Feral (horror/slasher film)

Feral is a Horror/slasher film that follows the story of a killer mountain lion as it stalks and kills a group of hunters.
== Plot ==
The film starts with a hunter hunting in the forests of Oregon. He is searching for any animals to kill. It is there that he encounters a mountain lion family consisting of a mother and an adolescent cub. The hunter quickly kills the mother with his gun. The cub quickly darts into some bushes. The hunter walks up to his kill with smugness. However, he doesn't realise that the cub is watching him from the bushes. When the hunter least expects it, the mountain lion attacks and kills him with brutal force. As the mountain lion turns to the camera, a look of pure feral hatred is seen.
5 years later, the forest has been designated an official hunting camp ground, with a settlement of cabins and other essential buildings for such a settlement having been built. The first visitors to this new settlement are a group of 6 hunters, including a father and his teen daughter. The group settles into their campsite and that night, everyone gathers by the fire. One of the hunters, named Jeff, tells everyone else that the forest is supposed to be cursed ever since a hunter died 5 years ago. However, everyone dismisses his story as being made up and everyone goes to their cabins for the night. 
The next day, the hunters begin their hunting trip. Kent teaches his daughter Jessica how to hunt properly, which includes proper traps setting and gun firing procedures. Meanwhile, Jeff is off on his own doing a solo hunt. However, something stalks him from the bushes. Jeff is unaware of this and continues his hunt. As he wanders, he spots a deer grazing nearby. He prepares to shoot it when he is suddenly attacked by what was stalking him. A giant mountain lion brutalizes him and rips his throat out with its teeth. 
Later that day, everyone comes back to camp except Jeff. Everyone wonders where he is. However, they assume he is just hunting late and will be back in his own time. One of the other hunters named Ben decides to use a bathroom and goes off to the outhouse at the edge of the camp. As he enters the outhouse, he is stalked by the mountain lion. As soon as he leaves the outhouse, he is attacked and killed by the mountain lion by having his neck slit open by the cat's claws. 
As the hour passes, everyone is worried about Ben being gone way longer than he should. Henry decides to go check to see if ben is alright. He goes over to the outhouse and notices the pool of blood on the ground next to the outhouse. He looks around hoping to see where Ben might be. But as he looks up into a tree, the mountain lion attacks him from above and severs his spine by biting deep into his neck. Henry maneges to yell just loud enough for the remaining hunters to hear him. They quickly run to see where the screaming came from. Kent, Jessica, and Porter search the cabins for any sign of Henry or Ben. As porter enters one of the cabins, he is followed inside by the mountain lion. Porter turns around and sees the mountain lion but is unable to react before it attacks him. Porter struggles to fight off the Mountain lion but is ultimately killed when the mountain lion claws Porters eyes quickly bites his throat out. The struggles alerts Kent and Jess and the quickly run to Porters aid. But they are too late as the enter the cabin to find the mountain lion standing over the dead body of Porter. Kent attempts to shoot the mountain lion but it dodges and pounces at them. The 3 end up outside where Kent and Jessica attempt to fight off the mountain lion together, Kent attempts to shoot the cat again but the gun is knocked out of his hand. Jessica tries to intervene but she is sent flying back into a tree. The mountain lion begins goring Kent alive as Jess watches. However, she sees her father's gun next to her and takes it. it one motion, she fires the gun at the mountain lion and shoots it in the side. The mountain lion is stunned and falls limp on top of kent. Jess quickly rushes to her father's aid and attempts to get him to a safe place. However, his injuries are too severe and he ends up dying in Jess's arms. 
As Jess cries, she happens to look back at where the mountain lion was shot. However, she finds the mountain lion gone. She immediately becomes scared and immediately chooses to head back to her father's car to escape the forest as quickly as she can. She gets into the car and drives off as fast as she can. As she drives away, the mountain lion watches her. 
== Characters ==
* Jessica
* Kent
* Jeff
* Porter
* Henry
* Ben
* The Mountain Lion
== Production ==
In order to bring the mountain lion to life, a series of animatronics were made to portray it. The filmmakers wanted to do something different from more standard practices of using CGI or live animal actors. The use of animatronics also allowed for a way of creating an unsettling movie villain that was more than just a big cat. The filmmakers wanted to create a sort of uncanny valley type feel to the mountain lion and the use of animatronics helped create that feeling. 
The filming techniques and plot was heavily inspired by 1980s era slasher films such as the Friday The 13th movie series. 
== Sequels ==
* Feral 2
* Feral Lives
* Feral in The City
* Feral Vs Cocaine Bear
Category:Movies
Category:Horror
Category:Slasher
Category:Animals
Category:Killers
Category:Feral movies
Category:R Rated Movies
Category:Original Film