I'm hesitant to say something bad about low-budget film. I know that a director has to work with what he's given, and in this case he was given half the money of the first film to make two sequels. But... I'm just disappointed. Feast was really good. This just wasn't.
The first movie was a great splatterfest, with a reasonable plot and special effects that were surprisingly good. This time they didn't try as hard. The first film established that the monsters wear skulls and skins to hide their appearance - which also helped carry the suspense. This time, there were just too many "beasts" walking around in rubber suits. Come on guys, slap on the furs and skulls and it would look better and fit fine.
Then, a splatterfest needs to have, you know, deaths. The first movie started out by killing the first "main" character in less than a minute. This time too many survived. Sure there was splatter - plenty of arterial blood and goo and gore and other body fluids - but the characters just got up and kept going. It wasn't realistic even for a low-budget alien-invasion horror film.
I'm glad I saw Feast 1, because after watching this I never would have rented the first.
Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds
2008, 90 minutes, directed by John Gulager
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