'Bite' drew me into seeing it, with a cool poster/cover, an oddly interesting but very potentially silly premise and as someone with a general appreciation for horror. That it was low-budget, which from frequent personal experience is rarely a good sign due to that there are so many poor ones out there, made me though apprehensive as well as the low rating and poor reviews. It is sadly however yet another film seen recently, hence some reiteration because the exact same strengths and flaws those films have are present here, that to me was incredibly disappointing considering its potential which it doesn't do anywhere near enough with. 'Bite' is weak, with so many enormous problems. Hardly anything is good here and a lot is wrong.Lets start with the couple of positives. The lighting is sometimes atmospheric and spooky. Likewise with the setting.There are reviews saying that the best performance comes from the dog. Cannot disagree, and this is being genuine and not a joke.Unfortunately, they are not done justice by the rather direct to video schlocky way it's shot and edited and the drab colour palette, so much so it was hard to appreciate it, it was very clear that the film was made in a rush with no care or enthusiasm. The camera work is an eyesore.Going on further to the negatives, the story does feel paper thin, disjointed and over-stretched and some of it feels vague, under-explained in the last third where the film especially became duller, more predictable, more senseless and less scary. Too many characters are too sketchy, very shallow and with nowhere near enough to make one want to endear to them. Their annoying and illogical decision making and behaviours frustrates.Making the film feel bland and forgettable with not enough heart put into The sound quality is obvious and utilised cheaply (being too loud in the build ups and people's reactions and dreadfully recorded), the music is needlessly melodramatic and the acting is a mix of the indifferent and the histrionicDialogue can be stilted and rambling, with lots of clichés, and no depth whatsoever, while the pace goes to a standstill very quickly and drags on forever with very little going on worth caring about and useless padding, never recovering. This wouldn't have mattered quite as much if the character development was present or engaging, instead nowhere near enough is learnt about the characters, and the few attempts to do so are neither interesting or illuminating, actually dragging things down. Found too many of the supposedly shocking moments not surprising or unsettling and the supposedly sense of dread dreary. Due to the excessive obviousness, a lot of dumb and vague moments and explanations when attempted, the excessive melodrama and the lack of tension and suspense. Would not have minded the lack of originality (the film is extremely derivative and in a dumbed and watered down way), if the story and atmosphere were at least alright in execution, in reality they were both very poorly done.A lot of 'Bite' has a lot of undercooked moments lacking in any development or depyj and often nonsensical and confusing character motivations, while too many of the things to make you shocked are far from creative or nail-biting and are pretty tame and easily foreseeable straight off the bat. The ending didn't satisfy and instead came over as dumb and the whole thing felt like an over-stretched-to-beyond-breaking-point short film.There is not enough threat, and what there is of it tends to be used poorly and so laughably done it doesn't frighten at all. The film is completely unimaginative and more odd than creepy, with ridiculousness and implausibility being taken to the maximum extremes. Everything here is neither creative, suspenseful or nail-biting. Some badly sagging momentum too. The direction is leaden and like their heart was not in it or ill at ease, with the chemistry between the characters and actors coming over as constantly random and shallow. Suspense and creativity are zero, just non-stop predictability, monotony and dullness with overuse of unnecessarily gratuitous elements.In summary, weak but have seen worse. 3/10 Bethany Cox

This is an awful movie. It has an awful story line. It also is not scary. It has an awful ending. 4.9 is just overrating it. Do not see this movie. It is an awful movie. It is one of the worst movies of all time. Do not waste your time. Do not waste your money. Do not see this awful movie. This is the worst movie ever. Do not see this movie it a big pile of pooh pooh with pooh on it. This is very bad. This is not a 4.9 this is a 1. This is an awful movie. It is not a good movie to see. Do not see it. It is awful. Do not see it. Do not see it do not see it. It is awful.

This is not a bad movie at all! Okay, it's The Fly all over again, but with a different approach: not the whole scientific mumbo jumbo, but just one simple bite of a never specified bug, that sets in motion the whole transition into... well, into what specific monster is not so clear, it could be into a human variation of an insect or into some sort of hatching-oven for thousands of tiny frogspawn-like insect-eggs. The main attraction of this movie is not so much the simple story-line, but without any doubt the abundant gore, the make-up department must have had a ball, it's all honest handmade craftsmanship and it looks fantastic! And I don't mean just the appearance of the main character but also the make-up of her apartment, that gradually turns into some sort of gruesome slimy and sticky and dripping insects lair. As I said: the story-line is a bit flimsy, notwithstanding the somewhat elaborate interpersonal complications that are brought-in, like a virginal relationship between the main character Casey and her boyfriend (virginal in 2015??? both seem to be grown-ups in their twenties!), a future mother-in-law out of hell and a jealous and conniving BFF. These extra story lines don't seem to add anything to the main premise (i.e. changing into a human insect due to a bugs bite) and actually lends the movie a kind of grey sixties atmosphere, enhanced by the setting in some kind of boarding-house. It's only the use of cell phones that reminds you it's all supposed to happen in the present day. As far as the acting is concerned, that's hardly of any importance in this kind of movie. Elma Begovic as Casey gives a chilling account of a slowly deteriorating nasty monster, but this is mainly due to her make-up. The others are barely adequate. So just go for the visual ride in this gory, slimy machine and you're sure to be rewarded!

When the best you can say about a movie is that it's NOT found footage after all, it's got problems.I was desperate for a new-to-me, low-budget horror indie flick lately. In fact, I watched six back-to-back in a week. Yeah, I can't wait for October which is in about a month and when I really indulge in many, many horror movie experiences. So, when this Bite film opens and it's immediately screaming found footage, I put aside my disdain for such rubbish and decided to give it a try.BOOM! Within ten minutes or so, it shifts from found footage to a real film. Thank God for that and that gave me more interest in seeing this play out.And it went pretty good for a while. I liked where this was going…until the final act. Eh. Sorry, spoilers, it was a terrible ending.But, backing up: The movie revolves around a bachelorette party in a foreign land where the bride-to-be is bitten and slowly turns into whatever bit her. Her annoying friends, landlord and fiancé try to figure out why she's locking herself away as she metamorphoses. Again, the third act, as gruesome and detailed as the FX crew made it out, lacks any originality or threat. Yes, the movie up to that point isn't a hundred percent original to begin with, but it ends with all the clichés and stereotypes all these When Animals Attack films constantly show.I am a fan of this subgenre of horror. I do LOVE When Animal Attack films. So, I definitely wanted to see this. The end result, it's not great, but not bad. Just slightly below average and you could do a lot worse. So, if you're a fan, like me, give it a chance. Just don't listen to any foreigners who lead you to a secret, off-the- grid watering hole what he claims is crystal clear water when it's really muddy and ugly. You know the rule of going into different land's water supplies!***Final thoughts: I know, I know. I mentioned "When Animal Attack" movies several times, and in a sense, it fits. What it really should be compared to is the classic, 1986's The Fly. Actually, I retract that statement, as well. There is NO comparison between that EXCELLENT movie and this one, but…if you liked that one, you might like this one some.