Pig Hunt
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Pig Hunt is a 2008 film directed by James Isaac
, it was written by Robert Mailer Anderson and Zack Anderson. The film includes several original songs by Les Claypool
who also plays a minor role as the preacher.
John Hickman (Travis Aaron Wade) and his girlfriend Brooks (Tina Huang) are a pair of San Francisco residents who invite their friends; tough guy and military man Ben (Howard Johnson Jr.), his close friend Wayne (Rajiv Shah
), as well as Quincy (Trevor Bullock) and his dog Wolfgang, to a backwood redneck community for a weekend of hunting, drinking and fun and camping near John's uncle's home. Enroute, they stop at a gas station for directions and encounter a van of hippie
women and their cult leader, the Hippie Stranger, (Bryonn Bain) who runs a commune in the woods nearby. After obtaining some supplies and directions, they make their way to the cabin and camp outside. The next morning, they encounter Jake (Jason Foster) and Ricky (Nick Tagas) old friends of John's who are interested in joining them on a wild hog hunt. Quincy, who is eager to get to know them is obviously inexperienced in any sort of outdoor activities, and Jake accuses Wolfgang of being a 'pet' not a 'dog' seeming equally oblivious to hunting as well. As the group makes their trip through the woods, they encounter an area called the Big Wallow, where boars are known for hanging out and using a horn as a lure, they manage to convene several pigs on their location. One of them rams into Wayne's leg at full charge giving him a compound fracture in his kneecap and incapacitating him. Wolfgang goes charging after the boars while Brooks shows off her marksmanship talents and kills one of them. While looking for his dog Wolfgang, Quincy encounters a large stash of marijuana plant and leads the others to it, leaving Brooks with Wayne. A conflict emerges when John objects to Jake and Ricky taking the plants for profit as they appeared to have been cultured, and an ensuing argument forces Ben to kill Ricky who was ready to kill John. Jake flees to tell his clan, and the others return to Wayne and Brooks, Quincy and Ben start making their way back to the cabin while Brooks and John leave Wayne to seek help and head for town. Shortly after their departure, Wayne is attacked by something and manages to fire off a single round. Brooks and John circle back and find him missing as well as Ricky's body.
Meanwhile, Ben and Quincy make their way back to the cabin. They find Wolfgang's mutilated body, and determine he was killed by the rednecks. Ricky and Jake's clan make their appearance, Ben manages to kill his pursuer and escape, but Quincy is knocked out of the jeep he was attempting to escape in, and is executed in a fashion of any suffering animal; with a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. Several clan members are killed in passing by Brooks as she and John make their way to the main road, only to be pursued themselves by the clan. Ben makes his way and finds the commune where he is led into an enormous pit. He encounters Wayne who says that something has been eating him, Ben turns to see something approaching him, but his fate is not shown. Brooks and John run into the same hippie they had seen earlier who slays two of the hunters and leads the pair of them back to the commune. When John questions why Ben's equipment is there, but not Ben himself, they force him into a cell while the leader takes Brooks out into the pit. They encounter Ripper an enormous, ton and a half boar who is finishing the remains of one of the redneck clan. Jake makes his way to the commune and forces himself into John's cell, as Jake prepares to kill him, one of the women attack him, stabbing him in the eye with her boar's tooth necklace before being shot. Jake dies from his wounds while the hippie leader tries to feed Brooks to the boar. She forces him to move in front, causing the boar to turn its gaze on him, and despite his best efforts, he has his intestines ripped out by the creature. John forces his way from the cell and using a crossbow, fires an arrow up under the boar's jaw. He uses force and lodges the arrow up into the boar's brain, killing it. As the pair recover from these events, they fail to notice one of the clan's children watching in anger as the two make their escape from the commune.
and The Haight District, San Francisco. Rob and Zack Anderson characterized the script responsible for Epic Pictures Group. The shooting swallowed a budget of about 6 million U.S. dollars.
and had his Hollywood release on 05 May 2009. The film is part of the 2010 Fangoria FrightFest.
James Isaac
James Isaac is an American film director. He is best known for directing Jason X.- Movies :James Isaac created his first film in the late 1980s and did not make another film until 2001. This film was the 10th installment in the Friday The 13th franchise, Jason X which was a small box office...
, it was written by Robert Mailer Anderson and Zack Anderson. The film includes several original songs by Les Claypool
Les Claypool
Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool is an American musician and writer, best known as the lead vocalist and bassist in the band Primus. Claypool's playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends and slapping.Claypool has also self produced and engineered his...
who also plays a minor role as the preacher.
Plot
The film begins with a man running for his life through the forest, obviously in a panic he hides behind a tree, trying to spot what was following him. As he calms down, something comes up from behind him, throwing him up into the air and back down again. The man screams as something begins eating him, and as the man dies, the camera turns to a pair of dog tags that are slowly overtaken by a small river of blood.John Hickman (Travis Aaron Wade) and his girlfriend Brooks (Tina Huang) are a pair of San Francisco residents who invite their friends; tough guy and military man Ben (Howard Johnson Jr.), his close friend Wayne (Rajiv Shah
Rajiv Shah
Rajiv “Raj” Shah is the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development . He was confirmed by the Senate on December 24, 2009, replacing acting chief Alonzo Fulgham, making him the highest-ranking Indian American in any presidential administration...
