Director: Matt Jaissle
Year: 2025
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Werewolf
Plot:
When a vicious killing spree finally ends, a group of friends hoping to perform a seance to contact the suspected killer inadvertently find it to be a vicious werewolf that was originally killed during the previous rampage, bringing the detective who stopped him to try again.
Review:
Overall, this was a fairly fun and cheesy werewolf effort. Among the better factors to be had here is the rather solid storyline that provides this with enough cheesy elements to come together rather nicely. The fact that this starts off being the finale to a different film altogether, as the killer of a vicious rampage is killed to put an end to everything we weren’t privy to, as a starting point for the new rampage that comes about when a group of true-crime-obsessed fans decides to contact him to learn more about hwat happened, only for the experience to turn into a more prolonged and brutal affair. As a result, there’s now a vicious, bloodthirsty werewolf stalking the streets due to this incident, and the police officer from the previous rampage is forced to tackle this new case to protect the public from this strange new threat, creating a decent and workable storyline.
As well, some really worthwhile and enjoyable attacks take place where the resurrected werewolf goes on the rampage through the city. The first encounter, involving the group of girlfriends who manage to resurrect the creature unwittingly, as they’re unaware of it being a werewolf and are more interested in meeting the fabled killer, gives this some cheesy action where it rips them to pieces once it becomes obvious that it’s a vicious werewolf to start the film nicely. Later scenes of it stalking random citizens on the foggy streets go more for the atmospheric touches of the point of view, making it obvious the creature is around the unsuspecting victim, creating some cheesy sequences of these victims getting ripped apart and devoured once it strikes. It all leads into the fun finale, where the detective investigating everything is finally brought out into the truth about the suspect and realizes that he has to do it alone to stop the creature in some appropriately cheesy confrontations that have a lot to like and give this some enjoyable factors.
There aren’t too many flaws here, but there are some drawbacks to be had with this one. The main issue here is the immensely obvious and ever-present set of low-budget limitations, which are more damaging than expected here. There’s very little getting around how slapdash the werewolf mask is, with the mouth permanently stuck in an open position and being forced to change perspectives to show it closing or chomping on the bodies of its kills, relying on egregious sound effects to get everything accomplished. The guerrilla-style shooting perspective, flimsy effects, and cheap gore also help this become more obvious, and the big overarching factor is also a factor in this, with the overlong finale taking too much of the running time here due to the whole thing going on for so long, simply featuring the one figure trying to wander around the area looking for a specific location for no reason beyond eating up that running time. It’s stuff like that which ends up bringing this one down.
Overview: **.5/5
A serviceable if somewhat problematic indie werewolf effort, this one makes for enough to like overall that it’s not a total waste, but there are some big issues within here that bring this down. Those with an appreciation for this style of genre fare or who are fans of the creative crew will have the most to like here, while others out there should heed caution.
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