Squeal (2008)

2.2 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 13min
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Synopsis:
A dysfunctional rock band's first road tour takes a disastrous wrong turn when their van breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Desperate to find help, the group stumbles upon a genetic experiment gone wrong and find themselves trapped in a mutant inhabited den of carnage. With time desperately running out, can the group escape the clutches of half-pig/half-human mutants or are they all dead meat?
Actors:
Allison Batty, , , , Kelly Jean Badgley, , , , Justin Degiacomo, , Devin Schuyler, Mike Masset
Directors:
Tony Swansey
Producers:
Tony Swansey, Dennis Doornbos, John LaFlamboy, Dan Kenji Levin
Writers:
Dennis Doornbos, Tony Swansey
Aka:
Pigs - Slaughter Farm
Studio:
Scanbox
Genres:
Horror
BBFC:
Release Date:
Not available for rental
Run Time:
73 minutes
Languages:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour

Reviews (1) of Squeal

Spoilers follow ... - Squeal review by NP

Spoiler Alert
12/02/2016

This film deals with pig/men hybrids. That’s not so much a spoiler, as the face of one such unfortunate is on all packaging. Unfortunately, with this being a very low-budget project, the pig make-up isn’t really its best feature, and so the decision to highlight it on DVD covers is questionable. The creatures are much better when seen in shadows, or obscured by objects etc. And their high pitched, porcine squeal is horrifying – indeed, it has to be to rise above the shrill screams of the 6 mostly appalling young people that get caught up in the machinations.

The performances are enthusiastic, the characters’ arguments are explosive and often amusing. But that doesn’t deter the viewer wanting to see most of them despatched by the mutants. Incidentally, there are only cursory explanations as to why these creatures exist – their deformity seems limited to their faces, as their bodies and hands seem entirely human.

What makes up the story is the same as in many other films of this nature. There are no real surprises. Director Tony Swansey makes a good job of communicating the utter despair of the totally degraded crew, and the fact that Travis (Stephen Dean) in particular never, for one moment, stops reminding us how reprehensible he is makes us yearn for something unmentionable to happen to him. When such a thing does occur (in this case, having his mouth sewn up with a guitar string), I defy anyone not to feel a certain degree of relief.

I enjoy watching ‘Squeal’ for what it is. It doesn’t take itself too seriously (although it plays mainly as a straight, brutal horror), and there is a moment after the end credits that amuses, as one pig hybrid puts on a magic show for two corpses, propped up. At the end, he pulls their dead faces into grins and cheers at his own cleverness.

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