Movie Review: Werewolves

 

Michael's Movie Grade: F

This horror-action film is very entertaining in just how bad it is. 

This movie has a very clever premise about a werewolf epidemic breaking out and the designs of the werewolves (including the use of practical effects) are great. Unfortunately (or fortunately) this is where the good things about this film end. There is no doubt that this is a bad movie, however it is bad in a way that makes it very entertaining to watch. Many of the action scenes look like they came out of a slapstick comedy rather than an actual horror movie. They are so over the top and unintentionally silly that even the goriest moments (and they can get really bloody) come off as funny rather than scary or exciting. The filmmakers even try to incorporate some family drama along with the action and horror. This works just as well as the action and horror, which is to say it doesn't work at all. The characters are incredibly poorly defined with barely anything that resembles a personality. This makes it hard to care about any of them. The dialogue during these family drama scenes is hilariously bad. It is incredibly corny, and each line feels incredibly forced. Once again, the result is laughter at these scenes that are supposed to be taken seriously. These lines are made even funnier by terrible delivery from the actors. The plot uses every cliché in the book to the point where this becomes almost an unintentional parody of horror movies.  

I honestly feel that in the future this film may gain a following among those who like to watch bad movies. It is truly horrible but in the most entertaining way possible.