Larisa Oleynik

Erin Daniels

Heather Tom

Christine Donlon

Christian Oliver

Jonathan Murphy

Jasmine Dustin

Eric Tiede

Don Frye

Gracie Young

Whitney Davis

Camryn Molnar

Dalex Miller

Boone Cavender

Joe Kelner

John Woodruff

Ann Rotolante

Patrick Steele

Annie Molnar

Cara Kidwell

Michael Plaster

Anthony Gutierrez

Will Gong

Jezlan Moyet

Scott Sliger

Rhoda Cronebach

Horror

Thriller

Animal Among Us

Hollow Tree Productions

Mr. Lion Productions

ITN Distribution

English

monster

bigfoot

woods

cabin

animals

murder mystery

Gimly

_Animal Among Us_ is a bad movie, no point beating around the bush on that one. But it's the sort of thing that had some notions at play, which, with a lot of work, and money, could have been... Maybe not good, but at least better. 

_Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible._

_**Underrated summer camp mystery/slasher**_

A summer camp in the northeastern USA is reopening after it was shutdown 15 years earlier due to the mysterious deaths of a couple girls. The author of the book that made the camp famous is invited out for the celebration (Christian Oliver), but people start dying again. Larisa Oleynik & Christine Donlon run the camp while Don Frye plays their stepfather. Erin Daniels appears as the author’s wife.  

"Animal Among Us" (2019) is an Indie horror in the summer camp murder mold à la “Madman” (1981) and, of course, the 80’s “Friday the 13th” flicks. Unlike those movies, however, it’s less of a slasher and the last act is twistier, which some criticize as “convoluted.” 

The average rating on the internet is excessively low and simply not accurate. This is a well-made low-budget camp slasher with defined characters, an atmospheric score, a fairly compelling mystery and all-around proficient filmmaking for what it is. There’s a bit o’ humor, mostly surrounding the campy Bigfoot-hunter, but otherwise it’s a relatively serious murder mystery taking place at a summer camp.

On the feminine front, Christine Donlon has a striking face & eyes while Whitney Davis is an alluring Latina. Jasmine Dustin, Camryn Molnar and Gracie Young are also on hand (the latter two in very brief roles) but more coulda been done with them.     

The film runs 1 hour, 30 minutes, and was shot in Lebanon, Ohio, about 25 miles northeast of Cincinnati, with some scenes done in Los Angeles.

GRADE: B-

ANIMAL AMONG US | Official Trailer #1 (2019) Horror Movie HD

Animal Among Us( 2019)

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Written by Gimly on Sat Dec 28 2019

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