Half-Caste (film)

Half-Caste
Half-Caste
	DVD cover
Directed by	Sebastian Apodaca
Written by	Sebastian Apodaca
Produced by	Sebastian Apodaca; Kim te Roller
Starring	Sebastian Apodaca; Robert Pike Daniel; Kim Te Roller; Kathy Wagner
Cinematography	Cooper Donaldson
Edited by	Stuart Acher; Sebastian Apodaca
Music by	Charlie Brissette; Hanu Khosla; Manu Khosla
Distributed by	Universal Home Video
Release date	August 3, 2004;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	South Africa
Language	English

Half-Caste also called The Real Story of Half-Caste is a 2004 documentary-style horror film written and directed by Sebastian Apodaca. Set in Southern Africa, it centers around a group of documentary makers who search for the Half-Caste, a hybrid creature that is said to be part man and part leopard.

Plot

One of Africa's most shocking legends comes to life in this terrifying tale of four students whose fascination with tales of a half-human, half-leopard man-beast find them fighting for their lives. The tales have been passed down through the generations, but few have lived to see the horrific monstrosity firsthand and lived to tell the tale. Now, as four students venture into the wilderness under the flawed theory of safety in numbers, the beast will make itself known, and the curious students will find out why some legends are best left to the storytellers.

Cast

Sebastian Apodaca as Bobby G. Cortez
Robert Pike Daniel as Jan
Kim Te Roller as Babzy-Cole
Kathy Wagner as Cleo
Greg Good as Ray
Hylton Lea as Lourence
Rob Zazzali as Gert
Yvans Jourdain as Chris
Kelly Cohen as Terry
Philip Graham as Half-Caste

Release

Universal Studios released the film on DVD on August 3, 2004 and was released again on DVD as a triple feature by Screen Media on August 24, 2010.^[1] and was released theatrically on Jan 25, 2006.^[2]

Reception

Critical reception for the film has been extremely negative.

Bill Gibron from DVD Talk panned the film calling it one of the worst independent films ever made.^[3] Bill Thompson from Sound on Sight.com gave the film a negative review panning the film's acting, editing, and camera work stating, "There are horror movies and then there is Half-Caste, causing horror fans everywhere who think the genre can do no wrong to weep uncontrollably as they are subjected to its awfulness".^[4]

References

^ "Half-Caste (2004) - Releases". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
^ "Half-Caste". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ Gibron, Bill (14 June 2004). "The Real Story of Half-Caste". DVD Talk.com. Bill Gibron. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ Thompson, Bill. "Wide World of Horror: "Half-Caste" - barely qualifying as a movie". Sound On Sight.com. Bill Thompson. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

External links

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[1] "Half-Caste (2004) - Releases". Allmovie.com. Allmovie. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

[tomatoes-2] "Half-Caste". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[3] Gibron, Bill (14 June 2004). "The Real Story of Half-Caste". DVD Talk.com. Bill Gibron. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

[4] Thompson, Bill. "Wide World of Horror: "Half-Caste" - barely qualifying as a movie". Sound On Sight.com. Bill Thompson. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

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