The Wild Beasts

If you love Italian horror then you already know and have seen some of the best of the genre such as Suspiria, Deep Red, Demons, Cannibal Holocaust... Well it turn out this one is a truly unknown hidden gem of Italian horror from the 1980's, starring Lorraine Desalle (Cannibal Ferox). No, it's not scary or that gory, but an entertaining and unintentionally hilarious animal attack movie, a perfect Italian B movie cheese. And it features real animals too instead of practical effects which is impressive. So many cool scenes such as a jaguar chasing a jeep in the middle of a city, but the best scene is when tigers attacking passengers in a subway train. The scene is surprisingly suspenseful, this movie is cool check it out.

Zoo animals go crazy after drinking contaminated water n they get loose n attack people. Out of all the animal attacks, the creepiest n nastiest one is of the rats. Before devouring a couple, they attack a cat as if a lizard getting attacked by an army of ants. They bite everything from eyes to the tits. We do have attack scenes of lions n tigers but shot in dark. Ther is also a dog attacking scene. We do have elephants wreaking havoc on road, one fella's face gets smashed by an elephant's leg n another fella strangled by the trunk. One gets burnt alive, a very badly shot scene of a bear. The film does gets monotonous n slow. We have repeated scenes of jus a lady staring, lousy background music n the worst is the lack of tension. A cheetah chasing a car turns into a wasted opportunity. I found the director to be a pervert. There was no need to show a child naked. Victor Salva did the same heinous act in Clownhouse. First saw this in the early 90s on a vhs. Revisited it recently.

Franco Prosperi must really get off on killing animals, between this and all the shockumentaries he's done. This one's got some great sequences (shot in Frankfurt-am-Main) but never lives up to its great premise. Filmed entirely at night, the direction is clumsy and only rarely suspenseful. It's never boring or predictable but not terribly exciting or original, either. Though if you've waited all your life to see a naked woman get eaten by rats, here's your chance.

The water supply for a large city zoo becomes contaminated with PCP, and the animals go crazy and get loose. I can't believe I never even heard of this movie before this week, these creature feature was great. We had Tigers, Bears, Elephants , Bulls , Dogs , Cats all going crazy And killing. There were some really good gory moments in this. I really like how the movie came to end, as the story kind of took a turn and that I found really intense. Loved this movie, I can not believe I have not seen it before! 9 out of 10

Contains a little blood, one angry polar bear. The animals at a zoo start going crazy and it soon leads to all out mayhem once rats, cats, bears, and other beasts start attacking people all over the city. - - - Actually, this isn't a bad time at all! While there are some hurdles to get over with the dub job, this is a good example of to the point Italian horror. All of the characters are thrust into the plot immediately and have to do all of their explanation on the run, there's always a threat in every second of "Wild Beasts." The plot is conventional, but the sheer variety and number of animal attacks, running, screaming, and violence barely leaves any time for boring stuff like talking... or characterization. Not only is the movie enjoyable, but the cause of all the brouhaha is knee slapping hilarious. This isn't high art, but we can't expect every filmmaker to be Joe D'Amato can we? * * 1/2 out of 4

Somehow PCP gets into the water supply that ends up driving the animals to attack people in this mid 80s eurotrash creature feature. Although the movie is never as fun as its concept promises. It still manages to be so utterly absurd especially when it concerns killer ballet dancer kids it's just fun and wild. What's really impressive is the real animals they used and I wonder how it all came together. The training must have been insane and I'm sure the film had some fatalities. 3.25/5

WILD BEASTS is the tender, joy-filled tale of what happens when PCP is introduced to the drinking water of zoo animals, driving them berserk. Cuddly critters make their escape, dining on unwary human snacks, after an elephant destroys the cage locking system. From the infamous "rat attack" and "elephant car stomping" scenes, to the all-out shred-a-thon of the big cats' feeding frenzy, this movie makes other such films appear timid by comparison! Unfortunately, as with many Italian gore films of the era, animal cruelty is included, sending several real animals to their premature, unnecessary doom. Still, in spite of all of its ludicrous elements, WB does manage to be entertaining throughout. Some of the more memorable scenes show a cheetah, a polar bear, cattle, etc., on the move down city streets or school hallways! Stars exploitation movie regular, Lorraine De Selle as Laura. Warning: Nothing can prepare you for the "shock" finale!...