2024 hasn’t exactly been a banner year for werewolf movies.
Outside a few tiny, little-seen indies and Z-grade junk (Cocaine Werewolfanyone?
But B-movie romps also don’t get free passes because they plainly state their nature.
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What Is ‘Werewolves’ About?
At the least, directorSteven C. Miller’s film has a killer logline:The Purgebut with werewolves.
Unsurprisingly, things don’t go as planned.
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All everyone needs to do is stay alive until sunrise.
For starters,the film is extremely small in scope.
This animated take on ‘Watchmen’ stars Titus Welliver and Matthew Rhys.
It also doesn’t bother to really examine what happens to society as it exists in this new world.
How tough is it for folks to stay out of the moonlight on supermoon night?
Where do those without homes go?
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Are there people whowantto become werewolves and wreak havoc until the sun comes up?
On that last question, the movie hints that there are … but only barely.
WhatWerewolvesneeded to do was blow out its ingenious concept in every direction.
(Where’s the quasi-religious group who couldn’t wait to be out in that moonlight?)
Sometimes they’re just killing machines; other times, they retain some of the humanity within.
Their intelligence levels fluctuate wildly.
(Gremlinsfansmight appreciate that the latter guy essentially becomes the “Stripe” of this movie.)
But that gives way to the non-stop lens flares that blanket the rest of the film.
“)There are a few seconds of decent gore, earning the film its R rating.
(“Always ready!”
is a repeated battle cry.
)It all leads to a final fight that should feel epic but ends up being more disappointment.
For some genre fans, the inventive premise here might be enough.
And if watching Grillo yell Bite me!
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