Quincy (Trevor Bullock) and his dog Wolfgang, to a backwood redneck community for a weekend of hunting, drinking and fun and camping near John's uncle's home. Enroute, they stop at a gas station for directions and encounter a van of hippie women and their male leader who run a commune in the woods nearby. After obtaining some supplies and directions, they make their way to the cabin and camp outside. The next morning, they encounter Jake (Jason Foster) and Ricky (Nick Tagas) old friends of John's who are interested in joining them on a wild hog hunt. Quincy, who is eager to get to know them is obviously inexperienced in any sort of outdoor activities, and Jake accuses Wolfgang of being a 'pet' not a 'dog' seeming equally oblivious to hunting as well. As the group makes their trip through the woods, they encounter an area called the Big Wallow, where boars are known for hanging out and using a horn as a lure, they manage to convene several pigs on their location. One of them rams into Wayne's leg at full charge giving him a compound fracture in his kneecap and incapacitating him. Wolfgang goes charging after the boars while Brooks shows off her marksmanship talents and kills one of them. While looking for a way to carry Wayne back to the cabin, Quincy encounters a large stash of marijuana plant and leads the others to it, leaving Brooks with Wayne. A conflict emerges when John objects to Jake and Ricky taking the plants for profit as they appeared to have been cultured, and an ensuing argument forces Ben to kill Ricky who was ready to kill John. Jake flees to tell his clan, and the others return to Wayne and Brooks, Quincy and Ben start making their way back to the cabin while Brooks and John leave Wayne to seek help and head for town. Shortly after their departure, Wayne is attacked by something and manages to fire off a single round. Brooks and John circle back and find him missing as well as Ricky's body.
Meanwhile, Ben and Quincy make their way back to the cabin. They find Wolfgang's mutilated body, and determine he was killed by the rednecks. Ricky and Jake's clan make their appearance, Ben manages to kill his pursuer and escape, but Quincy is knocked out of the jeep he was attempting to escape in, and is executed in a fashion of any suffering animal; with a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. Several clan members are killed in passing by Brooks as she and John make their way to the main road, only to be pursued themselves by the clan. Ben makes his way and finds the commune where he is led into an enormous pit. He encounters Wayne who says that something has been eating him, Ben turns to see something approaching him, but his fate is not shown. Brooks and John run into the same hippie they had seen earlier who slays two of the hunters and leads the pair of them back to the commune. When John questions why Ben's equipment is there, but not Ben himself is not, they force him into a cell while the leader takes Brooks out into the pit. They encounter "Pigzilla" an enormous, ton and a half boar who is finishing the remains of one of the redneck clan. Jake makes his way to the commune and forces himself into John's cell, as Jake prepares to kill him, one of the women attack him, stabbing him in the eye with her boar's tooth necklace before being shot. Jake dies from his wounds while the hippie leader tries to feed Brooks to the boar. She forces him to move in front, causing the boar to turn its gaze on him, and despite his best efforts, he has his intestines ripped out by the creature. John forces his way from the cell and using a crossbow, fires an arrow up under the boar's jaw. He uses force and lodges the arrow up into the boar's brain, killing it. As the pair recover from these events, they fail to notice one of the clan's children watching in anger as the two make their escape from the commune.
- Travis Aaron Wade as John Hickman
- Tina Huang as Brooks
- Howard Johnson Jr. as Ben
- Trevor Bullock as Quincy
- Rajiv Shah as Wayne
- Jason Foster as Jake
- Nick Tagas as Ricky
Cast
- Travis Aaron Wade as John Hickman
- Tina Huang as Brooks
- Howard Johnson Jr. as Ben
- Trevor Bullock as Quincy
- Rajiv Shah as Wayne
- Jason Foster as Jake
- Nick Tagas as Ricky
- Phillip K. Torretto as Beer Belly Redneck
- Cimi Ahluwalia as Cimi
- Robert Mailer Anderson as Big Train
- Bryonn Bain as Hippie Stranger
- Vince Ballew as Gas Mask
- Max Barnett as ZZ Driver
- Leanne Borghesi as Darlene
- Ty Brenneman as Sexy Cult Girl
- Cara Cameron as Cult Girl
- Les Claypool as Preacher
- Lane Foard as Lex Wockenfuss
- Lanie Grainger as Poppy
- Marissa Ingrasci as Sage
- India Isaac as India
- Joe Lucas as Homeless Vet
- Christina McKay as Crystal
- Charlie Musselwhite as Charlie
- Henrietta 'Henri' Musselwhite as Woman shelving cans of creamed corn
- Chris Paxton as Billy Stankbud
- Michelle Redwine as Willow
- Luis Saguar as Tj
- Karen Viola as Cult Girl
Production
Pig Hunt Productions shoot the film in spring 2008 in Boonville, California and The Haight District, San Francisco.[2] Rob and Zack Anderson characterized the script responsible for Epic Pictures Group. The shooting swallowed a budget of about 6 million U.S. dollars.
Soundtrack
The Memphis based film composer David E. Russo scored the soundtrack.[3]
Release
The film premiered on 31 August 2008 in the United Kingdom and had his Hollywood release on 05 May 2009.[4] The film is part of the 2010 Fangoria FrightFest.[5]
Home release
Lightning Media release the DVD and Blu-ray in July 2010 with bonus material of Behind the Scenes and a total length of about 40 minutes.