This easily ranks as one of the worst horror movies i have ever seen. And i have seen hundreds and hundreds. I love low-budget "so bad they're good" cult movies as much as the next fan of the horror genre, but Carnivore is just bad, bad, bad! UTTERLY TERRIBLE!!!
Where to begin? The video box makes the plot sound like it would be at least a partially entertaining horror movie. Nothing could be further from the truth. Everything about this film is B-O-R-I-N-G. The laughable monster looks like a Halloween mask with fur on it. The "death special effects" are some of the worst i have ever seen. Also, it tries to be funny many times during the movie and fails completely. The budget on this was obviously only a couple thousand dollars at most.
THE ACTING? THE DIRECTING? Very, very bad on both counts. A complete amateur mess. If this was the director's first film then i would recommend...FINDING ANOTHER LINE OF WORK!!!
THE PICTURE? This was obviously shot on video, i rented the DVD for Carnivore, and i've seen bad VHS tapes with a better picture! It is also as if they used hardly no lighting at all, the film is so dark at times that it's like watching a black screen.
THE SOUND? It sounds like a raw mix recorded on noisy sets. Most of the time you can barely understand the dialogue. An elementary student could have done a better job.
It's amazing that a reputable company such as 20th Century Fox is distributing this film. Horror fans, stay clear of this garbage, there are tons of better movies out there. It's not even worth watching once, it really is that bad. I feel very sorry for anyone who actually thinks this is a good movie. I would not even give this 1 out of 10.