Hyenas (2011 film)

Hyenas is a 2011 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Eric Weston.^[2] The film stars Costas Mandylor, Meshach Taylor, Christa Campbell, Derrick Kosinski, Joshua Alba, Christina Murphy and Amanda Aardsma.

Hyenas
Directed by	Eric Weston
Written by	Eric Weston
Produced by	Ron Bard
Starring	Costas Mandylor Meshach Taylor Christa Campbell
Cinematography	Curtis Petersen
Edited by	Eric Weston
Music by	Eliza Swenson
Production companies	Entertainment Dome Entertainment Lab[1]
Distributed by	Grindstone Entertainment Group/Lionsgate
Release date	April 19, 2011 (2011-04-19)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A woman is driving down a road when she crashes. She then sees a light, before hyenas attack and kill her and her baby. The woman's husband, Gannon (Costas Mandylor), teams up with veteran tracker "Crazy" Briggs (Meshach Taylor) to track down and kill the hyenas.^[2]

Cast

• Costas Mandylor as Gannon
• Christa Campbell as Wilda
• Amanda Aardsma as Valerie
• Derrick Kosinski as Bobby
• Rudolf Martin as Sheriff Manfred
• Joshua Alba as Marco
• Christina Murphy as Gina
• Andrew James Allen as Jasper
• Steele Justiss as "Tank"
• Meshach Taylor as "Crazy" Briggs
• Bar Paly as Luna
• Sean Hamilton as Tobias
• Maxie J. Santillan Jr. as Salazar
• Michael Nardelli as Vinnie
• Stephen Taylor as Danny
• Mike Rad as Orville

Reception

Hyenas was described by Bryan Senn in his book The Werewolf Filmography as "poor in all departments", commenting on Amanda Aardsma's "plastic acting" and "cartoonish CGI hyenas".^[2] Bruce Kooken, for Horrornews.net, described the special effects as "crash and burn...the CGI effect is really unforgivable".^[3]