The nice folk at Kaleidescope Entertainment were kind enough
to send me a review copy of Juan Martínez Moreno’s Werewolf film to take a look
at, so having cast my critical eye over it, here is my review.
The story centres around Thomas Marino, a young writer who
has returned to his home village in rural Spain
It turns out that the village has, for the last 100 years,
been suffering a curse, as a result of one of his ancestors misdeeds and since
then, the village has been terrorised by a werewolf every full moon.
Much to his dismay, he discovers that the villagers intend
breaking the curse by sacrificing him at the next full moon, 100 years to the
day the original curse was placed on them.
Fortunately, with the help of a couple of his idiotic friends,
he manages to escape the beying mob. But in order to survive the night, the group
must continue to outwit the villagers and defeat the rather unfriendly werewolf
creature that threatens to smash its way into their house.
This one has apparently been doing the rounds at the festival
circuits and been getting rave reviews. Must admit, I found this bloody good
fun. It’s very tongue in cheek and features some fun action scenes, I
particularly liked the 2 goofy cops who blunder into the battle between the
villagers and werewolves part way through the film and end up getting embroiled
in the events. The only minor negative point is that it’s in Spanish language
with English subs, so you really need to pay attention to whats going on. But
that’s only a minor aside.
The screener copy I was sent didn’t contain any extras and
there’s no word on whether the full release will contain any supplementary material.
But if you’re not bothered about that, then I would most certainly give this
film the thumbs up!
The film is out on UK DVD and Blu-Ray on 8th October.
Pre-order the DVD at Amazon.co.uk
Pre-order the Blu-Ray at Amazon.co.uk
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