Review of Bitter Feast (2010) by Ismael R — 19 Feb 2011

Bitter feast holds a note worthy performance from James LeGros and is very nicely handled but this mostly dull horror film offers up little new other than food to its genre.

The film is your typical revenge torture porn horror flick,but just like other films that contain consistent torture it tries to offer up its torture in a different way by telling a different story.This films story throws in some food, a psycho chef and an ass whole critic.Thats about all unique this film has to offer.I can see how some directors would think they could offer up a unique experience bye adding their own little twisted story mixed in with torture porn,i dont mind that,The problem is that they rarely ever execute.Sadly director Joe Maggio falls upon this same fate. The film doesn't have enough steady suspense or scares to be a good horror film nor does it have enough torture or horrific violence to be good torture porn.The film is somewhere in the middle, somewhere where its tittle may be two things, dull torture porn or misguided horror.The film is not a good one either way you look at it,but I am not saying you should skip bitter fest entirely.

If your into good performances theirs a nice one dished out by James LeGros,The films editing is great and Theres a nice creepy score on hand that really sets the mood for the film.All these aspects dont add up to a good film but its a film that may hold just enough good for some horror fans to enjoy.