WOLFKIN *** Luxembourg / Belgium 2022 Dir: Jacques Molitor. 90 mins This offbeat riff on lycanthropic opens potently with a fairly explicit sex scene, full-frontal nudity and a key character walking off in a distressed state. Subsequently, in Brussels, single mother Elaine (the excellent Louise Manteau) is under pressure at…
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DOG SOLDIERS **** UK / Luxembourg 2002 Dir: Neil Marshall. 105 mins Neil Marshall’s feature directorial debut was refreshing in the early 2000s (along with a tiny few other modestly budgeted genre films like GINGER SNAPS) for its enthusiastic use of old-school werewolves and make-up effects at a time when…
ATTENTION! A brand-new restoration of Neil Marshall’s wickedly wild werewolf feature Dog Soldiers marches on to Limited Edition 4K UHD/Blu-ray as well as Standard Edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray single releases courtesy of Second Sight Films this Summer. This humorous gorefest and bonafide cult classic now gets a must-have collector’s edition. ‘Unflinchingly brutal…
BLOODTHIRSTY *** Canada 2020 Dir: Amelia Moses. 84 mins Singer songwriter and co-screenwriter Lowell was inspired by her own (presumably non-lycanthropic) experiences to write this Alberta-shot character-driven horror picture for BLEED WITH ME director Amelia Moses. A vegan since childhood, singer-songwriter Grey (Lauren Beatty) is struggling for inspiration as she…
40 years after John Landis’s hirsute lycanthrope took to London, An American Werewolf is set to howl again – this time, in Rome. The brainchild of actor, writer, director and producer Hunter G.Williams, An American Werewolf In Rome will pay tribute to the classic 1981 film while offering its own…