The Breed

Director: Nicholas Mastandrea
Writers: Robert Conte and Peter Wortmann
Released: 2006
Labels: Creature|2000's

The Breed follows the standard horror story-line in which a group of young, good-looking college types visit a remote cabin for a weekends fun. This cabin is located on a remote island, an island that apparently houses a disused laboratory which, at some time in the past was used by evil scientist types to experiment on attack dogs in a bid to create some sort of super-dog. Anyway, the dogs have taken over the island and get really p***ed when people set foot on their territory.

This Wes Craven produced creature-feature actually stands up pretty well, the acting and dialogue are above average, (Michelle Rodriguez is her usual bad-ass self). The action (which takes a little while to get going) rolls along at a decent pace, the ways in which the group try to escape, first the cabin and then the island, are imaginative and believable. The dogs are pretty scary and the fact that they are real dogs and not some CGI monster hounds keeps the film grounded by resisting the temptation to fly off into the realms of fantasy.  The dog attacks and deaths (and there are a few, both canine and human) make you wince in their realism, there are plenty of make-you-jump moments along the way and, it has to be said, some unintentional giggles (swimming dogs just ain't scary!).

If you like man vs beast thrillers (think 'Cujo' or 'The Pack') then this movie will be perfectly watchable and will make a good rental DVD addition to your Friday night in. 

The Breed Theatrical Trailer





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