‘Hungry’ Review: Vegetarian Hippo Horror Thriller Takes Over Louisiana Bayou

Hungry review – hippo horror sees multi-ton mammal run amok among bayou boat-trippers

A group of thinly drawn characters on a Louisiana tour fight for survival against a rampaging vegetarian This animal-attack horror plugs a gap with beasties – hippopotamuses – that may be deadly in real life but are hard to take seriously as a threat on screen. As someone says here, they have cute ears. Even the film’s title, evoking the kids’ game Hungry Hungry Hippos, diminishes the menace. That’s perhaps not the tone to set if you’re trying to persuade audiences that fatal consequences are...

By Leslie Felperin