Offspring

2009

Action / Horror

10
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 20% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 20% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.9/10 10 3334 3.3K

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Plot summary

The local sheriff of Dead River, Maine, thought he had killed them off ten years ago -- a primitive, cave-dwelling tribe of cannibalistic savages. But somehow the clan survived. To breed. To hunt. To kill and eat. And now the peaceful residents of this isolated town are fighting for their lives...

Director

Andrew van den Houten Photo
Andrew van den Houten

Top cast

Chris Martinez Photo
Chris Martinez as Policeman
Pollyanna McIntosh Photo
Pollyanna McIntosh as Woman
Holter Graham Photo
Holter Graham as Vic Manetti
Andrew Elvis Miller Photo
Andrew Elvis Miller as David Halbard
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726.7 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 2
1.46 GB
1920*1072
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by RockPortReview 5 / 10

Gore and Violence Great! All else suffers.

Offspring 2/19/2010This is the third book by horror author Jack Ketchum to be made into a movie, the others being "Red" and "The Girl Next Door". "Offspring" published in 1980 was his first novel and deemed very controversial for it grotesque violence. The movie was made last year from Ketchums's own script and directed by relatively new director Andrew van den Houten. The movie was obviously made on a very small budget and except for the violence and gore it really shows. Even though Ketchum is credited with writing the script, he should really stick to novels. The dialog is utterly comical, there is a paper thin plot and together with terrible acting it can be a chore to watch. This film can really only be endured by either hardcore horror fans or Ketchum Fans. This movie has clichés galore for every taste, the retired alcoholic cop, the small town police force, and the angry ex husband on a mission. Revealing past events in the form of old newspaper clippings is another one that is used in about 80% of all horror movies. The story, like the book, takes place in the coastal Maine town of Dead River (the ominously named town).The story of "Offspring" involves a clan of feral savage. Think of Deliverance meets P.O.'d Native Americans. The reason I chose to write about this particular movie is for its depiction of the clan. This film is similar to the book in that it doesn't shy away from anything. This is a balls-to-the-wall bloody horror spectacle. It has kids killing adults, dead babies, cannibalism and so much more. Our main characters are quite one dimensional, like cattle being led to the slaughter. But they are not annoying like a lot of horror movies. With a bigger budget a lot more talent this could be a decent flick. For example, although the story takes place in Maine, an up close scene with a police car in the foreground is obviously from Michigan (which is were the film was shot). However, I did like how they used sound to heighten the suspense and creepiness.The Clan members themselves which are mostly children, are well played. The actors really dug into these intensely psychotic roles. The violence and gore is also quite impressive and well done. Now that we know where all the money went, you can understand why the rest of the production is quite poor. Like I mentioned before if your not a hard core horror fanatic like myself I wouldn't bother with this one.
Reviewed by Fella_shibby 6 / 10

Low budget gory stuff which serves as a prequel to The Woman.

I saw this on a rented DVD n after watching The Woman. Well this is a prequel to The Woman. At least this movie cleared some of my "unexplained" portions which i had while watching The Woman. The movie starts by showing newspaper clippings explaining the missing people (the cannibal clan). Everything about this movie pointed that it was shot on a low budget. The acting was awful. The pace was slow. Editing was horrible. They never showed the coastal area, forest n island properly. It was devoid of even decent cinematography. It lacked the tension n suspense. The movie focused on one aspect, jus to shock. Plenty of gore (disembowelling, slashing of head to expose the brain part n later sucking n eating the brain and a disturbing biting off of a vagina). The cannibals were pretty laughable. Now these cannibals r shown to cover their private parts with animal skin. They were mostly shown sneaking around people's houses n later entering n killing them. Why not take some clothes to wear? The cannibals were able to make sharp steel teeth n wander outside lawns without getting noticed? The cannibals cave dwelling lookd like a cheap studio set. The cops were shown way too stupid. Jus plain stupid characters. This movie cud hav been better but it is jus a cheap rip off of Wrong turn n Hills have eyes.
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