FoxyJama's Movie Review - NO Spoilers - Cursed
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 2:45 pmLet me start by saying I'm a huge fan of werewolf movies. For me, werewolves have *way* more sex appeal than vampires. As I told Decavolt yesterday, give me animal instincts over geriatric undead any day! Why settle for just fangs when you can have the whole maw of teeth?
Okay, my love of werewolves aside, this was a Wes Craven movie, so Mike and I went to see it with certain expectations. Some of them were met, and some weren't. I think Wes is getting a little soft in his old age, as the gore factor was minimal (supposedly due to massive editing to achieve a PG-13 rating). There was a transformation sequence that appears in the preview that wasn't anywhere in the movie, which always kinda irks me, but scenes ending up on the cutting room floor at the last minute is nothing new. You won't spend too much time figuring out the suspenseful "Who is it?" part, but there are a few false leads in that regard. I would expect nothing less from Wes.
The werewolves were... lackluster. While I expected CGI, the fur was poorly done and several close shots were obvious fur-covered dummies. Transformation sequences were rushed or poorly edited. In the end, the werewolves look more like rabid gorilla-bears. They definitely did not resemble wolves much at all. I expected something better.
The story was okay, though the plot seemed rushed in some parts and dragged in others. Apparently there were several rewrites of the script while the film was actually being shot, and that might explain why the story seems a little choppy.
Altogether, it's a relatively campy horror flick. There's much worse out there, trust me! (You would have difficulties finding a werewolf movie I haven't seen). I give it 3 stars out of 5. Go see it, but don't feel bad if you get a little lubed up first. This movie would be more fun drunk. And on DVD. A nice little bonus for this film was the appearance of Michael Rosenbaum, who plays Lex Luthor in Smallville, with HAIR. He's a hottie.
PS: If you're looking for a QUALITY werewolf movie, take a look at Dog Soldiers if you haven't already. Instead of CGI, real costumes were used, and they are *spectacularly* done. The acting has a lot more grit to it as well, because the actors are actually standing in front of a 7-8 foot tall werewolf and not some teenage extra with tennis balls taped to him going "GRR". The werewolves in Dog Soldiers look more like actual wolves, and the puppeteering done for the faces is really well done.
Okay, my love of werewolves aside, this was a Wes Craven movie, so Mike and I went to see it with certain expectations. Some of them were met, and some weren't. I think Wes is getting a little soft in his old age, as the gore factor was minimal (supposedly due to massive editing to achieve a PG-13 rating). There was a transformation sequence that appears in the preview that wasn't anywhere in the movie, which always kinda irks me, but scenes ending up on the cutting room floor at the last minute is nothing new. You won't spend too much time figuring out the suspenseful "Who is it?" part, but there are a few false leads in that regard. I would expect nothing less from Wes.
The werewolves were... lackluster. While I expected CGI, the fur was poorly done and several close shots were obvious fur-covered dummies. Transformation sequences were rushed or poorly edited. In the end, the werewolves look more like rabid gorilla-bears. They definitely did not resemble wolves much at all. I expected something better.
The story was okay, though the plot seemed rushed in some parts and dragged in others. Apparently there were several rewrites of the script while the film was actually being shot, and that might explain why the story seems a little choppy.
Altogether, it's a relatively campy horror flick. There's much worse out there, trust me! (You would have difficulties finding a werewolf movie I haven't seen). I give it 3 stars out of 5. Go see it, but don't feel bad if you get a little lubed up first. This movie would be more fun drunk. And on DVD. A nice little bonus for this film was the appearance of Michael Rosenbaum, who plays Lex Luthor in Smallville, with HAIR. He's a hottie.
PS: If you're looking for a QUALITY werewolf movie, take a look at Dog Soldiers if you haven't already. Instead of CGI, real costumes were used, and they are *spectacularly* done. The acting has a lot more grit to it as well, because the actors are actually standing in front of a 7-8 foot tall werewolf and not some teenage extra with tennis balls taped to him going "GRR". The werewolves in Dog Soldiers look more like actual wolves, and the puppeteering done for the faces is really well done.