Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Wuchak Leigh Scott's "The Beast of Bray Road," released in 2005, is a very loose telling of the legendary "dogman" of SE Wisconsin. In reality, the beast has only been sighted and has never killed anyone. In the film, however, numerous people bite the dust in extremely gory scenes, heads getting torn off, the beast eating their innards, etc.In the beginning it's unclear what type of beast the "dogman" is, is it a bigfoot? A werewolf? A cryptozoologist appears and helps the police pinpoint the probable nature of the creature.POSITIVES: I liked the main protagonists, the police chief (Jeff Denton), the cryptozoologist, the beautiful bartender Kelly (Sarah Lieving) and the other police personnel.The story is generally compelling and moves right along.The killer creature looks excellent and you get quite a few good looks at it; no CGI.The story turns out to be a mystery. The beast may be a human being that transforms into the bloodthirsty creature. If so, who is it? If you've seen films like "The Howling V: The Rebirth" you know what to look for.NEGATIVES: Although the story takes place near Elkhorn & Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the film was shot in friggin' California, near Los Angeles, likely to keep expenses down; they did fine, however, making sure the scenery didn't look too much like typical Southern California. It sorta passes for SE Wisconsin, I guess.The film is filled with gorgeous women from beginning to end but Mr. Scott fumbles the ball and doesn't truly take advantage (and I'm not talking about top nudity or sex scenes at all; the film has some of both). Scott does much better in this area in 2008's "Flu Birds" and 2009's "The Dunwich Horror." Until the last act the film has a we're-not-taking-this-too-seriously vibe. It wasn't so bad to ruin the horror experience, but it was there. This is a minor cavil, however; all-in-all the filmmakers did a decent job balancing camp with serious horror.Every Wisconsin yokel, male or female, is portrayed as a hip, dour, alcohol-guzzling sex-fiend.BOTTOM LINE: "The Beast of Bray Road" is a worthwhile killer beast flick but contains enough negative elements to prevent it from being truly good. The non-CGI monster looks great, however, and is worth the price of admission, not to mention this is a must if you're a gorehound (I'm not; I can take gore or leave it; all I care about is that the story & cast be interesting and entertaining).The film runs 80 minutes.GRADE: Borderline C+ or B-

TheLittleSongbird The Beast of Bray Road is not a bad movie and it is nowhere near the worst(or one of the worst) that The Asylum has done). The Beast of Bray Road starts very promisingly and nail-bitingly, it is filmed competently with nice-looking locations, the music does have some haunting overtones without being too obvious or intrusive the attacks are inventive and suspenseful with good and not overused use of gore and the acting of Jeff Denton, Sara Lieving and Thomas Downey is certainly much better-than-average. The creature however didn't really have that much presence or personality, the make-up was pretty good but the costume design wasn't really, rather goofy and incomplete and it didn't seem to be sure whether it wanted to be a werewolf or a bigfoot(neither did the story for that matter). The dialogue is cheesy rather than smart, feels underwritten and could have done with more flow. The storytelling is rather lazy, it is by-the-numbers stuff to begin with but it is also further disadvantaged by too much dull padding that add little to the story, characterisation that veers between flat to non-existent, a general lack of tension and genuine horror outside of the attacks and a twist and ending that is both predictable and implausible. The characters are uninteresting and little more than cardboard stereotypes, and while Denton, Lieving and Downey are good, much of the rest of the cast are bland or wooden or both. There is also not much attempt at authenticity, people may not take lightly to men being portrayed as drunk and boorish. In conclusion, a promising start and there was definitely effort evident but it does get very lazy and it was easy to lose interest. Didn't like or dislike it, but felt indifferent, well-intentioned but lazy and forgettable. 4/10 Bethany Cox

tdeladeriere So what happens when The Asylum veers away from their Hollywood cheap send-ups and puts their heart into something original ? Well, a damn good b-movie, that's what ! "The Beast of Bray Road" is apparently based on local Wisconsin lore, but do not think this "based on true events" tag line means your next Lindsay Wagner & Robert Urich TV movie of the week. It's probably based on a true story told around a campfire. What this is is a fun, fast werewolf movie like you haven't seen in a while, better than recent submissions like "War Wolves" or "Never Cry Werewolf", shot efficiently on a tight budget. It has blood, beasts and boobs (well, just one quick pair) and makes for the perfect midnight movie.The frequent and very clear views of the beast is a nice surprise for monster fans, and for the budget, I'll say it looks really good. The deaths are gruesome and plenty, sticking to a slasher template. All the actors make a good job and actually are given some basic development and dialogue to play with. I was completely taken aback when I burst out laughing at a one-liner delivered by a drunk bimbo just before her demise in a car. This is definitely not a comedy, but the joke was good and unexpected.All in all, very recommended for B-movie fans.

stumpmee77 Where are the parents who gave birth to these imbicles? Probably all dead from busted livers and car accidents? With as much sleeping and drinking and "couple action" depicted in this film, one or two itsy bitsy youngsters are bound to pop up sooner or later. It would have been a suspenseful scene if one of these oversexed morons brought the farm defending an infant instead of drinking and throwing themselves at the first attractive body. Where's the out of shape beer bellies by the way? The closest we come is a scene with a truly nasty TV-watching twit complaining about his wife who's taken out by "the beast", well in that scene I felt it was doing me public service. And in the following scene there's no realistic follow up to the loss emphasizing how much a jerk the guy was.I could cover one IMDb page with complaints about this flick if I turn to the depiction of the police so it's best that I stop the rant here.