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List Price: $7.98 | | Label: First Look Pictures
Salesrank: 79745
Released: December 23, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Alex, a scientist who hates field-work, finds himself in a truck surrounded by sand flies and blowing dirt, bouncing across the desert. What is probably the worst day in his life is about to get worse. As he clings to his seat, a radio call comes through – four prospectors who disappeared in the desert have been found stripped of flesh with their bones scattered around a strange rock dome. With no clues to the massacre, things become terrifying when Alex discovers that he and his colleagues are being hunted by millions of creatures united into one horrifying and unstoppable killing machine. As darkness descends, the ground they stand on becomes a living carpet capable of devouring their flesh with every step. Hell has been unleashed!
The Bone Snatcher Reviews:
So, so bad. 
2009-12-11 - The Bone Snatcher (Jason Wulfsohn, 2003)
It's kind of scary that I watch enough movies in a given week that I can come up with a solid "best movie I saw this week" and "worst movie I saw this week" (with at least three in the middle, usually six or seven) more weeks than not. This has actually been a kind of light week for me; I've only seen five so far since Saturday night (it's Tuesday afternoon as I write this). I must say, however, that I can't imagine I'm going to see anything stupider for the rest of the week than The Bone Snatcher, a no-budget laugher from South Africa that begs to be a Sci-Fi Channel Original Movie (whether it was or not I've no idea, I actually rented this). I'm not sure whether I ever codified it, but I'm doing so now. I have a new rule: when a film uses CGI blood splatter, if it looks like black fireflies, that movie is guaranteed to suck. (If you've seen a few of the aforementioned Sci-Fi Channel etc., then you know what I'm talking about. The same effect is also used to depict insect swarms.)
In any case, plot: three prospectors in the desert find something that seems as if it might be an abandoned diamond mine. One of them breaks open a bubble in the ground, exposing the tunnel to the light, and is summarily dispatched by, well, something. Fast-forward to the arrival of Zack Straker (Tuck Everlasting's Scott Bairstow) at the prospectors' base camp with some newfangled earth-analysis equipment. Since a team is getting ready to go out and look for the missing guys, he joins them. Long story short, the whole bunch find themselves stalked by whatever killed the guy in the opening scene. Karl (Shark Attack 2's Warrick Grier), the loudmouth of the group, is convinced it's some sort of wild animal, while Titus (Red Scorpion's Patrick Shai) thinks it's a local boogeyman. The team has to discover what it really is, while keeping themselves from ending up like the prospectors.
Terrible acting, a completely unconvincing (and underdeveloped) romantic subplot, a whole lot of stereotypical characters, and black-firefly blood spatter, what could possibly go wrong? On the other hand, what could possibly go right? This one hurt my head to watch. I suggest you avoid this miraculous migraine-inducer and watch something marginally less stupid, like maybe Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. *
Cool creature movie 
2009-04-27 - The idea for the creature(s) is very interesting. The creature looks impressive and is freaky like you would expect. It's an interesting movie and it's one I will watch again. Is it great? No. But it is pretty good.
The Bone Snatcher
2009-04-07 - The movie starts a little slow but soon picks up and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the end. Rachel Shelley fans will love her performance.
the bone snatcher
2009-03-25 - i give it four stars because its got new idea and takes place in the desert with real scenes and good color and cool story line
Falls short 
2009-01-27 - As every horror film out there today, it needs a cool cover to suck the viewer in. Most of the time the movie is bad and rarely you'll find a gem among the bunch. This movie had a great trailer and it made me really want to view this film. Anyway, the movie is slow paced and nothing really happens within the first half hour. I really enjoyed the monster and it could have been better used in this film. The ending was perfect until they had to show the monsters beating heart as if too say like it or not, a sequel may come out. I'd welcome a sequel with more of the monster.
