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A blind veteran moves to a small community for elders, where he is attacked by an animal one night. Realizing that he has been attacked by a werewolf, he spends his time preparing for the next full moon.

It seemed to be yet another low budget crap werewolf movie. And yes, the werewolves to look like guys wearing cheap Halloween costumes, but the movie in itself is not that bad. The acting is good, the story of the grumpy, blind old veteran preparing for the next werewolf attack is actually more interesting than the attacks themselves.

The fact that most of the characters are elderly is quite refreshing, and they manage to set a mood that kept me watching, not for the werewolves, but because I actually cared about what happened to the protagonist.

This movie turned out surprisingly well!

I had seen the title around in the past and never paid much attention. I mean really? A blind older vet against a werewolf?? .... How ridiculous is that whole idea? Well.... Not only was I wrong, I was pleasantly surprised by just how wrong I was.

This was one of the most enjoyable werewolf movies I have seen in a while! I absolutely love the dry, serious personality of the main character. He doesn't talk much and is direct and to the point about things. I love how those gossipy neighbors annoyed him as much as they did me! The acting was on point, all characters believable.

The special effects were not the best but they were good enough! I will take the not so perfect make-up/body suit type of effects over mediocre CGI any and every time! Definitely the right call there. I wish more movies still handled things that way more often. Bad CGI will cheapen any movie.

The story line was really good, and definitely different from any newer werewolf movie I have seen in quite a while. Retirement werewolves, not something you see.... Like.... Ever! Lol. The whole thing was refreshing. It was also extremely refreshing to see a modern werewolf movie actually respect and follow the traditional lore in a traditional way without making a joke out of it or turning the werewolves into actual wolves. Werewolves are not wolves and should be kept that way.

However I will say one thing for anyone already thinking it, because ik that they are. In Twilight, which is the most used reference in the past decade it seems.... They were NOT werewolves. The movies never clairified any of that and completely butchered the books which were actually quite good (yes I read them, long before the movies were even a thing and still have them) unlike the movies. In the last book towards the end the whole wolf thing is actually explained and acknowledged that they were not werewolves but were indeed a race of shapesifters. No more, no less. Completely different species.

All in all I definitely recommend this movie to anyone that still loves and appreciates traditional lore.

Wounded war vet Ambrose (Nick Damici) moves to a place where people are dying from mysterious circumstances.

This is the most pleasant surprise in the horror genre in quite a while. Although a few films have caused a bit of a stir (including "The Babadook" and "Starry Eyes"), this may turn out to be the sleeper hit of 2014 when word of mouth begins on the DVD release.

Werewolf films are few and far between, and good ones are even more rare. Although Universal tried to reboot "The Wolfman" a few years back, it was hardly appreciated. The last great wolf film was probably "Dog Soldiers" (2002), now more than a decade ago. "Late Phases" now takes that spot as the last great wolf film.

Leading the way is Nick Damici, who makes a very believable blind veteran. If these sort of films won awards, Damici might even be a strong contender. Horror fans ought to know his background, too: mentored by Michael Moriarty (a Larry Cohen regular), Damici came into the realm of Jim Mickle and Larry Fessenden (who produced this picture). He tends to be the less-often-mentioned part of this team, but should be mentioned in the same breath.

Then we have an excellent supporting cast: beyond Damici and Fessenden, we have Ethan Embry ("Can't Hardly Wait"), Tom Noonan ("Manhunter"), Tina Louise ("Gilligan's Island") and even Dana Ashbrook ("Twin Peaks"). The strongest supporting role is filled by Lance Guest ("Jaws: The Revenge"), as the connection between Ambrose and the local church.

The effects are solid, with both Bob Kurtzman and David Greathouse constructing the creature. Greathouse even wears the costume, apparently. Mix this with a plot that is entirely original (with a nod or two to classics like "Silver Bullet") and you have a winner.

Oddly, reviews are mixed. Shock Til Your Drop says the film is "obviously going for the Bubba Ho-Tep vibe", a contention that is flat-out wrong. Other than this being a community of elderly folks, there is no similarity. They might have said "goes for the Cocoon vibe" and been just as wrong. Bloody Disgusting properly called it "a masterpiece of the werewolf genre".

Director Adrián García Bogliano may not be well known, but after "B is for Bigfoot", "Here Comes the Devil" and now this, horror fans better take notice.

"Late Phases" actually turned out to be much better than I had anticipated. When I found this movie, I had not even heard about it, but given the cover and the synopsis of the movie, I decided to give it a go. Plus, it is a horror movie which is always a nudge in the right director for me.

The storyline told in "Late Phases" was actually rather intense. It is the kind of story that you quickly get yourself immersed into. And it was a rather nice approach and twist on the werewolf genre, which just added to the enjoyment of the movie.

There is a good build up of tension throughout the movie and the cast that they had assembled here delivered great performances. Especially Nick Damici, because he really carried the movie quite phenomenally with his performance.

