"Primal" is by no standards a horror movie that moves boundaries or reinvents the horror genre. It is a very generic horror movie that is a page by page run of the recipe in the how-to-make-a-horror-movie manuscript.The story is about a group of young people far out in the wilderness, isolated and hours away from the nearest settlement. Their camping expedition turns awry when one of the people falls victim to a strange infection; an infection that turns humans into primal savages.Not a very impressive or inventive storyline, but the movie is still entertaining enough for what it is; a mediocre horror movie. Don't expect to be impressed or blown away by anything in "Primal" though.The acting was adequate, but I can't say that any particular performance stands out as being memorable.As for the special effects, then I will say that they were good and functional. I could understand the teeth part of changing and everything, but the sounds? Not so much. The infected people were making sounds that were nowhere near being possible by the limitations of the human vocal cords."Primal" is not an impressive movie, but it is suitable for a single viewing if you have nothing else to watch and got an hour and a half to kill.

Don't get me wrong. I love bad movies. I love The Room. However, this movie really sucks. Bad acting, dialog, etc. There was some hope in the movie until the first infection. After that it is just a pointless repetition of fights and bad horror scenes. I thought the weird big leeches in the cave were cool but still this is an absolutely trashy b-movie. I don't mind charming b-movies like Killer Clowns from Outer Space or Troll 2 but these movies have charm and fun. Primal is just plain stupid basically. I mean seriously would they just wander around there without food and water and just fight for no reason. A real insult to the intelligence of the viewer. If the director wanted to make a cool splatter movie he could have just done that but the beginning of the movie is more like Friday the 13th. However, then it turns into a weird splatter-movie. Really stupid crap.

A group of young men and women travel to the Outback to study an ancient cave painting and while camping near it find themselves struggling to combat a lethal virus which turns some into primal psychotics. But that isn't all. However, rather than spoil the mystery or suspense I will just say that this film had some good elements and some weak ones as well. First, I thought it had some very good special effects. At least as far as the makeup and gore was concerned. But the CGI for some of the action scenes was kind of elementary and disappointing. It boasts plenty of running, screaming and fighting and a few good surprises as well. But the characters all seemed rather hollow and one-dimensional. In short, if a person likes a splatter film with plenty of action and CGI then then they might really enjoy this movie. Personally, I didn't think it was that bad. But I didn't think it was that good either.

This movie started off okay, a group of people going on a camping trip when it all turns bad. Now I know it is the usual story behind most horror movies, and I wasn't expecting too much from it, and I'm glad I didn't. It went down hill in a bit of a hurry from there. It was full of the usual cliché's, the group turn on each other, one of them becomes a killer, then they all end up in some kind of trouble one way or another. It wasn't ground breaking, and compared to a lot of other Aussie horror movies I've seen, this one would have to be at the lower end of the scale, but no where near as bad as another Aussie horror movie called 'PREY' (2009) which stars Natalie Bassingthwaighte (keep away from it if you can, it's rubbish). The story was average, the acting not much better, and the CGI near the end was below average (ruined the movie for me). But the kill scenes kind of saved a couple of points for me, so I give it a 4 out of 10.