Most actors in Hollywood have been in low budget films in their career before they managed to get bigger roles and work on films with a bigger budget. You got to start somewhere right? I personally don´t see any problem with it, we all learn from our experiences and we have to try different paths to find our place where we are called. Did you know that Friends actor Jennifer Aniston´s first big role in a cinema release was in 1993 in the low budget horror film Leprechaun, where she is attacked by a Irish leprechaun ? You might be surprised reading this but it is actually true. The very first Leprechaun is a fun film and i especially like actor Warwick Davis as the evil leprechaun. It may not be one of the most memorable acting roles of Jennifer Aniston but i think she did a performance that´s functional. Some of you might remember that actor George Clooney was in a B movie called Return Of The Killer Tomatoes from 1988 and i promise you if you have not seen it, this is actually a really fun B movie that you should see. How many of you remember actor Bruxe Boxleitner from the 1982 science fiction action film Tron? The film is a Walt Disney classic inspired by a video game called Pong. Before actor Bruce Boxleitner got a role in a bigger Hollywood film he did some B movies as well and i am especially thinking about the 1975 comedy known as Sixpack Annie. This was almost like a more Porky´s version of Smokey And The Bandit with less car scenes, lots of beer and more clevage scenes instead. It´s a silly and stupid film in many ways but have some funny scenes and i especially enjoy lead actress Lindsay Bloom as Sixpack Annie. If you want to check out Sixpack Annie you can watch it on YouTube on the following link:
https://youtu.be/-maWwgpNyOA?si=fw_9cUSo03_3tm2I
Bruce continued making a lot of films that included both B movies and TV movies over the years, so when i decided to make a review for my segment Daniel´s B Movie Autumn Madness i looked over some of the films he have made over the years. I came across an interesting title of a horror film called Bone Eater that i never heard of. The film was actually out on YouTube channel Horror Central so i decided to give it a chance. Is this a surprisingly fun B movie or should you stay away from Bone Eater and pick something better?
During a construction work out in the countryside the workers find an old Indian burial ground. As the grave is distubed an Indian skeleton figure comes out from the ground and kill the workers. Sheriff Steve Evans ( Bruce Boxleitner ) starts to hear in town that people are suddenly vanished without a trace, and as the investigation goes on he will soon find out what´s causing chaos in town.
Right from the start of Bone Eater i could tell that this would be one of those B movies where you can´t take anything seriously. The acting is bad and you can clearly tell that the actors in the film had no intentions to deliver any dialogue with passion. We could probably sit and talk about some of the strange deciscions some of the characters does in this film, but let´s talk about the positive in Bone Eater for a while. I personally enjoy the Indian skeleton creature that comes out of the ground and kill anyone who disturbs the Indian burial ground. It´s actually a great idea if you are going to make a low buget horror film about a a location like this, that is supposed to be left alone and the dead return to revenge those who enter this grave location. I will admit that the special effects of this Indian skeleton creature looks cheesy and probably would have needed a cooler look than what we have. Considering the plot i think this works even though there are clear budget problems in this film. That the film takes place in a small American town is also a good idea, because it would not have worked as well in a big city having this skeleton Indian walking around killing people. I do like Bruce Boxleitner in the lead role as Sheriff Steve Evans and even if Bruce doesn´t act with a lot of passion you can tell he´s an old school actor and knows how to portrait characters. So what´s the bad details about Bone Eater? Apart from the bad acting and the terrible CGI skeleton horse effects we also have some issues with the plot. The indian burial ground does not get a lot of room in this film, even though this is where the Indian skeleton creature was brought back to life. No background information that would have made more sense than they just found old bones in the ground. It´s easy to say that Bone Eater will not go down in history for being a future classic, but if you appreciate B horror movies like myself on a limited budget i still enjoyed this film for what it was trying to do. If you just want a good laugh with some B movie fun then i suggest you give Bone Eater a chance. Seeing legendary actor Bruce Boxleitner as the small town Sheriff is enough to be pleased about a bad but entertaining film such as this.
Rating: DDD
If you want to watch the film Bone Eater on the YouTube film channel Horror Central, just paste the following web adress to get there:
https://youtu.be/cPPQMqdAx-M?si=iNsAB8-PzAAc_SHZ
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