Notice the tag line says "Rest in... Beast." Yet another lesson in foreshadowing.
At first, the movie Werewolf seems like a run-of-the-mill, low-budget horror film.
It has the typical setup, with mysterious bones discovered in an archeological dig.
"At the risk of sounding nuts, I think we just stumbled on the remains of a lycanthrope."
"Come on, Noel, you're a rational man. That's impossible! A werewolf?"
"Now, don't be so quick to dismiss legends. Legends have to begin somewhere.
Perhaps this is a creature of legend."
And so forth. People from around the dig start turning into werewolves and attacking people, and the humans
have to start shooting back.
Everything looks like a typical horror cliché, everything looks low-budget formula. That is,
until the werewolf starts driving a car.
Click here to see the werewolf's hand-over-hand and 10-and-2 driving techniques.
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One of the werewolves, the fellow above, gets into his car and drives for a duration of four minutes of the movie,
making turns, turning on his headlights, and generally looking like he knows where he's going (even though we
don't). He drives very well in fact, doesn't he?
He's actually in a car chase, with a suit-trying-to-gain-fame-through-capturing-a-werewolf archetype in
pursuit, and the werewolf comes to an untimely end when he drives his car into a pile of explosive barrels off the
highway. This is all wonderful, we have to say.
We have to point out that werewolf behavior is very peculiar in general in this film. Sure, they roar a lot and
sneer and wave their claws about when they're not driving, but they also retain the courtesies that show they
weren't BORN in a barn, although they may live in one now.
Here's a werewolf entering a house. He enters by opening the front door.
Let that sink in a moment.
Then he sneaks in quietly...
And then the werewolf closes the door behind him.
Now, to be fair, the behavior of the humans are a lot more eccentric than that of the werewolves. Watch this
victim, for instance. It'll be worth it, honest:
Click here to see the unique humans chosen by the supernatural.
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Wouldn't you react the same way if a werewolf in a tuxedo snuck into your house?
Oh, there's one more thing of note in this movie.
Martin Sheen's younger, less famous brother Joe is in it:
Don't ask me why, though. He just stands around with that "The signs... we ignored all the signs...
right there in front of us... why... WHY... too late..." look on his face the entire film. He doesn't seem
to have a role in the actual movie, though.
There's more to say about the movie, but it wouldn't seem plausible to say here.
Want to see how people turn into werewolves in this flick? Well, here's the first part. It involves
trying not to have to use the bathroom:
Click here to see ACTING!
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And then there's a LOT of bed-humping:
Click here to see one of the least perverted transformation scenes
of the movie.
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As for the rest, you'll have to see the movie for yourself...
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