I've been moving right along with my convention reviews. This will mark the half way mark for all the movies I watched. I will have just four more to write after this one before moving on to some other reviews. The second movie on Saturday was for one called Bite (2015). My friend and me was trying to figure out what kind of movie this would be based on the movie poster, which was a little hard to see on the screen just because it wasn't very big. My friend thought vampire, while I threw out cannibal. We were both wrong.
Casey (Elma Begovic) is off on her bachelorette party with a couple of friends. She gets a little drunk, and a little flirty with a guy and feels guilty over it when she returns. While swimming, something bites her, but she doesn't take much notice of it. Once home, she avoids her boyfriend (Jordan Grey) and even considers calling off the wedding. After a while, her boyfriend gets to talking with her and they start making out. While doing so, he rubs the spot on her leg where the bite happened, which now looks infected. He comes away with some stuff on his hand, which causes him to book on out of there, The bite mark gets worse, but not only that, Casey notices other changes about her body. What is going on?
Bite was directed by Chad Achibald and co-written by Jayme Laforest. For me, this was the best screening I had watched up to this film. It will get outdone by the next film, but this was still a really good movies. The pacing is a bit slow though. It takes its time in building up to what will happen later in the film. To be honest, I was getting worried that it was taking too long to build up, and was starting to feel a bit bored with it. Bite isn't just about the body horror, the transformation of Casey into something else,. It also deals a little with friendship, jealousy and the pressure of getting married. These aren't a large part of the story, but they do find their way in. If you have ever seen the movie The Fly, Bite reminded me of that movie a bit. It isn't a copy of that film or anything, but that is the movie I was thinking of at times while watching this one. Unlike The Fly, we don't know what Casey is turning into. We never really find out what it was that bit her, and I couldn't tell from her transformation, not that it mattered really. Achibald takes his time with the transformation, which for me made it all more cool looking. I never understood why Casey didn't go see a doctor or anything like that when the bite was starting to look bad, or when other signs of things not being right show up. Late in the film Casey makes a nest or hive out of her apartment, and I didn't get why her friends would just walk in the way the place looked. One friend was afraid of a mouse but walked in with little problem. I know they are worried about their friend, but if I walked into a place that looked that way, I would u-turn it right out of there.
The effects are pretty good for this style of film. There is some CGI, but that doesn't show up until he end and isn't too big of a deal. Things do get pretty gory though with other effects. A few scenes got some pretty good reactions out of people. I was surprised at how well the effects turned out here. There is some gross stuff here which I'm sure will appeal to some people. The acting was alright. I didn't really care for Elma Begovic too much for a while, but eventually she started to grow on me. Not sure what it was about her that I didn't like for a while. Annette Wozniak and Denise Yuen play Casey's best friends. I didn't find their acting bad, but I didn't really care for either character though.
Even though I felt Bite was a mixed bag, I ended up really enjoying it. Up until this film, it had been my favorite one that I had watched so far. It would be outdone by the next film, Even so, I would say that this was my second favorite film that I watched all weekend. Not bad since I watched nine films in all. Bite did leave some things unanswered, which I was fine with for the most part. I really wondered if Casey's young (I will leave it at that) hatched because I was never sure if it was her or her young that appeared to be doing stuff to people she captured. Even though I'm giving Bite an average score, it is well worth a watch. Check it out someday if it sounds interesting to you.
3 out of 5 It will make you itch while you watch
Casey (Elma Begovic) is off on her bachelorette party with a couple of friends. She gets a little drunk, and a little flirty with a guy and feels guilty over it when she returns. While swimming, something bites her, but she doesn't take much notice of it. Once home, she avoids her boyfriend (Jordan Grey) and even considers calling off the wedding. After a while, her boyfriend gets to talking with her and they start making out. While doing so, he rubs the spot on her leg where the bite happened, which now looks infected. He comes away with some stuff on his hand, which causes him to book on out of there, The bite mark gets worse, but not only that, Casey notices other changes about her body. What is going on?
Bite was directed by Chad Achibald and co-written by Jayme Laforest. For me, this was the best screening I had watched up to this film. It will get outdone by the next film, but this was still a really good movies. The pacing is a bit slow though. It takes its time in building up to what will happen later in the film. To be honest, I was getting worried that it was taking too long to build up, and was starting to feel a bit bored with it. Bite isn't just about the body horror, the transformation of Casey into something else,. It also deals a little with friendship, jealousy and the pressure of getting married. These aren't a large part of the story, but they do find their way in. If you have ever seen the movie The Fly, Bite reminded me of that movie a bit. It isn't a copy of that film or anything, but that is the movie I was thinking of at times while watching this one. Unlike The Fly, we don't know what Casey is turning into. We never really find out what it was that bit her, and I couldn't tell from her transformation, not that it mattered really. Achibald takes his time with the transformation, which for me made it all more cool looking. I never understood why Casey didn't go see a doctor or anything like that when the bite was starting to look bad, or when other signs of things not being right show up. Late in the film Casey makes a nest or hive out of her apartment, and I didn't get why her friends would just walk in the way the place looked. One friend was afraid of a mouse but walked in with little problem. I know they are worried about their friend, but if I walked into a place that looked that way, I would u-turn it right out of there.
The effects are pretty good for this style of film. There is some CGI, but that doesn't show up until he end and isn't too big of a deal. Things do get pretty gory though with other effects. A few scenes got some pretty good reactions out of people. I was surprised at how well the effects turned out here. There is some gross stuff here which I'm sure will appeal to some people. The acting was alright. I didn't really care for Elma Begovic too much for a while, but eventually she started to grow on me. Not sure what it was about her that I didn't like for a while. Annette Wozniak and Denise Yuen play Casey's best friends. I didn't find their acting bad, but I didn't really care for either character though.
Even though I felt Bite was a mixed bag, I ended up really enjoying it. Up until this film, it had been my favorite one that I had watched so far. It would be outdone by the next film, Even so, I would say that this was my second favorite film that I watched all weekend. Not bad since I watched nine films in all. Bite did leave some things unanswered, which I was fine with for the most part. I really wondered if Casey's young (I will leave it at that) hatched because I was never sure if it was her or her young that appeared to be doing stuff to people she captured. Even though I'm giving Bite an average score, it is well worth a watch. Check it out someday if it sounds interesting to you.
3 out of 5 It will make you itch while you watch
