Live Animals

Live Animals

Year: 2008

Runtime: 84 mins

Language: English

Director: Jeremy Benson

ThrillerHorror

A group of college kids must decide what price they will pay to gain their freedom after being kidnapped by a ruthless White Slave trader.

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Timeline & Setting – Live Animals (2008)

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Location

Beach party location, Cabin, Feed Lot Barn

The story opens at a sunlit beach party before moving to a remote cabin and the farm's feed lot barn. The barn becomes the primary setting for confinement, where captives are chained and broken in a harsh, industrial environment. The surrounding rural landscape underscores isolation and danger, amplifying the threat posed by the captors.

🎭 Thriller 🔒 Captivity 🌊 Beach setting 🚜 Rural farm

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Main Characters – Live Animals (2008)

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Nick (Christian Walker)

A college student who acts to protect his sister Erin and his friends. He endures captivity in a stall, engineers an escape, and ultimately confronts Wayne and Kathy in a violent showdown, showing resourcefulness and resolve under extreme pressure.

🎯 Protagonist 🛡️ Resourceful 💪 Resilient

Erin (Jeanette Comans)

Nick's sister who is abducted and targeted by the captors. She endures danger in the barn until Wayne's attack. Her fate culminates in a deadly confrontation, marking the stakes of the captors' cruelty.

🎭 Victim 🧭 Courageous 💔 Tragic

Vicky

An engaged party-goer who is subdued and taken away. She is boxed up and sold off as a sex slave, highlighting the captors' merciless commodification of victims.

🔒 Victim 🪤 Target 💔 Exploited

Josh (Scott Fletcher)

Nick's friend who resists and curses the captors. He is separated and tortured, including having his tongue cut, and is killed by Wayne when protest reaches a deadly point.

🎭 Victim 🗡️ Martyr 💔 Tragic

Wayne (John Still)

The barn owner and mastermind who brands his captives as property and orders brutal acts. He kills at least one captive and is ultimately confronted by Nick, meeting his demise at the hands of Nick.

🧭 Villain 🛡️ Dominant 💥 Violent

Edgar (Patrick Cox)

The masked enforcer who abducts, drugs, and commits violence against the victims on Wayne's orders. He serves as the public face of brutality in the farm setting and is killed during the confrontation with Nick.

🎭 Enforcer 🔪 Violent 🕵️ Shadow

Kathy (Stacy Still)

Wayne's wife and accomplice who manipulates events and participates in the killings. She embodies betrayal and the perpetuation of violence, reappearing to shoot Nick and Liz in the final act.

🧭 Betrayer 🗡️ Cunning 💔 Ruthless

Liz (Monica Summerfield)

A young woman found in a box who becomes a witness and ally to Nick's plan. She distracts Wayne with a gunpoint standoff, but is unable to stop Kathy's assault and the subsequent shootings.

🎀 Survivor 🧭 Ally 💔 Witness

Tera (Learyn Wilde)

A girl picked up at the beach party who helps Nick during the escape attempt and later ends up fleeing to a boat before being captured again.

🎯 Ally 🌊 Travel 🚤 Escapee

Amell (Bill Painter)

A buyer who views the captives and purchases Vicky, increasing the perpetrators' market for exploitation.

💼 Buyer 🗝️ Accessory 🕴️ External threat

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Major Themes – Live Animals (2008)

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🔒 Captivity

A core thread is the removal of freedom and control: captives are restrained, coerced, and forced into submission. The masked enforcer and the barn owner orchestrate a system of dominance built on fear, humiliation, and deprivation. The theme explores how power is used to dehumanize victims and strip them of agency.

🧭 Escape

Survival hinges on finding ways to outwit the captors and seize moments to break free. Nick's attempts to free others, defend Erin, and ultimately turn the tables against Wayne and Edgar drive the narrative forward. The plan relies on courage, quick thinking, and daring actions amid escalating danger.

💔 Trauma

The film foregrounds the lasting psychological impact of violence and exploitation, as characters cope with fear, distrust, and the memory of brutality. The macabre lullabies and betrayals intensify the sense of psychological wound and cyclical violence. The final twist—continuing the trade of captured victims—suggests trauma can persist beyond immediate danger.

Last Updated: October 04, 2025 at 18:44

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