“Bore….oh sorry. I mean Boar. What is it good for?”

By: Adam Cook

Like the streaming heavyweights Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, Shudder has entered the foray of exclusive programming. They’ve had massive success with the return of legendary drive in movie critic, Joe Bob Briggs in The Last Drive In With Joe Bob Briggs and they’ve had some embarrassing duds like the return of the Critters franchise in the short and forgettable Critters: A New Binge.  One of the more anticipated exclusives to come out was released not too long ago, a tribute to the monster, this time with a boar.

As the title suggests, Boar is about a gigantic wild boar that terrorizes campers, hunters and farmers in the Australian countryside. It grunts, squeals, charges, mauls and eats any human in its proximity. This was written, produced and directed by upcoming Australian filmmaker Chris Sun whose previous directorial efforts include Come and Get Me, Daddy’s Little Girl and Charlie’s Farm.

While this movie is a nice throwback to B Movie monster films of the past, Boar suffers from pacing issues, an underdeveloped script and clumsy characters with mediocre acting. Not even horror movie legend Bill Moseley can provide any redeeming quality to this. The number of bodies and the ample amount of blood and gore could be the only saving grace.

I do applaud Sun for choosing to go with an animatronic boar rather than a CGI one (although the boar runs in CGI). It has Elephant size tusks, patches of blood mixed in with its fur and eyes that are slightly bigger than a real boar. It reminds me of the giant bat creature from the Stephen King movie Graveyard Shift.

If you’re looking for a new monster movie to watch, you’re probably better off watching the new Godzilla movie rather than Boar. This is a movie which makes you want to hunt it down and feast on its low budget meat.