The characters in the movie were also good, they were nicely detailed and fleshed out. And of course brought very nicely to life on the screen by the cast.

There are some nice effects in the movie. And while "Late Phases" is not a movie that is heavily relying on special effects, the team does make good use of these special effect they did put into the movie.

A great story with good performances, and an ending that was rather good and in spirit with the movie. If you haven't seen "Late Phases" already, and if you get the chance to do so, I would suggest you take the time to watch it.

An ornery, blind army veteran moves into a retirement community, where he finds himself under attack during the full moon. He has one month to prepare his defences for the next phase.

What an odd movie. It has a touch of Coen brothers, some Witches Of Eastwick, and a dash of AWILondon. The lead is played brilliantly, with all that gruff dialogue, and many scenes have a powerful whiff of intra-communal paranoia. It really feels like a sophisticated satire on American values, with lots of wry digs at police, army, church and self-imposed isolation. But in the last act it goes fully literal and loses its touch, with no real reflection on what went before.

Sadly the creatures present as extras in furry costumes, but there is a bit of decent gore - although ultimately nothing is scary. I guess the director has to be blamed for the rushed feel of the final showdown.

The music is a bit generic, but effective in setting the mood.

Overall - great lead performance, but an odd mixture that doesn't carry through.

Late Phases...interesting title i suppose. I was really excited to have a werewolf movie that appeared, judging by the reviews, to have promise. I tend to base most werewolf movies on what i consider the gold standard of that genre, An American Werewolf In London. For me that movie has suspense, humor (to offset the suspense), great special effects (still one of my favorite werewolf makeups and transformation scenes) and a decent story line.

Late Phases doesn't really have many of those but it does have some humor and a couple quasi suspenseful spots. The main character is very likable which i think adds to the film and, for me at least, the movie gets very cheesy in an almost Troma Films like fashion towards the end. The werewolves are far from well done...they are embarrassingly bad. I will say that one transformation scene is actually pretty decent and the profile of the beasts are OK but that's it. The actual werewolf though looks like Fuzzbucket ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286639/ ) on crack (sorry Fuzzbucket, i still like you). The werewolves look like Halloween Express costumes. I enjoyed it though...somehow. Maybe its the Bubba Ho Tep type feel of monsters and Elderly people? I gave it a 6 / 10 because its definitely watchable but you need to be in the mood for this type of movie. Its not as bad as the "bad" reviews are stating but its definitely not stellar. Its just... Fun

I would watch this if you like cheesy werewolf movies. If you are looking for a serious piece of film then you might want to move on.

If you need your dose of creature feature, Late Phases may not be a great one, but it is a pleasant one nonetheless. What's rather unusual is that the best bits don't come from the creatures but from the main character, his personality, and the way he deals with things. Played by Mr Damici, I found him quite fascinating.

More points for originality come from the setting itself, a sort of village full of elderly people. Something that you don't see everyday, and that ends up playing miles above all the teenage & monsters rubbish that pollutes our silver screens these days.

Late Phases has all you might expect from a decent B-movie: not the best FX and monster suits, but personality, intriguing developments, and fun. Many things are done right, like going into action right from the start and showing the creature in the first minutes. Even the music score has a couple of great moments. So why not a better note ? Well, none of the flaws is big enough to ruin the story, but I can't just ignore all the little goofs, and the costumes do look daffy after all.

This is a better than average character movie. The Wolves are scary and/but not CGI. My favourites are the old Universal Wolfman, the Howling, and American Werewolf in Paris I did not ever like American werewolf in London, except for the initial scenes I don't rate that at all! Silver Bullet was OK; better than I'd remembered and about as good as the book. The the main thing is the hero, who is unlikeable yet still a hero. I like the use of older actors; is this a 'Coccoon' for the Werewolf fans? It was a little difficult placing the main actor as a retiree at first, but I eventually accepted it. Overall a good addition to the Were-canon. I want to see more from everyone involved.

I have lived on this planet for a half a century without reviewing a single movie, not one; good or bad. This movie moved me into action. I couldn't live with myself knowing that I didn't warn others before they wasted 2 hours of their life. Who are the reviewers giving this film 8 and 9 stars? Did IMDb adopt a new rating scale? I actually feel more stupid having watched this movie. The plot was ludicrous and the werewolves were utterly laughable. My 7 year old grandson could act better than all the actors combined in this film with the exception of the person who played Will who actually did a pretty good job. Watch paint dry if you are given a choice...you will be far more entertained.

Ambrose McKinley is a retired US army vet who has lost his sight moves to a retirement community and almost immediately survives a werewolf attack. The elderly residents are senselessly slain with every full moon.

Quickly McKinley pieces the evidence together and prepares for the next attack to the bemusement of his neighbours and family.

This a fine werewolf film that has more in common with the like of Gingersnaps and When animals dream but where those movies use the werewolf myth as a vehicle for adolescent transformation, this shifts the focus to the end of life, mortality and death is never far away.

