The Breed

Name: The Breed
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: 2006-05-17
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Michelle Rodriguez, Taryn Manning, Eric Lively, Oliver Hudson, Hill Harper

Let the manhunt begin.

The Breed (2006)

1:30 (90 min)

Thriller, Horror

South Africa, Germany, United States

5.5/10
34 301

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5.5/10
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5.1/10
15000

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Actors and characters

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Production

ApolloProMovie, First Look Pictures

Release date

17 May 2006

Revenue

$1 675 484

Director

Nicholas Mastandrea

Composer

Marcus Trumpp

Producer

David Wicht

Actors

Nicki

Sara

Matt

John

Hill Harper

Noah

Nick Boraine

Luke

Lisa-Marie Schneider

Jenny

All actors and roles (7)

Short description

A group of friends travels to a remote island for a weekend getaway, only to find themselves trapped and hunted. The vacation turns into a struggle for survival when the visitors are attacked by a pack of genetically modified dogs. These animals possess heightened intelligence and an insatiable hunger, having been bred in a facility on the island to kill. As the group discovers the dangerous nature of the creatures, they must find a way to escape the island before they are all hunted down.

This horror thriller was directed by Nicholas Mastandrea and produced by David Wicht, Thomas Becker, and Marianne Maddalena. The ensemble cast features Michelle Rodriguez, Taryn Manning, Eric Lively, Oliver Hudson, Hill Harper, and Nick Boraine. A joint production between Germany, the United States, and South Africa, the film was released on May 17, 2006.

The movie earned 2 million USD at the worldwide box office. Audience reception was mixed, with a rating of 5.1/10 from 15,000 votes on IMDb and 5.5/10 from 437 votes on TMDB. This viewer sentiment is slightly higher than the reception from film critics, who gave the movie a rating of 4/10 based on 14 reviews.

What's left behind the scenes

The making of the film involved 29 dogs and 10 trainers. The trainers prepared the dogs for filming over eight weeks. Before filming, the actors spent 3-4 days in close contact with the dogs so the animals could get used to them.
Michelle Rodriguez (playing Nikki) performed many of the stunts herself.
To make the dogs look dirty and unkempt, they were smeared with a mixture of mud, hairspray, and glycerin.
Ian Somerhalder was initially cast for one of the roles, but he left the project even before filming began.
The phrase “Hello Cujo” is a reference to Stephen King’s novel *Cujo* (1981), in which a Saint Bernard contracts rabies and begins to terrorize a woman and child forced to seek refuge in a broken-down car.