This movie has been made and remade over and over again. A group of young people in the woods (or jungle or island or exotic land or wherever) stalked and attacked by a mysterious woodland creature. These are all low budget movies so the effects are pathetic.The only high points (and this is curious because they can do better than this) are Keke Palmer, Elizabeth Gillies and Joey Lauren Adams. Keke we've known for a long time from Akeelah and the Bee and True Jackson VP. Elizabeth was in the Nick show Victorious. Both young likable young actress who you hope would have good careers. Joey is a veteran actress who has been showing her breathtakingly beautiful face in films for decades. I don't know why any of them agreed to do this movie. The money couldn't have been very good, and it certainly isn't a career boost. All three of them could easily get other projects.Anyway, this is just a pathetic remake of a remake of a remake. If you like Elizabeth or Keke, there are plenty of other projects they've done where you can see them. Skip this.

A group of friends venture into the deep woods for a weekend getaway. Things go nightmarishly awry when the group find themselves trapped in a remote cabin by a ferocious bloodthirsty monster.Director Brett Simmons keeps the familiar, yet still effective and engrossing story moving at a brisk pace, makes nice use of the beauteous sylvan setting, builds a considerable amount of tension, maintains a grimly serious tone throughout, delivers a handy helping of graphic gore, and stages the attack scenes with savage aplomb. The compact script by Thommy Hutson and Catherine Trillo draws the characters with some depth, offers a few bleak insights into the darker aspects of human nature, and isn't quite as predictable as one might expect given the tried'n'true premise. The sturdy acting by the able cast keeps this movie humming: Joey Lauren Adams as the feisty Vicky, Elizabeth Gillies as the vain Mandy, Jeremy Sumpter as the noble Matt, Keke Palmer as the sassy Alissa, Patrick Young as macho jerk Jeff, Paul Iacono as obnoxious third wheel Sean, Amaury Nolasco as cynical coward Douglas, and Thorsten Kaye as the pragmatic Carl. The filmmakers deserve extra props for going with a funky old school guy in a monster suit over cruddy CGI. Scott Wining's crisp widescreen cinematography and the spirited shivery score by tomandandy are both up to par. A worthy beast feast.

Five friends travel to the woods for hiking. They find the entrance closed but they trespass the gate. Soon they stumble with a predator and they run to an isolated cabin, where they meet survivors from another group. Along the hours, they have friction with the nasty Douglas (Amaury Nolasco), while the creature hunts them down. The overrated "Animal" is an awful movie with the usual storyline ("a group of teenage friends go to somewhere and stumble with a threat that kills each of them; but in the end one of them manages to escape, leaving something alive behind for a possible sequel"). If you replace the predator for example by the Bigfoot, you have "Exists". "Animal" has in addition, an unpleasant character performed by Amary "Sucre" Nolasco; the terrible screams of Elizabeth Gillies to bad acting and fake reviews. My vote is two.Title (Brazil): "Animal"

I wasn't expecting anything it being on Netflix and all, but I really enjoyed it. The effects were well done and I'll even give it an extra point for it not being a shaky-cam found footage film! This is the first Chiller film I've seen and now I'm going to search for more hoping the quality is up with this one. The acting was good even though the stereotypes were the same as every other group of teenagers film. Clearly some money was spent on this and another point for it being a real production instead of made by film student in their back yard. I hope Chiller creates more like this as they will have a fan instead of that horrible stuff the SyFy channel is serving up. I thought the creature was very cool and really well done and that helped the picture all around. Nice job!