Offspring

"They’ll lust for your life."

2009 1h 19m EN

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5.1

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★5.1TMDB · 118

Horror

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The local sheriff of Dead River, Maine, thought he had killed them off ten years ago -- a primitive, cave-dwelling tribe of cannibalistic savages. But somehow the clan survived. To breed. To hunt. To kill and eat. And now the peaceful residents of this isolated town are fighting for their lives...

“They’ll lust for your life.”

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Cast

Jessica Butler
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Leigh Shannan Feldpausch
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Holter Graham
Vic Manetti
Amy Hargreaves
Amy
Art Hindle
George Peters
Erick Kastel
Stephen Carey
Tommy Nelson
Luke
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andrew van den Houten
Writers: Jack Ketchum
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Dead River Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Douglas Buck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Jessica Butler and Leigh Shannan Feldpausch and Holter Graham carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They’ll lust for your life.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1262413 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Andrew van den Houten directs. Douglas Buck cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Part of the "Dead River Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Editor Douglas Buck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Jessica Butler and Leigh Shannan Feldpausch and Holter Graham carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "They’ll lust for your life.".
8IMDB entry: tt1262413 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 12 themes, including "gore", "tribe", "beating", "maine".

The technical file

Editing: Douglas Buck
Runtime: 79 min · 1h 19m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Offspring (2009)

Part of

Dead River Collection

A horror film series focusing on a tribe of feral cannibals living in the forests and caves surrounding the small coastal town of Dead River, Maine. Based on characters created by Jack Ketchum in his novels "Off Season" (1980), "Offspring" (1991) and "The Woman" (2010, co-authored with Lucky McKee, director of the film version), and his short story "Winter Child" (1998).

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Gimly2016-09-03
★ 4/10
Has some interesting things to say, and some fresh ideas to try out, but ultimately is an underwhelming gore-fest that's poorly acted and poorly filmed. Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
Dan_Tebasco2017-03-21
★ 3/10
The most shocking about this film is that Jack Ketchum wrote this film... But in the end I suppose a really bad director can manage to screw up a good script (not that I would say that this one has many tells of being a good script but that's beyond the point). It's overall just very amateurishly made and it only gets remotely interesting when Polyanna McKintosh comes into the picture at 30 minutes in but even then it's not all that much. 'Offspring (2009)' is a predecessor to the far more known (and far more better) 'The Woman (2011)' where Polyanna McKintosh plays the title-role. Saying this I know that it will probably attract some people who've seen and liked 'The Woman (2011)' to want to see it now not knowing that it was a sequel, just as I was. But you should then know that you get no deeper look into the character and where she comes from or anything so don't fall into that 'trap' cause it truly and literally is not even half as good as 'The Woman (2011)' so you're not missing out on anything. If it wasn't for some shock value scenes and the extremely loud chime bell sounds that randomly shows up chances are I'd fallen asleep watching it, avoid.