Carnivore: Werewolf of London

Why is it that most werewolf movies are terrible? The concept is solid so why can so few creators actually make something even remotely original or entertaining?

Carnivore: Werewolf of London tells the story of a couple who rent a cottage in the middle of nowhere and come under attack from a werewolf. That's basically it.

I don't know why they called this Werewolf of London, I can only assume it was some desperate attempt at cashing in on the name of the somewhat more famous film of a similiar name.

With sound editing that left me scratching my head, a plot so generic a 10yr old could have written it and very little actual content this is truly a mess.

Oh did I mention how bad the werewolf looks? Now I prefer practical sfx and am glad it wasn't some poor cgi embarassment but if you're going to stick a guy in a suit then at least make it look decent. This werewolf looks like a guy in a gorrilla costume but with a supermarket wolf mask on instead.

Bad bad stuff.

The Good:

Erm, setting wasn't bad I suppose

The Bad:

Some of the worst sound editing I've ever heard

Werewolf looks terrible

No originality at all

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Jumping into a bathtub provides you protection from werewolves

Rolling pins are effective weapons agaibst lycans

It's bad, what a shame. It wasn't a bad idea and the lead actor did well. The lead actress though was terrible, and as a character she was annoying and stupid. In addition the monster costume was clearly a suit.

I'm surprised that this isn't X-rated. This only gets 3 stars because of the music playing during... THAT scene. It made me laugh way too hard at that part.

Unfortunately, the renderings took away from my enjoyment of the rest of the movie. This feels more like an experiment in film making than a horror movie. This movie needed more practical effects and more monster, and less time spent with the unrelatable characters.

The scene transitions (both timing and method) also felt as if they contributed toward a narrative that works better on paper than on the screen. This might even work a bit better on a stage (ignore the sexual parts...) than on the screen. The screenwriter should be sure to properly adapt to the medium being used to portray the story. This is probably the producers' fault as well when they were assembling the final narrative after shooting.

In short: relate the soundtrack to the action, make the characters relatable, use proper practical effects (see listings in the trivia/goofs/continuity/anachronisms), and write for the screen.

I'm getting really tired of being let down by werewolf movies... but I'll keep watching them and hoping for a good one. This certainly is not that. Fans of the genre, please don't waste your time...the werewolf is literally an unaltered Party City costume. The mask is like $30 I think. I didn't even buy the mask for my own costume because it was so bad. It truly baffles me that someone thought it would be good enough for a movie. It's an insult to the audience and to some of the people who worked on that film. I work in the industry, so I can see there was actual effort put into some areas of the production. People who make movies in the genre please take note: You CANNOT make a good werewolf movie IF you DON'T HAVE a GOOD WEREWOLF. If you don't, then please don't even continue.

I have very forgiving standards when it comes to werewolf movies. Usually it's only the ones where the filmmaker's cast themselves as badass werewolves that I get really offended. But wow, did this one really test me.

The title alone should tell you what you're in for; trying to ape off the best werewolf movie ever.

Even without confirming it in the trivia, you can tell this was shot on a rental property they weren't allowed to damage. The premise of being trapped in a house with a werewolf outside loses all tension when it's painfully obvious the filmmaker's aren't allowed to even break a window.

The tension is further deflated when you quickly realize there is no supporting cast. Of the dozen credited actors, more than half of the them are only in the final scene of the movie. The vast majority of the film is just two people and a werewolf, which means there's no one to pick off and kill.

There are a handful of decent horror shots, but those are easily outnumbered by dead ends where the film making is foreshadowing things that don't pay off, and loose ends of potentially interesting character drama that never goes anywhere.

There's next to no blood until the last 5 minutes of the movie. Until the final 10 minutes of the movie, I don't think anyone even raises their voice.

This movie has no worth other than to see how not to write a werewolf movie. If you do happen to watch this and chase it with Bad Moon; a werewolf movie with a short running time and a tiny cast that is actually good.