Grand méchant loup

Lowly fraternity pledge, Derek Cowly takes two of his frat brothers, their respective girlfriends, and his female buddy, Sam to his step-father's secluded cabin in the woods where they run into a werewolf. When Derek suspects that said werewolf could actually by his stepfather, it's up to him, Sam, and his Uncle Charlie (whom had a previous run-in with the creature years ago) to expose the monster. The gore isn't anything special, but good enough and the pacing of the movie is very nice, but the best part of this film is without a doubt Richard Tyson (from the great "3 O'Clock High" & "Kindergarten Cop") as Mitchell Toblat, the stepfather/ werewolf. He plays the role of the a-hole to aplomb and even let me just go with the rather silly notion of a talking werewolf. (a plot point, I must admit, that almost put me off watching the film completely) But to my surprise it actually worked in the confines of the film pretty well. It's not nearly as good as, say "Dogs Soldiers", which is my eyes is a bonafide modern-day classic, but it's still pretty entertaining none the less.

My Grade: B-

Eye Candy: Both Robin Sydney & Shannon Malone get topless

Typically for me werewolf movies rank right between roots canals and a colonoscopy in terms of desirability. Since they're all based around a centuries-old legend, there's generally not much room for originality without fans crying foul because "that's not what werewolves do!" (like werewolves are real and do anything at all). However I decided to give this a shot as it didn't look like your typical werewolf flick and I'm glad I did. The title alone (which is pathetically mundane) made me think it would be another "so bad it's good" kind of movie. While it does fall prey to some of the cheesy pitfalls of many horror movies, it is surprisingly entertaining and able to hold your attention throughout. It may also be the first time I've ever seen a werewolf that engages in witty banter with his victims, so props for originality. Don't watch it expecting Oscar material, but enjoy it for what it is...a slightly campy but ultimately very enjoyable horror/comedy. Sit back and let you mind go...preferably with liberal amounts of beer to make it just that much funnier.

Let me explain the 8 of 10 rating . I'm rating this as a teen slasher film and it does that very well. The virgin , the goof ball guy , the insensitive jock and our hero / heroine the slightly off guy and girl who are still California beautiful. The violence gets a little bit of cheese to it --- AS IT SHOULD in a teen slasher. There's a bit of nudity and some table dancing, two rape scenes and gore aplenty. Lets face it slasher films are not for those who are sensitive or for those moods where one might be looking for anything remotely like intellectual stimulation.

The acting was good at points bad at others ... par for the course on this genre. Overall it was what I expect and a bit more.

Saw this on a dvd in 2007. Revisited it recently on a dvd which I own. The movie starts in some African jungle wher a hunter is attacked brutally by a creature. Cut the scene n we get to c a group of teens heading for a cabin inspite of being warned by a stranger not to go there. There is sufficient gore n a lil bit of nudity but the scares were zero. There is no tension n the worst part is the transformation scene. It looked like a cartoon from the 80s. In fact the transformation scene from An American werewolf in London is still one of the best. There is a scene where a man is supposed to retrieve the stolen report n jus run away but the level of stupidity is annoying when he jus keeps on lingering in the place knowing there is a werewolf around.

This was a fun horror film. It didn't try to be more than it was supposed to be, but did enjoy itself being all it could be.

The werewolf could have done with looking a little more wolf-like in both it's costume and it's mannerisms, and it reminded me of the old wolfman style pre-howling/AWIL.

The werewolf had some good lines and worked well with it's attitude overall.

The main characters were well acted I thought, and the plot was a nice horror plot that flowed well.

Gore, nudity, and naughtiness was all in good supply and didn't feel forced into the story.

Don't expect a scary film, or a psychological horror. It is what it is, a fun entertaining film with a few nice ideas and scenes that you don't normally see in films these days.

Good potential for a series of films, as the villain and content of the films could work well as such, as long as the production values are maintained.