McKinley, played by Nick Demici, is a belligerent and single minded old bastard, determined to fight and redeem himself.

A brilliant piece of story telling. The deep and dark sub plots are counterweighted with some proper werewolf violence and subtle humour. An excellent film perhaps slightly let down by some b-movie special effects.

I gave the film a fairly high rating due to the fact that the main character is just so different in all the right ways. While I doubt too many viewers will find the monsters scary I feel that the way the monsters and the main character interact more than makes up for the lack of scary moments. Further on the subject of interaction, the way the main character deals with his new living arrangements and the new people that he has to deal with are what really sold me on the movie. All in all I would recommend this to anyone who likes a little comedy and a bit of drama with their monster movie.

This was a surprise watch, I really enjoyed the broody and slow burn of this film.

The build up to the end was great, as we follow Ambrose who is a blind old war verteran who smells something is up in a town he moves to.

Nick Damici is excellent in this movie, and I will watch more of his work. The wolves were creepy as hell and were used sparingly, to good effect.

7/10 nice monster film with something different since the protagonist is blind.

"Late Phases" turned out to be one amazing surprise and one heck of a thrill ride. I was more than genuinely surprised with the outcome of this movie and the sheer level of entertainment that they managed to turn this project into.

I will say that "Late Phases" is a very, very enjoyable and interesting take on the werewolf genre. The movie definitely brought something new and most welcomed to the werewolf genre - at least I haven't experienced anything like this movie before. If for nothing else, then "Late Phases" is more than worth watching for its unique style.

The special effects in the movie were amazing. Sure, they weren't on the scale where you just blink in awe, like some of the major blockbuster movies. But for a werewolf movie and of this magnitude, then the special effects and CGI in the movie were just phenomenal. I was very enticed with what I saw on the screen and it looked very realistic, which was the most important aspect of the effects. A movie such as this would make or break on the outcome of the special effects. Glad that they had such talented people working on the effects for this movie.

The storyline in "Late Phases" was a great part of the enjoyment of the movie, because it was really unique. Crammed with interesting characters and a very good plot, and it was set with a great pacing of events as well.

And with great and interesting characters, a movie needs to have a greatly talented ensemble of actors and actresses to portray the roles. Did "Late Phases" have this? Oh yes! I was so amazed with the performance of Nick Damici in the lead role. He was simply beyond fantastic in this movie. And he carried the movie so phenomenally well with his performance.

If you enjoy the werewolf genre and look for something that brings new howls to the genre, pardon the pun, then "Late Phases" is what you are looking for.

LATE PHASES (aka: NIGHT OF THE WOLF) is an interesting twist on the werewolf movie, setting the action inside a retirement housing community. An Army veteran (Nick Damici) moves into his house, and blood-drenched terror erupts soon thereafter.

While this is a horror / monster movie, it's also a commentary on getting older, and some of the darker aspects of that. Mr. Damici plays Ambrose as a bitter, cynical man who has come near to the end of his life, and found it wanting. His wife has recently died, and his relationship with his son is distant and disintegrating. Into this, a werewolf turns Ambrose's new neighborhood into it's hunting ground. As odd as this setup may sound, it actually works well.

For those who might find the dramatic parts a bit tedious, have no fear. The gory, final conflict more than makes up for it. There are some good, 1980s-style practical effects used as well...

I'd been wanting to see this film for a long time as the trailer looked great. J finally bought the film and watched it today. I instantly found the main character irritating and unlikeable. His blind man acting was so bad and I was actually hoping he would die. His character all those around him seemed totally unbelievable. Something about it just disnt work. ....... the dumb cops, the walking dead neighbour's, the priest being the only decent actor was also wasted and implausible.

Then we come to the FX. When I saw Kurtzman was involved I had high Hope's for some great FX. But he seems to have just half heartedly put sk e things together as he knew he wouldnt be even close to matching American Werewolf in London even after all these many years. And he was right. The werewolf looked more like rabid Rabbits. Ha ha just corny suits, very comedic looking than scary. The facial animatronic looked as if from the early 80's b movie. Bad. The werewolf were also the most inept creatures ever. Failing to kill one old blind man by deciding to wrestle with him instead of simply tearing him apart with tooth and claw. Disappointing doesnt cover it.

I say surprisingly entertaining, because at first I thought this was going to be campy. I am happy to have been wrong. This was a very enjoyable Werewolf film.

A full cast of recognizable faces, some I was shocked to see again. A couple I had to look up, because I knew them, but I couldn't remember from where, and then it was a cool "Oh YEAH" discovery.

This is a movie that I wish would've had a bigger budget, as the effects could've used some more attention, BUT, too much budget would've sent this to CGI, and that would be bad. Robert Kurtzman and company did a really good job with the make up and creatures, but the story was so good, I would've liked a little more.

And about the story, VERY cool original idea, this kept me watching from beginning to end, with a smile on my face. I've seen so many films in this genre that I am very jaded, and very biased, but this one, this one was fun. Good Job to all involved!!