Directors: Gregory C. Parker
Christian Pindar
Writers: Gregory C. Parker, Christian Pindar
Cast: Kirsten Babich, Christy O. Cianci, Michael Dionne, Phil Gauvin, Adam Loewenbaum
Kevin had it all: An exciting pyrotechnic job, a caring family, and a beautiful wife. That is until a late night encounter with the savagely bloodthirsty Christine prompts him to slowly turn against his family and co-workers. Now, with the help of the quirky and questionable werewolf hunter Kwan, two familes from two different cultures will unite for one common cause. Will Kevin betray the ones he loves in favor of the one he lusts? From its first bloody death to its last explosion, WEREWOLF: THE DEVIL'S HOUND draws you into a blood bath of beastly transformations and unbelievable gore. The film's unexpected and outrageous humor is the chaser that helps quench any gorehounds thrist for horror.
'Originally made as Lycan and now been re-titled Werewolf: The Devil's Hound for the dvd market, it’s a film that’s very much done in two halves. The first half made me go ohh dear ohh dear what was Lionsgate thinking about trying to release this junk even lower grade labels like BrainDamageFilms or Troma may have sat back on. The plot is about some escaped European werewolf women Christy (Hofferman cute redhead) trying to start a new family in the States. She picks out Kevin (Dionne lowrent Johnny Depp) who works in a local FX/Stage workshop as her mate, and by hiding under his car while he leaves work she claws him. Thinking it’s just a dog bite he thinks nothing of it till the day after when the wound as healed and he no longer needs his glasses and has gained super powered hearing. Later that evening while in a club with his girlfriend he as a transformation (though a dream) in a toilets and slays a man. Then in the club he dances & kisses the werewolf women Christy (who when not a wolf is as mentioned before an hot redhead). His girlfriend sees this and drags him out dumping Kevin near his place of work . End of the 1st half, I can forgive a lowbudget film a lot in FX and acting but the thing about it all up to this point is it as such a lack of humor. Thankfully this all changes a little in the 2nd half as we are introduced to German werewolf hunter Kwan (Lance Atrik Hallowell) who’s aided by Christys father and her brother. It all goes a little gory and goofy here on in as they alongside Kevin’s fellow FX workers have a showdown with with the wolf women. It does have a few great scenes my fave one as a part transformed Kevin doing a summersault over an FX nerd and rips his head off. The FX are hit and miss worst is the female werewolf herself she looks like a cross between captain caveman and a yeti. I’m a sucker for werewolf films right back to Universals Wolfman to that gem that came out earlier this year Big Bad Wolf I love ‘em, it’s a very hard subgenre to crack and not having a big budget doesn’t help either. Werewolf is certainly below average but fans will get a laugh with the last 20 minutes.
(4 out of 10)
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