Apocalypse Now reference?

Yes I instantly thought of Predator when he was covered in mud at the end. The Alien 3 reference I spotted was where the giant hog was face to face with the Asian woman, and she was looking away - just like when Ripley was confronted by the xenomorph that didn't kill her..

Sid woz ere

The reference to Apocalypse Now in both places is spot on, and intentional, and supposed to be a telling (and funny?) cultural difference when the rednecks don't really understand what the hell Quincy is referencing - a highbrow film about descending into the heart of darkness. Definitely the Alien scene too, and that shot was flat out referred to on set as "The Alien shot." But no Predator intentions unless it resided in the unconscious of long forgotten Friday nights at the Ukiah theater. Also intentional nods to Road Warrior, Deliverance, and every movie where guys wander into the woods and then get killed, except, in PIG HUNT Quincy keeps wandering off and coming back alive. How many times can you break that rule? It was a way to hint to folks that nobody was going to die when and where and where and how you might expect, nor did we want to tip our hands about how you were supposed to feel about each death (including the fawn). As for all the desire for more naked cult girls and the title being misleading, well, that's just a different movie. And funny that folks think a title like PIG HUNT somehow entitles the viewer to more naked women? Believe it or not, we tried to only show the women naked when we felt it was necessary or a misdirection of feelings and intent. They are naked when they are luring people to their death. That's it. If the film was meant to be ultra exploitative in that manner, Brooks would have been naked at the end instead of wearing a bra, and the cult girls would have ALWAYS been naked. as for showing more pig, we wanted it to be more like jaws than a moovie where a pig just runs around slaughtering people. Plus, like jaws, we had problems with the mechanical pig early, too many to go into, but let's just say the face was amazing, and the rest looked as scary as the Snuffaluffagus (sp?). The two puppeteers inside couldn't make it move fast either, and in every wide shot (and there weren't many - a valid criticism - but an expensive problem...) the Ripper was wearing two sets of tennis shoes. Hard to get rid of without expensive post production help (which we got for a few needed shots thanks entirely to Mr. X!). In the indie world even more than the Hollywood system, you have to make concessions to money and the battle is even more fierce against light and time...

The reference to Apocalypse Now in both places is spot on, and intentional, and supposed to be a telling (and funny?) cultural difference when the rednecks don't really understand what the hell Quincy is referencing - a highbrow film about descending into the heart of darkness. Definitely the Alien scene too, and that shot was flat out referred to on set as "The Alien shot." But no Predator intentions unless it resided in the unconscious of long forgotten Friday nights at the Ukiah theater. Also intentional nods to Road Warrior, Deliverance, and every movie where guys wander into the woods and then get killed, except, in PIG HUNT Quincy keeps wandering off and coming back alive. How many times can you break that rule? It was a way to hint to viewers that nobody was going to die when and where and how you might expect, nor did we want to tip our hands about how you were supposed to feel about each death (including the fawn that Ricky blasts early on...). As for all the desire for more naked cult girls and the title being misleading, well, that's just a different movie. And funny that folks think a title like PIG HUNT somehow entitles the viewer to more naked women? Believe it or not, we tried to only show the women naked when we felt it was necessary or a misdirection of feelings and intent. They are naked when they are luring people to their death. That's it. If the film was meant to be ultra exploitative in that manner, Brooks would have been naked at the end instead of wearing a bra, and the cult girls would have ALWAYS been naked. As for showing more pig, we wanted it to be more like Jaws than a movie where a pig just runs around slaughtering people. Plus, like Jaws, we had problems with the mechanical pig early, too many to go into, but let's just say the face was amazing, and the rest looked as scary as the Snuffaluffagus (sp?). The two puppeteers inside couldn't make it move fast either, and in every wide shot (and there weren't many - a valid criticism - but an expensive problem...) the Ripper was wearing two sets of tennis shoes. Hard to get rid of without expensive post production help (which we got for a few needed shots thanks entirely to Mr. X!). In the indie world even more than the Hollywood system, you have to make concessions to money and the battle is even more fierce against light and time...