Pig Hill (2025)
Directed by: Kevin Lewis
Written by: Jarrod Burris
Starring: Olivia Allen, R.A. Mihailoff, Rainey Qualley, Shane West, Shiloh Fernandez
PIG HILL (2025)
Directed by Kevin Lewis
Screened at FrightFest 2025
A lady named Carrie is investigating the disappearance of native ladies for a e-book she’s writing. While the city reels in shock and horror because the variety of ladies going lacking rises, wild rumours start to floor about hybrid pig folks, residing on Pig Hill, as being liable for their disappearances. As Carrie’s investigation deepens, she begins to query whether or not the tales she’s heard of Pig Hill since a toddler might not be so loopy in spite of everything…
Townsfolk are terrorised in a small American city however is all of it what it appears in horror thriller PIG HILL?
I can’t say the thought of pig hybrids thrills me as something involving half-human creatures for scares isn’t one thing I typically take pleasure in watching, as I a lot desire my monsters to be 100% creature, however the synopsis for PIG HILL had me curious. May it actually be killer bacon-on-legs liable for the crimes on this group or is there one thing else happening?
Performances from lead actress Rainey Qualley as Carrie, Shane West as love curiosity Andy, and Shiloh Fernandez as protecting brother Chris assist to craft a tight-knit film a few small city and the horrors that lie beneath the floor.
Carrie is an enthralling lead – a girl who works in a bookstore by day and volunteers on the native homeless shelter within the evenings, and is somebody who’s eager to get to the reality behind the lacking ladies. Nevertheless, she has issues in her personal life that plague her, similar to her estranged husband who someday simply acquired up and left, breaking her coronary heart and leaving her in limbo because of this. Her brother Chris appears to have extra contact together with her husband than she has with them being greatest mates and enterprise companions which solely rubs salt into Carrie’s wounds. The e-book is a grateful distraction, one thing she will put all her power and focus into.
When a dashing stranger named Andy visits the bookstore, she bonds with him over their shared love of conspiracies and the supernatural. Having misplaced his son and subsequently his marriage breaking down, Andy appears to discover a kindred spirit in Carrie who’s going by means of a tough patch herself. Andy begins to assist Carrie analysis her e-book as she decides that maybe it’s value investigating the experiences {that a} half-human, half-pig group could also be behind the newest lacking folks, despite the fact that most townsfolk assume it’s simply an outdated wives’ story advised to scare youngsters.
PIG HILL presents the legend of the Pig Folks as one thing which will or might not be true, leaving the viewer questioning if there actually is a hybrid species on the market that’s butchering younger adults. After a stunning opener indicating that one thing harmful is certainly lurking upon Pig Hill, the movie teases the thought all through as Carrie is seemingly adopted and haunted by visions of people with pig options. As these ramp up, it’s laborious to inform what’s actual and what’s imaginary, as a blurred, almost-dreamlike sequence appears to envelop the display throughout troubled moments, similar to when a younger lady traumatically provides start on the homeless shelter. The way in which a number of the scene are edited additionally provides an unnatural really feel, as we hear Carrie converse because the motion on display strikes to totally different scenes – modifying that’s reserved for issues like film trailers than your conventional horror scenes. I discovered this a bit off-putting at instances because it took me out of the story, however this might properly be wholly intentional to make the viewer really feel as not sure as Carrie does in these moments.
The horror of PIG HILL undoubtedly comes by means of with its depiction and tales of the Pig Folks. It’s fairly savage and threatening to observe on display. Despite the fact that it doesn’t present an excessive amount of, it feels torturous and grotesque to witness. The stench of violence is palpable, which makes it uncomfortable and unsightly to endure. As somebody who watches numerous horror films, I very hardly ever really feel like this so it’s both the movie or I’m getting extra repulsed by violence on display because the years go by. It doesn’t fairly enterprise into torture porn, however there’s parts in right here that are fairly traumatic to witness.
Because the items are fitted collectively as Carrie and Andy edge nearer to the reality, the film resolves the query over whether or not the Pig Individuals are actual ofr only a story to frighten people. It neatly does this within the remaining scenes to assist shut the chapter on Carrie’s investigation and is a satisfying sign-off following the build-up.
While it has a little bit of a TV-movie really feel about it, PIG HILL punches tougher than many different impartial films on this style with the performances from its solid a cut-above. I had just a few points with the modifying selections at instances as some scenes jumped from one to a different with out a lot circulate inbetween, making the sudden swap between scenes really feel uneven to the remainder of the film, however on the entire it labored to convey the story.
