Needless to say that with a movie like the 2008 fantasy horror movie "Ogre", then expectations weren't exactly running high. And the movie's cover was actually interesting enough, except for that lame tagline that read "No donkeys. No fairytales. Only terror.".
Still, I opted to watch this movie from writer Chuck Reeves and director Steven R. Monroe once again here late in 2022. I have watched it once before, probably around the time when it was newly released, but I have to be honest and say that I only remembered the title and nothing of the story at all.
Writer Chuck Reeves actually managed to put together a good and entertaining storyline, with some interesting concepts and ideas. And I have to say that I found the script rather enjoyable. It was just a shame that the movie was held back by some highly questionable CGI effects.
The cast in the movie was good, and there were some familiar faces on the cast list, with the likes of John Schneider, Katharine Isabelle and Brendan Fletcher. The cast put on good jobs in bringing the characters and story to life on the screen.
Visually then "Ogre" is a pretty terrible movie. The CGI animated monstrosity that is the ogre in the movie is just such an eyesore. It looks amazingly bad, somewhat reminiscent of the CGI graphics from a late 1990s computer game. It was a shame actually, because the poorly rendered CGI held the movie back.
If you can look past the questionable CGI effects in "Ogre", then you actually have a fairly decent enough movie here.
My rating of director Steven R. Monroe's movie "Ogre" lands on a five out of ten stars.
Still, I opted to watch this movie from writer Chuck Reeves and director Steven R. Monroe once again here late in 2022. I have watched it once before, probably around the time when it was newly released, but I have to be honest and say that I only remembered the title and nothing of the story at all.
Writer Chuck Reeves actually managed to put together a good and entertaining storyline, with some interesting concepts and ideas. And I have to say that I found the script rather enjoyable. It was just a shame that the movie was held back by some highly questionable CGI effects.
The cast in the movie was good, and there were some familiar faces on the cast list, with the likes of John Schneider, Katharine Isabelle and Brendan Fletcher. The cast put on good jobs in bringing the characters and story to life on the screen.
Visually then "Ogre" is a pretty terrible movie. The CGI animated monstrosity that is the ogre in the movie is just such an eyesore. It looks amazingly bad, somewhat reminiscent of the CGI graphics from a late 1990s computer game. It was a shame actually, because the poorly rendered CGI held the movie back.
If you can look past the questionable CGI effects in "Ogre", then you actually have a fairly decent enough movie here.
My rating of director Steven R. Monroe's movie "Ogre" lands on a five out of ten stars.