Neowolf

I stumbled upon the 2010 horror/thriller "Neowolf" (aka "The Band from Hell") in 2021. And of course with it being a horror movie then I took the time to sit down and watch it, as it was a movie that I hadn't already seen before.

And I will say that while "Neowolf" is a watchable movie, it just fell short of being an overly memorable or entertaining movie. It was a bit too monotonous and bland for a werewolf movie. And it was definitely a movie that had come in under the radar back in the day for me. Just as it is a movie that will just as quietly slip back into oblivion without having left any lasting impression on me.

The acting in the movie was actually fair enough, though the actors and actresses had very little solid material to work with in terms of an interesting storyline or properly fleshed out, pardon the pun, characters here.

Visually then "Neowolf" was just another generic werewolf movie, though you shouldn't expect any impressive transformation scenes. Nor should you expect to see some impressive creature designs on the werewolves when they have shapechanged.

"Neowolf" is a very bland experience, and as such my rating of it lands on a generous four out of ten stars.

A young, struggling musician (Michael Frascino) is torn between his pursuit of rock stardom and his girlfriend. When a traveling rock band, Neowolf, comes to town, the choice gets even more difficult: the bandmates seem to be a pack of werewolves, and there's no time for love when you're on the hunt for human flesh.

Let's just say this film is bad beginning to end. I don't want to sugar coat it, or give anyone a reason to see it. I'm not even sure how you can find a copy, but if you can, just ignore it and hope that it crawls under a rock and dies.

The story isn't interesting, the characters have no depth, the songs are too many and not particularly good, the camera work is so poor that this lies between home video quality and the SyFy Channel. I'm not sure what possesses people to assemble a cast to make bad movies, but they must be stopped. If you know you make bad movies (Charles Band, this is you) that's one thing. But if you think you're striking gold and you uproot a lump of petrified dog waste, please retire.

What caused me to watch this rather than "Drive-In Massacre", was the inclusion of our dear friend Tiffany Shepis on the cast list. Sadly, if that is your reason for watching, you'll be let down. Her role is largely unnoticeable. I thought she had a small role in "Live Evil", but here I just didn't even see a point of having her. It gave the film a bonus bump it did not deserve.

Long story short: disposable, forgettable film that I wouldn't waste my time on if I hadn't already.

I rarely do movie reviews,mostly because I find what others have said to sum up my feelings towards a film.

But I'm willing to make an exception for "The Band From Hell", or as it should have been called "The Movie From Hell".

I really wanted to give this movie a chance,but I couldn't find anything redeeming about it. The direction was awful, the editor seems to really love his dissolves (really 4 dissolves to show a guy leaving a gas station?),and the photography non-existent. Who in their right mind decides to shoot midnight scenes in the middle of the afternoon?Or the interior of a bus in a huge black sound stage? Who are you trying to fool here? And the special effects,don't get me started on the special effects... Just because you've glued some hair on a guys arm, it doesn't make him a werewolf... The performances weren't the best,but I can't really ask for anything more,from a cast of unknown actors,struggling with a script as stupid as that.

Bottom line is,this movie sucks.It shouldn't even be called a B-movie as it is disgraceful to the other great B-movies out there. It's the sort of movie that you would except to find on TV in 3 in the morning,and ultimately decide to watch telemarketing instead.