Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Review – Werewolf: The Devil’s Hound

Low budget crapslingers strike again, this time with the distinctly non-linear (i.e. poorly conceived and assembled) tale of a special effects guy who gets bitten by a werewolf and starts to transform. In all fairness, when it’s being scary it isn’t too terrible. The werewolf makeup is ridiculous. The original beast looks like a mugato, and her victim looks like a hipster with extra-long sideburns. But at least they have the sense to use weird lighting and lots of jump cuts to partially disguise the bad effects. The real killer here is a mistake common to many pictures of this ilk: because they lack the skill and resources to make it good, they try to make it funny. I’m surprised even horror nerds are entertained by horror nerd humor, and certainly nobody else should have to sit through it. See if desperate

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