Imagine The Purge but swap out the masked marauders for werewolves, and you’ll get the gist of Steven C. Miller’s Werewolves, a monster movie with many bites but with less of a point. Instead of delivering a tense and thrilling monster movie, it settled for cheap CGI, wooden dialogue, and a plot so predictable you…
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The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020) – Review
If Fargo and The Howling ever shared DNA, the result might look a lot like The Wolf of Snow Hollow. Written, directed by, and starring Jim Cummings, the film is a genre-bending hybrid—equal parts murder mystery, werewolf thriller, and midlife crisis drama. Remarkably, this unlikely combination holds together with surprising cohesion.
WolfCop (2014) – Review
Low-budget horror comedies are a tricky beast. They can be too self-aware and try-hard (Sharknado), or they can embrace their ridiculous premise and lean into the absurdity with genuine charm. WolfCop falls firmly into the latter category. This 2014 Canadian cult film is a love letter to grindhouse schlock, 80s practical effects, and small-town weirdness,…
Worst Vacation Spots in Horror
If horror films have taught us one thing, it’s that going on the road is almost a sure way to get yourself killed, which got me thinking, when it comes to the movies, “What are the worst places for a vacationer to visit?”
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) – Review
With this entry, Hammer Films sinks its claws into the werewolf mythos with Gothic flair, delivering a moody, atmospheric take on lycanthropy, and with the great Oliver Reed as the title creature, this had all the earmarks of being a horror classic. What could possibly go wrong?