Feast
Feast II: Sloppy
Seconds
Feast III: The Happy
Finish
Average creature feature trilogy with gnarly monsters and
enough bloodshed to satisfy gorehounds while possibly disgusting sensitive
viewers. Mostly everyone is fair game
too so don’t warm up to every character introduced. Don’t expect an origin tale for the creatures
either. I don’t know what they were
waiting for if Feast IV was planned
since part three was released in 2009 and the first two were released in 2006
and 2008, respectively. All three films
are linear so you should probably watch them in order even though each
successive one reiterates parts of their predecessor. Feast
takes place in a bar in the desert and features too many characters, some we
don’t meet much at all, but passable violence.
We don’t get much of a good look at the creatures as scenes happen too
rapidly and the camera often shifts focus.
It also drags quite a bit in the middle.
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds picks
up right after Feast in a nearby town
ravaged by the creatures where previous survivors and others seek refuge in
buildings. There’s better characterization
this time, a better look at the creatures, and there’s still violence aplenty. A creature autopsy will likely repel viewers
but it never particularly made me nauseous since it was rather cartoony considering
the type of film---this coming from a horror nut though. A slightly longer run-time than the first
makes this suffer from occasional tedium as well. Both films might’ve benefited from chopping some
time off their 92 and 100-minute run-times. Feast III: The Happy Finish gets it right
by being a scant 80-minutes and wasn’t bad at all as far as threequels go. There’s plenty of notable violence, some
surprises up its sleeve and, despite what the title implies, isn’t a very happy
finish at all for whoever survives.
Plus, the shorter length as mentioned doesn’t make it overstay its
welcome. Oh, but you do get to see a
creature consume a head, watch it traverse its digestive system, and see it
pooped out. It’s actually not as nasty
as it sounds, but I never preferred potty humor myself regardless of the genre. A Spanish-singing guitar player refreshes
your memory for all three films at the end to top it all off.
In conclusion:
It’s not the greatest trilogy (for horror or any genre for that matter),
but indiscriminate horror fans should enjoy all three. None aren’t worth watching if you make a
marathon out of it. It’s a bloody,
over-the-top, campy creature feature franchise that wouldn’t have felt out of
place in the ‘80’s. Dig in! 1/23/2018
---Sean O.
