Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

What majority of everyone else above my review have explained...the acting is horrible and the movie isn't scary at all. Carnivore is just a corny movie more than anything else. I am far from an actress, but I am sure I can act better than majority of the people that are in this film. I cannot believe that this movie was even released for the public's view as it belongs in the trash. What made me curious to look up additional was the fact that Wally-World was selling an 8-movie disc for only $5.00! I was curious to know why. Now the mystery has been solved.All of the movies on the disc are on the same level...horrible. Save your time, money and energy as this movie isn't worth it.

POSSIBLE SPOILER... not that it matters here...I love horror movies. I love slasher flicks. I love all manner of violent, horrific, cheesy, bloody, gory movie anyone can muster.... Generally. This is, thus far, the crappiest movie I have yet seen. It actually has no redeeming value. The creature appears to be a crappy costume cross between a Ghoulie and the big Critter from the first Critters film. It looks plasticy and cheap and really unscary. The whole thing appears to have been filmed on a camera someone puked on or at the very least, a VHS camera that someone dropped... down a staircase... into vomit. It's grainy and ugly and appears to have been filmed in the early 70's. The date I found for it's making was actually 2000, and there is a dumb-ass reference to a movie made in 1992 (I don't recall which movie) which would add to the belief that this crapfest is more recent than it looks. The movie doesn't seem to have any cohesive plot at all and some of the worst acting imaginable. There's a quick breast shot and a shot of the, uh, "monster" ripping someone's organs out and throwing them all over a room that didn't suck too bad, but they still don't make this worth seeing or buying for that matter. It seems to take place in an old house with a lab hidden in the basement with the creature and a scientist--who apparently have lived there a very long time, but the movie at times seems to take place entirely within a week, and yet there are cotton webs, er cobwebs everywhere! How on earth did this house get covered with webs and fall into disarray within a week? It never really seems evident. Then some teenagers go in the house for hanky-panky--didn't see that one coming did yah? I'll save you the suspense, as the nerdiest guy is the hero. And yes, it actually did hurt to find that out. Then some chick with two bodyguards of some sort go into the house and one of the guys is pointlessly psychotic shooting at whatever he pleases with, believe it or not, an Uzi. That's right, the most over-used, stereotypical 'bad-ass' weapon of 80's action flicks. I think real bodyguards would carry, you know, a degree of intelligence-which these two never showcase. The movie was so god-awful boring that I started falling asleep a third of the way through, but I stayed awake so I could see just how crappy it was. I want my 80-odd minutes back and so will you if you waste your time with it. STAY AWAY!!www.ResidentHazard.com

Version reviewed: 'Key DVD' distributed by 20th Century Fox, 2002, 80 minutes My recommendation rating OF THE FILM ONLY: 8 out of 10. Recommendation rating for this version: 2 out of 10Let's get the bad news out of the way first, then I'll explain my high rating of the film. The DVD box art says that Carnivore is a widescreen presentation that is 'digitally mastered'. The film is NOT in widescreen, and 'digital mastering' can only mean that either the master exists on some kind of digital medium, or worse, that the film was 'mastered to digital' in the sense that DVDs were made from the master (obviously, since the product is a DVD).The transfer is one of the poorer ones that I've seen (unfortunately it isn't the worst). It is extremely grainy (it looks like it was recorded from a VHS tape that had been rented about 300 times in the mid-80s, and then stored in a mildew-filled basement for 10 years), The sound has a lot of hiss and was equalized with far too much bass--you have to crank up the treble, crank up the volume, and you still can't hear dialogue in some scenes. I don't know what aspect ratio directors F. Joseph Kurtz and Kenneth Mader filmed in, but the framing suggests that it _wasn't_ filmed in 'full-screen' (1.33 : 1), which is the aspect ratio on this disc.Additional bad news is that the box art also promises a director commentary, a featurette called 'Carnivore Kills!', a trailer, and optional Spanish subtitles. None of these are on the disc. Instead, the disc has two menu options. One for 'Play Movie' and one for 'Scene Selection'--which gives you access to only eight chapter markings. This is either a serious case of false advertising or an equally serious screw-up on the manufacturing end. And in both cases, it would probably be best for everyone to send their copies of the DVD back to 20th Century Fox and demand a refund plus a free copy of the DVD when the corrections are made. Even if some of the problems (such as the sound) are rooted in the source material, these can be fairly easily rectified in a moderately-equipped recording/engineering studio, especially with a distributor like 20th Century Fox.And why might you want a copy of the DVD in anamorphic widescreen with remastered sound, a director's commentary, and other special features? Because this is a very fun and entertaining little horror film. At least if you have a taste for camp, and you're not one of those philosophically-challenged folks who conflates 'horror' and 'scary'. Carnivore is more likely to be enjoyed by someone who thinks that Killer Klowns from Outer Space is a masterpiece. Someone who thinks that two of the most underrated films of the 70s are Daddy's Deadly Darling and Carnival of Blood. Someone who has actually memorized a number of lines from Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. and is proud of it. Someone who thinks that one of the biggest tragedies in filmdom is that Frank Henenlotter has only directed five films since 1982 (and none since 1992). If you have no idea what I'm talking about, and you're looking for scares only, do yourself a favor and pass this one up for now.Carnivore is one of those 'genetic experiments gone wild' films, with touches of the X-Files and an 80's slasher flick mixed into the stew. Yes, it has narration by a woman with a heavy Midwestern accent who is obviously reading. It has (sometimes intentionally) ridiculous performances. The monster is obviously a guy in a suit. For long periods of time, everything in the film is blue. However, as difficult as this may be for some people to understand, all of these elements are assets in a film like this, especially because it's obvious that Mader and Kurtz harbor no delusions that they're making something in the vein of Gone With The Wind. Instead, Carnivore plays like an impeccable, hilarious spoof of its influences, sometimes approaching a spoof of a spoof, and at the same time seems like a lost horror gem from 1985 (its authenticity in that respect is incredible). It pokes fun at the clichés and conventions, and yet embraces them at the same time--a feat only serious fans of the relevant eras of horror could achieve. There are serious aspects. There is plenty of tension. Some of the blue shots (and some others) are beautiful. The gore effects are well-done and well-shot. The sets are excellent, and even more impressive when you realize they were built in the basement of the director's rented house. It is clear that Carnivore is a low-budget affair, but the artistry and dedication apparent enables it to transcend any budgetary limitations.But please, give us a release on DVD that does the film justice! This would have been a perfect candidate for Troma, Lucky 13/Program Power, Something Weird, or anyone comparable. But the Key Video/20th Century Fox edition is horrible.

Ok, I bought this movie as kind of a gamble buy. I must say as a gamble I absolutely lost this one. This movie is awful. At several points i had to turn the TV to full vol. just to hear the characters speak.However... This movie does have one redeeming quality, besides that very arousing sex scene(joking). This movie is perfect to watch at about 4 or 5 in the morning with a bunch of friends, you will laugh your heads off at it. Have fun making fun of this one people!