‘Beware Boiúna’ movie review: Slithering and slashing away to creature feature heaven
The film 'Beware Boiúna' is a creature feature set in the Amazon, focusing on a medical team encountering a mythical snake. The review criticizes the film's lack of wide-angle cinematography and reliance on standard genre tropes.
Why it matters
It provides a critical perspective on modern horror cinema and the execution of creature-feature tropes in international settings.
For a movie shot on location in the Amazon, Mike P. Nelson’s ( Wrong Turn ) Beware Boiúna does not give enough wide shots to create the necessary sense of dread and awe. We also have to wait practically till the end for a proper look at Boiúna, as we only get glimpses of the mythical snake, from a massive coil to the tail slipping into water.
Nick Junkersfeld’s cinematography is lovely otherwise, and some shots in the jungle and on the river would stop you dead in your tracks, making the lack of panoramic shots all the more frustrating.
The riverboat on the Amazon with clueless city folks, nasty-tempered wildlife, and horrid, selfish criminals out to strip the land of its resources are creature-feature standards, and they are all present and correct in Beware Boiúna .
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