), as well as Quincy (Trevor Bullock) and his dog Wolfgang, to a backwood redneck community for a weekend of hunting, drinking and fun and camping near John's uncle's home. Enroute, they stop at a gas station for directions and encounter a van of hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
women and their cult leader, the Hippie Stranger, (Bryonn Bain) who runs a commune in the woods nearby. After obtaining some supplies and directions, they make their way to the cabin and camp outside. The next morning, they encounter Jake (Jason Foster) and Ricky (Nick Tagas) old friends of John's who are interested in joining them on a wild hog hunt. Quincy, who is eager to get to know them is obviously inexperienced in any sort of outdoor activities, and Jake accuses Wolfgang of being a 'pet' not a 'dog' seeming equally oblivious to hunting as well. As the group makes their trip through the woods, they encounter an area called the Big Wallow, where boars are known for hanging out and using a horn as a lure, they manage to convene several pigs on their location. One of them rams into Wayne's leg at full charge giving him a compound fracture in his kneecap and incapacitating him. Wolfgang goes charging after the boars while Brooks shows off her marksmanship talents and kills one of them. While looking for his dog Wolfgang, Quincy encounters a large stash of marijuana plant and leads the others to it, leaving Brooks with Wayne. A conflict emerges when John objects to Jake and Ricky taking the plants for profit as they appeared to have been cultured, and an ensuing argument forces Ben to kill Ricky who was ready to kill John. Jake flees to tell his clan, and the others return to Wayne and Brooks, Quincy and Ben start making their way back to the cabin while Brooks and John leave Wayne to seek help and head for town. Shortly after their departure, Wayne is attacked by something and manages to fire off a single round. Brooks and John circle back and find him missing as well as Ricky's body.
Meanwhile, Ben and Quincy make their way back to the cabin. They find Wolfgang's mutilated body, and determine he was killed by the rednecks. Ricky and Jake's clan make their appearance, Ben manages to kill his pursuer and escape, but Quincy is knocked out of the jeep he was attempting to escape in, and is executed in a fashion of any suffering animal; with a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. Several clan members are killed in passing by Brooks as she and John make their way to the main road, only to be pursued themselves by the clan. Ben makes his way and finds the commune where he is led into an enormous pit. He encounters Wayne who says that something has been eating him, Ben turns to see something approaching him, but his fate is not shown. Brooks and John run into the same hippie they had seen earlier who slays two of the hunters and leads the pair of them back to the commune. When John questions why Ben's equipment is there, but not Ben himself, they force him into a cell while the leader takes Brooks out into the pit. They encounter Ripper an enormous, ton and a half boar who is finishing the remains of one of the redneck clan. Jake makes his way to the commune and forces himself into John's cell, as Jake prepares to kill him, one of the women attack him, stabbing him in the eye with her boar's tooth necklace before being shot. Jake dies from his wounds while the hippie leader tries to feed Brooks to the boar. She forces him to move in front, causing the boar to turn its gaze on him, and despite his best efforts, he has his intestines ripped out by the creature. John forces his way from the cell and using a crossbow, fires an arrow up under the boar's jaw. He uses force and lodges the arrow up into the boar's brain, killing it. As the pair recover from these events, they fail to notice one of the clan's children watching in anger as the two make their escape from the commune.
Cast
- Travis Aaron Wade as John Hickman
- Tina Huang as Brooks
- Howard Johnson Jr. as Ben
- Trevor Bullock as Quincy
- Rajiv ShahRajiv ShahRajiv “Raj” Shah is the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development . He was confirmed by the Senate on December 24, 2009, replacing acting chief Alonzo Fulgham, making him the highest-ranking Indian American in any presidential administration...
as Wayne - Jason Foster as Jake
- Nick Tagas as Ricky
- Phillip K. Torretto as Beer Belly Redneck
- Cimi Ahluwalia as Cimi
- Robert Mailer AndersonRobert Mailer AndersonRobert Mailer Anderson is an American novelist.In 2007 he co-wrote, produced, and appeared in "Pig Hunt," a punkabilly horror film set in Northern California.- External links :* *...
as Big Train - Bryonn Bain as Hippie Stranger
- Vince Ballew as Gas Mask
- Max Barnett as ZZ Driver
- Leanne Borghesi as Darlene
- Ty Brenneman as Sexy Cult Girl
- Cara Cameron as Cult Girl
- Les ClaypoolLes ClaypoolLeslie Edward "Les" Claypool is an American musician and writer, best known as the lead vocalist and bassist in the band Primus. Claypool's playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends and slapping.Claypool has also self produced and engineered his...
as Preacher - Lane Foard as Lex Wockenfuss
- Lanie Grainger as Poppy
- Marissa Ingrasci as Sage
- India Isaac as India
- Joe LucasJoe LucasJoseph P. Lucas is an American professional baseball player. He currently plays in the Atlanta Braves minor league system as a closing pitcher....
as Homeless Vet - Christina McKay as Crystal
- Charlie MusselwhiteCharlie MusselwhiteCharlie Musselwhite is an American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader, one of the non-black bluesmen who came to prominence in the early 1960s, along with Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield. Though he has often been identified as a "white bluesman", he claims Native American heritage...
as Charlie - Henrietta 'Henri' Musselwhiteas Woman shelving cans of creamed corn
- Chris Paxton as Billy Stankbud
- Michelle Redwine as Willow
- Luis Saguar as Tj
- Karen Viola as Cult Girl
Production
Pig Hunt Productions shoot the film in spring 2008 in Boonville, CaliforniaBoonville, California
Boonville is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located southwest of Ukiah, at an elevation of 381 feet . The population was 1,035 at the 2010 census.-History:...
and The Haight District, San Francisco. Rob and Zack Anderson characterized the script responsible for Epic Pictures Group. The shooting swallowed a budget of about 6 million U.S. dollars.
Release
The film premiered on 31 August 2008 in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and had his Hollywood release on 05 May 2009. The film is part of the 2010 Fangoria FrightFest.