marshrydrob Warning: there may be spoilers in this review.The story, it is easy to follow. I would classify this movie as being an action suspense thriller; rather than being classical horror. The background music is suggestive of journey to the center of the earth, or of the mysterious island; and works well with the film. The team up of the main characters suggests in possibility of character models for Mystery Incorporated. You have two guys and two girls; one jock and one nerd (no offense to Velma).I feel that there is a decent amount of talent that was gathered for this film, and all though the story was not the best to follow it was a good movie.For originality, for talent, and for acting; I would give the film at least three stars out of five. Though, a hunter hunting the rarest of game does not stand against the horror films of today, there is one scene in the film that will get the heart pumping three times as fast.If you are a fan of slash films, and of classical horror; this is a good movie for you to enjoy, home alone; on a dark and scary night.

morrison-dylan-fan Taking a look at a Mill Creek box set that a fellow IMDber has very kindly sent me,I spotted a title that appeared to be inspired by The Most Dangerous Game",which led to me getting ready for the bloodlust to be unleashed.The plot:Travelling round in the tropics,a group of teens spot a deserted island.Stepping on the island,the teens find it to be filled with exotic wild life.Finding a strange large pit on the island,the gang are suddenly knocked out.Waking up the gang meet Dr. Albert Balleau,who is a reclusive millionaire.Giving them a warm welcome,Balleau soon reveals that along with being a millionaire,he is also a big game hunter.View on the film:Chewing the entire island, Wilton Graff gives a delicious performance as Balleau,with Graff curling his wide grin at every big game target,as writer/director Ralph Brooke bases Balleau in a spooky cave mansion.Sending a bunch of teens to a dangerous game,the screenplay by Brooke has fun poking at teen movie traditions,from the sassy girl to the glasses-wearing geek.Whilst the title offers some surprisingly blunt kills,Brooke sadly fails to give any of the teens "their" moment,and also takes a restrained approach in building up anticipation for the final game between Balleau,which leads to this bloodlust not being as thirsty as it should have been.

Chris Haskell This was an enjoyable retelling of 'The Most Dangerous Game'. I can't imagine this movie was meant for anything other than drive-ins, so it's got a low production quality and doesn't try to be anything it's not. Campy teenagers tell campy jokes until campy trouble strikes and concludes with campy action. Understand that you're not getting into a movie that will ever join the 1932 release in the Criterion collection, rather a cheesy old horror movie with a young Pa Brady trying to save the day. For fans of vintage camp, not for someone looking for the next undiscovered gem of classy cinema.Rating: 22/40

Polaris_DiB "The Most Dangerous Game" must be the most adapted short story to film ever, honestly. Just off the top of my head, besides the versions that have the same title, there is also stuff like The Pest, The Condemned, Battle Royale, and George Carlin's skit about what to do with capital punishment inmates, and more.Thus, frankly, this movie does not have anything to offer. The story has been done before and since, the before accounts to the lack of originality and the since accounts to the more modern audience friendly representations, and also, really, how many of these films are really that interesting in the first place? However, it's fun in the way it's supposed to be. Four kids get trapped an island, hunted by a rich bloodthirsty tycoon or whatever, and the kids actually manage from time to time to surprise me by occasionally making a good decision or two. This movie is something of an early teen hacker horror movie, so it has the usual collection of dumb teens (well, not the usual collection, just a collection), and they run around just trying to survive, so it's cool.The only thing is that this movie does have a surprising amount of gore for the time. It's very little in terms of amount, but the two instances quite stand out. At one point, a man pulls a length of human skin from a refrigerator. At the end, the rich millionaire gets crucified by his own Igor-like servant. Those two scenes are pretty shocking, especially for the time.--PolarisDiB