Post by janntosh on Mar 31, 2021 18:16:56 GMT
recently celebrating its 40th anniversary and came out in the same year as An American Werewolf in London interestingly enough. The film was directed by Joe Dante fresh off Pirahna and later director of Gremlins and co scripted by future Oscar nominee John Sayles and was a rather low budget film even for its time. The film has a genuinely creepy and foreboding atmosphere for the most part and some scary looking werewolves brought to life with fantastic practical effects by Rob Bottin (The Thing). Unfortunately, the film kind of peters out nears the end with a weak climax and conclusion. Being very low budget you have to wonder if they just ran out of money. Still if you want a decent werewolf movie with some great practical effects you will probably enjoy this one overall
also, one has to wonder if Spielberg is a fan of this movie has he cast the lead, Dee Wallace, as the mom in ET the following year and hired Joe Dante to do Gremlins
also, the film was followed up by a surprising amount of DTV sequels
also, one has to wonder if Spielberg is a fan of this movie has he cast the lead, Dee Wallace, as the mom in ET the following year and hired Joe Dante to do Gremlins
also, the film was followed up by a surprising amount of DTV sequels