Bone Eater (2007) (TV)

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Release Date:

9 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In Sweet Water, the ambitious entrepreneur Dick Krantz is constructing a resort in the middle of the desert under the protest of the Katonahs...

Plot Keywords:

Bone | Worker | Monster | Investigation | Tomahawk

Cast

Paul Rae	...	Neil Miller
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adrian Alvarado	...	Chuck Hansen
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Sheriff Evans
Clara Bryant	...	Kelly Evans
Robert Clotworthy	...	Jimmy Winger
Roark Critchlow	...	Deputy Roberts
Randy Flagler	...	Henry
Gil Gerard	...	Big Jim Burns
Brian Gross	...	Dex Pomeroy
Veronica Hamel	...	Miss Hayes
Kristen Honey	...	Rachel LeGrand
Michael Horse	...	Storm Cloud
Jesse Janzen	...	Milo Sachetti
William Katt	...	Doctor
Walter Koenig	...	Coroner
Adoni Maropis	...	Johnny Black Hawk
Carlos Moreno Jr.	...	Randy Cook
William Murphy	...	Jack
Tom Schmid	...	Dr. Clayton Forrester
Timothy Starks	...	Riley (as Tim Starks)
Jim Storm	...	Dick Krantz
Jennifer Lee Wiggins	...	Kaya

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence.

Runtime:

Greece:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Sable Ranch - 25933 Sand Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

Cinetel Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When the sheriff arrives in the SUV, you see the front license plates, the next scene when he takes his daughter back to the station, the license plates are gone. Throughout the movie, they are gone or back on.

Amusing, certainly not scary

Another Indian legend you never heard of before is let loose. As the name implies, this is a vengeful wraith who likes to absorb the skeletons of people while they're still using them. As usual, ancient burial grounds (can you say, "Poltergeist?") have been disturbed by clichéd greedy land developers building stuff.

The CGI, if it had been better, might have made the effect more treacherous looking, but they skimped on the budget, and it shows--to comical effect. The unleashed creature probably should have been kept off stage during its first several killings-that might have added some mystery or impending doom atmosphere-but the inept director decided to show us in the first five minutes what it looks like, and it wasn't impressive. The deaths are just poorly done, again with shoddy CGI. I guess ancient spirits always kill by using cheap special effects. As for the "victims," they look they're going to laugh any moment while they do goofy screams. It's always obvious who's going to get it: a character with only a few lines shows up, strange noises are heard, CGI dots fly, exit character. Repeat (several times).

Still, there's a few chase scenes featuring the monster that actually made this thing watchable. Unfortunately, the director seems to be using these as a device to fall back on (so it's used too often) when he can't think of anything else for his characters to do. Overall, it's pretty silly, but I've seen worse. This flick is cheap, but it's oddly fun to watch.