Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

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Cast & Crew

Johnny Messner

Bill Johnson

Kadee Strickland

Sam Rogers

Matthew Marsden

Dr. Jack Byron

Eugene Byrd

Cole Burris

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Gail Stern

Nicholas Gonzalez

Dr. Ben Douglas

Karl Yune

Tran

Morris Chestnut

Gordon Mitchell

Dwight H. Little

Director

Verna Harrah

Producer

Jacobus Rose

Producer

Jim Cash

Writer

John Claflin

Writer

John M. Mandel

Writer

Nerida Tyson-Chew

Music

Stephen F. Windon

Cinematographer

Marcus D'Arcy

Film Editing

Bryce Perrin

Production Design

Brian Edmonds

Art Director

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Critic Reviews for Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

Audience Reviews for Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

• Jul 12, 2012

  There's nothing that the first film hasn't done so: Ethnic cast, suspension, human being the real villain. This is possibly the horror film with the highest survival rate so it deserves some praise, but the predictable story line and classic B-movie formula destroyed the film for the viewers.
  

  Super Reviewer
• Jun 19, 2012

  This sequel to Anaconda looks strained, tiresome and overall it's a boring film that just misses the mark. The film has a poorly written script, a bad cast and poor effects. This is very much like the first film where the filmmakers made a killer creature horror film, but they didn't care how it turned out. This one didn't do it for me and I felt it was quite horrible with nothing really going for it and it just didn't deliver anything fun or memorable. I've seen my fare share of these types of films, and this is one of the worst that I had the misfortune to see. The film is just not fun to watch, while these films are supposed to be, this was just poorly made trash that simply didn't deliver. The Anacondas series is horrible, and with this sequel you can understand why. You get a broader picture as to why these films simply don't deliver anything worth seeing. This is one of those sequels that is worse than the first. The film suffers from a bad script, a poor cast and basically everything that made the first film forgettable. As low-budget horror goes, this one misses the mark. There's nothing memorable about this. This is just a poorly executed horror film with no payoff. If you've seen the first film, then you don't need to see this film, it's all the same in the end with little substance or hint of effective terror, which in turn make these films not worth seeing. Don't expect anything if you decide to watch this film. This is standard low-budget horror that fails to deliver what it tries to do.
  

  Super Reviewer
• Jul 03, 2011

  This is yet another needless film, but at least it has some fun along the way. The action is crazy and the plot is not there for any Oscar consideration. The sequel lacked the actor strength of the first and the corny and cliché riddled plot is not great. The first film was utterly dreadful and terrible, and the sequel is not much better. No real reason for being here or existing, the next sequels would go on to become VOD, not a bad thing. The film drags in too many places, and one character is so annoying, way to avoid diminishing diversity characters. A better filmmaker is at the helm, but even he cannot resurrect this series. I might've been generous with the overall rating, but being slightly better than the first is not good enough for this franchise. 02/01/2020
  

  Super Reviewer
• Jun 19, 2011

  Strangely enough I actually liked this sequel over the first film which was a big surprise as I really expected a complete pile of nonsense and that would look pathetic. So much to my amazement I found myself enjoying the film from start to finish, yes the plot is basic with your typical group of adventurers taken down one by one, but its actually made pretty well on location and it does look real-ish. The effects are about on par with the first film but just that tiny bit better due to advancement with CGI effects obviously. A lot of the snake effects are in the dark or under heavy shadow so its hard to pinpoint if they are actually any good or not but I guess that's how you properly deal with a creature effect and make it effective. As said location work really adds a lot to the film and raises it above your average B-movie schlock. The scenery does look like real deep dark thick jungle and what sets there are look quite authentic, nice boat/river direction too. Casting is reasonable with no big names but all characters are fun to watch. Messner is your gruff unshaven 'Indy' type hero whilst Marsden is great as the cliched British scientist/villain. The rest are your usual mix of stereotypes that we've seen before but always fun to see new creative teams of oddballs. This lesser known cast actually works better than the big name cast from the first film in my opinion as your not overly sure who will survive to the end, it just feels that bit more exciting and fresh. Everything about this sequel is just a slight cut above the first film. Yep believe it or not but its true, pure hokey B-movie fodder that's highly enjoyable and is actually just as good if not better than the original.
  

  Super Reviewer