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Feast
Directed by	John Gulager
Produced by	Michael Leahy Joel Soisson Marc Joubert Larry Tanz Benjamin Ormand Andrew Jameson Alix Taylor Alex Keledjian
Written by	Marcus Dunstan Patrick Melton
Starring	Balthazar Getty Navi Rawat Henry Rollins Judah Friedlander Josh Zuckerman Jenny Wade Duane Whitaker Jason Mewes Eileen Ryan Eric Dane with Krista Allen and Clu Gulager
Cinematography	Thomas L. Callaway
Editing by	Kirk M. Morri
Distributed by	Dimension Films Buena Vista Distribution
Release date(s)	September 22, 2006
Language	English
Budget	$3,200,000 (est.)
Followed by	Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds

Feast is a 2006 horror film that is a result of the third season Project Greenlight contest. The winning team was composed of writers Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton and director John Gulager. It was executive produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore (through their LivePlanet production company), Wes Craven and the Maloof family. The film was produced and distributed by Dimension Films in association with Maloof Motion Pictures and Neo Art & Logic.

Plot

As the clientele are enjoying their drinks, a man covered in blood (identified onscreen as "Hero") enters through the door and warns them all of impending danger, but no one heeds his warning. To prove his point he exposes the head of a repulsive monster. Soon after this he is promptly decapitated by one of the monsters following him. This is ironic as it was said just before his death that his chances of survival were very high.

After the carnage, a woman ("Heroine") bursts through the door and reveals herself to be the recently deceased man's wife. After a brief sentimental moment between the wife and her late husband, they begin boarding up the windows in the bar. Despite their efforts, a young monster bursts through an uncovered window and begins incapacitating the people inside the bar. It attacks one of the women ("Harley Mom") and it is initially assumed that she died from massive blood loss.

After she is taken out, the monster disappears only for it to be found attempting to sexually penetrate one of the deer heads nailed to the wall. A shotgun blast promptly removes the deer head and monster from the wall and the monster then drops into a refrigerator which is sealed shut, trapping it inside.

Following this, the remaining windows are boarded up and the bar patrons are given a moment of peace. Trying to call for help, they learn that the only phone in the bar has been hit by a stray shotgun blast and has been rendered useless. After a short breather, one of the women ("Tuffy") suddenly realizes that her son is still upstairs and runs to get him.

Once she finds her child the group rejoices until the boy is pulled through a window and eaten by one of the monsters, leaving only his sneakers behind. Tuffy is now incapacitated by grief, and the monster then vomits a stream of slime at one of the group ("Beer Guy"). As the remaining people regroup downstairs, they realize that the slime has a decomposing effect and the victim is slowly overcome by its effects.

The group kills the young monster in the refrigerator and hangs it outside. The monster's parents quickly have sex and produce two offspring in a matter of seconds, all of whom begin to attack the pub with renewed fury. Meanwhile, one of the women ("Honey Pie") begins washing off the blood and has to take off her clothes, much to the amusement of the others. The patrons regroup and enact various attempts to escape or drive off the monsters, all of which lead to more casualties, including the death of the Heroine at the hands of the character aptly nicknamed "Bozo". Driven by her rage over the death of her child, Tuffy aggressively takes charge of the remaining survivors, which results in the audience seeing her nickname change from "Tuffy" to "Heroine 2". "Honey Pie" successfully makes it to a truck, giving the other characters brief cause for hope (until they realize she's speeding off by herself).

After many attacks and ultimately, a fight to the death between the last remaining humans and monsters, only four people survive the ordeal. One person ("Grandma") seems to survive but in the last second is seen being attacked by one of the remaining monsters.

Cast

Release

Originally produced at Miramax, the film was later taken by Harvey and Bob Weinstein to their newly formed studio, The Weinstein Company, along with the Dimension Films brand after their so called "divorce" from Miramax Films.

The film premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, the Chicago International Film Festival, the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, and the Savannah Film Festival on various dates throughout October 2005. John Gulager was named "Best Director" for Feast at Fantastic Fest 2005.

After a period of delays, the film eventually made its way to American theaters on September 22, 2006. The DVD was released on October 17, 2006.

• USA 14 October 2005 (Chicago International Film Festival)

• USA 23 October 2005 (International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival)

• USA 31 October 2005 (Savannah Film and Video Festival)

• USA 22 September 2006

• Philippines 1 November 2006 (Manila)

• Singapore 18 January 2007

• Hong Kong 1 February 2007

• Argentina 8 February 2007 (video premiere)

• Hungary 27 February 2007 (DVD premiere)

• Finland 9 March 2007 (DVD premiere)

• Norway 28 March 2007 (DVD premiere)

• Netherlands 21 April 2007 (Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival)

• Thailand 26 April 2007

• Poland 27 April 2007 (DVD premiere)

• Egypt 9 May 2007

• Greece 14 May 2007 (DVD premiere)

• Japan 22 March 2008

Sequels

Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds was released on Oct. 7, 2008. Feast 3: The Happy Finish is the third entry in the Feast trilogy. The film was released, direct to DVD, on February 17, 2009.^[1]

References

External links

• Feast Official Site

• Feast at the Internet Movie Database
• Feast at Allmovie
• Feast Reviews & Scores at Metacritic
• Feast on MySpace