hyped garbage

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

This isn't the typical run of the mill horror film where some biological monstrosity goes off on a hunger rampage. In a strange twist of fate, one veterinarian's goal to create a super breeder-cow, turns a fetus into genetic carrier of destruction that could wipe out the human race; further, this fetus is a mutant and it seeks out a new host to keep itself warm. This fetus carries other fetuses and as it infects other cows they too develop mutant fetuses. The entire film is spent with a mad veterinarian trying to put the farm under quarantine and keep everything under control – despite it all going awry. The movie feels strangely like a B-grade horror film – whether that was the intention or not, the movie could become a cult classic as a result. The characters all have wonderful personalities, and it is sad to see some of them go – yes, some of them die; that's a given, but the movie makes up for it by having a twist ending – something very typical of horror movies of this genre. Is it worth the watch? Yes – consider that good horror movies are rare. Special props must be given to the mutant cow's eye – it's hard to remember throughout the course of the film that it is indeed a cow the entire time.Originally posted to Orion Age (http://www.orionphysics.com/?p=4836).

When I started to read what this film is about, I instantly thought of Ireland. Later on, I discovered that this is indeed an Irish film. No surprise there, since only the Irish can come up with rubbish like this. Who else would set up a horror movie in a rural farm where animals are abused? Well, all animals are abused in farms, anyway. But yeah. I guess living in Ireland for over 10 years gave me a good overview of what to expect from them, and I'm afraid to say that it's exactly stuff like this. I watched "Grabbers" last year thinking that I was going to have a laugh with an Irish film in which drunk people are the only ones not being attacked by the alien invaders. And the movie ended up being a fiasco (why would they try to be serious in a movie that screams hilarious in its premise?). "Wake Wood", another Irish horror movie, is also set in rural Ireland. And it's yet another disappointment with bad acting and little horror indeed. Alas, I hope the nations of the world would make films about what is NOT characteristic of their culture (US=violent action, Spain=Civil War, France=Sex, Irish=farms...). I believe the results, if not good, would be at least interesting.

As always - Let me start off by saying that I am not a movie critique nor a cinema student, just a humble Horror addict. This time I would also like to add that I'm usually a very easy grader. It doesn't take much for me to to enjoy a horror film, even sometimes adore it. In this case, however, I must say I was slightly disappointed.The story is not more than cute, if to be merciful, and is far from original... Something evil which crawls into a live host, infests it like a parasite, then eats it way out? Doesn't it ring just a few too many bells? The farmyard agricultural adaptation was a nice idea, okay. The acting wasn't bad or anything, but was far from impressive. This is not at all the Sean Harris I loved so much in Creep. The entire film had this sort of gloomy mood to it, set by dark lighting effects. But here that simply caused sort of a boring effect, rather than a frightening or disturbing one.All in all the thrill/suspense level was pretty low. The worst part: the disgusting footage of animal interior organs and surgery. True, it added somewhat to the development of the plot, but to me it still felt like cheap vegan propaganda. There aren't too many Irish Horror films out there, and not too many "agricultural"/"biological" horrors either (unless you count "Splice" as horror). Think of this as Alien meets Species meets Splice meets Old McDonald's farm... Fans of weird stories and B-C class low budget films might disagree with me and find this film rather enjoyable. I, personally, will not be recommending this one to anyone I know. So give it a chance if you like exploring, or take my advice and watch something else.

ISOLATION is a British horror thriller set in an isolated farm, in Ireland. The plot is about a predator creature that hosts initially in a pregnant cow but then it comes to the outside spreading the terror through the farm... The plot (something in the ALIEN genre...) is not original at all but the setting is! I guess I haven't watched too many horror films set in a farm, with cows and stuff...The production is good. The film is suspenseful and has a great ambiance (good illumination, camera work). There're also good gore scenes. For its genre it's a nice film. I score it 6/10.