THE PACK, an Australian horror movie about an isolated vet and her family being attacked in their farmhouse home by a pack of killer wild dogs, certainly isn't a bad film. It's adroitly made, with some suspense generated by the scenario and workable performances from a dedicated cast. There's no real faulting the direction either, which ticks all of the right boxes. What's my problem with the film then? Merely the predictability of the whole thing. We've seen this scenario play out again and again in the horror genre and THE PACK is no different. Isolated weirdness gradually builds to an all-out assault, but everything plays out in a very typical and cliched way, with literally nothing and no scenes that we haven't seen done before. It's a pity, as with a fresher script this could have been something really interesting.
Review of The Pack
