Night Feeders 2006

 As soon as the movie starts you know you are in for a B, no wait make that a D-Movie, maybe even a Z-Movie.  Now that doesn't automatically mean it's a bad movie you just have to know what you are getting into and know what to expect.  Which usually means nothing much.  Mediocre acting, no expensive special effects or big named stars.  At least no big named stars in their prime.  Here's the premise: Four redneck deer hunters encounter carnivorous aliens in the remote North Carolina woods, which means we get good old southern boys asking questions like "Are there snakes in these woods?" to which his buddy answers: "No, they give them the weekend off here.".  Ahhh a redneck low budget horror movie sense of humor is not to be beat.  Now, the reason I say I knew this was a low budget Z movie is because it's by Synthetic Fur Productions which is a North Carolina production company that boasts they make quality films with limited resources.  That doesn't mean the coal mine is running low it means they work on a shoestring budget.

 Night Feeders, is a comedy horror/sci-fi film, and if you don't think it's funny watching clueless rednecks get chased by aliens than YOU might be a clueless redneck.  The opening scenes of a satellite colliding with a meteor is done with really bad CGI work.  Soon, the aliens show up and they are revealed to us in the perfect "Creature Feature" way; a little bit at a time.  The movie is 85 minutes from beginning to end so there isn't much time to fool around with plot or character development which is actually a good thing for this movie.  So what can I tell you about the aliens?  They're ugly, they're hungry, they have really big eyes, oh and they hate bright lights, hence the "night" part in the title.  Oddly enough this movie was originally called "The Feeders" but because another independent North Carolina production company (there's two?) was making a movie with the same name so this one was changed to Night Feeders.

There's plenty of blood, gore and dismemberment to go around even though most of it happens off screen and we only get to see the end results.  The special effects are pretty decent for a low budget affair.  My only complaint is when these hillbillies get to an isolated farm house why do they insist on going from room to room turning lights OFF when they know the aliens hate bright lights?  Is Night Feeders campy?  Sure is.  Is it silly?  Definitely.  Is it fun?  You betcha.  Just for the record, Donny is me if I ever end up in a similar situation.  Now is this movie for everyone?  Definitely not, in fact I think you're either going to like the throwback feel of this movie as a creature feature or you're going to hate the low budget special effects and CGI.  I can say I enjoyed this little movie.  It's no game changer and it won't leave a lasting impression but if you just wanna have fun watching a horror film with some jumps as well as some laughs made on a next to nothing budget you won't  be disappointed.  3 and a half Bloody Rednecks from me and my Horror Honey Denise is in complete agreement.