Review of Offspring

I watched The Woman years ago and thought it was really good. Of course it was very disturbing, but it was still so well done. I knew of this one as well. I just never got around to watching it until now. I've been curious where The Woman actually started from. I haven't seen or heard of anything else from the director, but the writer also worked on The Woman. It's interesting that they were both starring another disturbing film called The Girl Next Door (definitely not the sex comedy) also written by the writer. I'm sure this is going to be interesting.

The Woman was way better than this. One of the things this had going for it was the gore and shock factor. It started off quite boring with a sudden change of pace with just about no build up. That's not a bad way to go about it, but in this case it just felt rushed into the story. The deaths here were quite brutal and disturbing. There were a few scenes that really felt out of place here. The hitchhiker scene in particular didn't mix well. The ending was pretty great though. I was kind of surprised by it which is good. At least this was a short film.

Wow the acting here was pretty bad. It's the kind of stuff you would see in some terrible budget films. The only saving graces were Art Hindle and Pollyanna McIntosh. Without them this would have been so much worse. At least the main woman was interesting to look at. I thought most of the cannibals looked a bit silly.

It wasn't what I was hoping it would be. The crazy deaths and the cannibals themselves were really the only thing that kept me interested. I mean most of the acting is pretty bad and the characters are a bit of a drag. It felt a bit jumbled in parts with useless scenes and awkward pacing. It was interesting to see where the Woman came from. The ending was also pretty nice. I was just hoping for something better considering the sequel being so excellent.