Crying Wolf

The special effects are the worst I have seen in a long time. Could be the worst looking werewolves I have ever seen in a movie. And the acting was just as bad. I can't believe I watched the whole movie. I don't know how some people rated this anywhere above a 3 at best. I highly recommend using your time more wisely.

There are a couple things I should mention before I get to my review of Crying Wolf 3D. First, I am not a huge fan of gory horror films, so I am sure this impacted my enjoyment of this film. Second, although the film apparently is in 3-D, the copy I saw was not and perhaps seeing it in its intended form might have improved the film.

The setting for the film is in the Cotswolds in England. For you non-Brits, that's west-northwest of London in the countryside. It's the pretty and peaceful part of England where Shakespeare lived....though it's not all that pretty or peaceful in this film, that's for sure!

It begins with a private eye buying a book from a strange lady...one she keeps refusing to sell him. Then, he reads what is the story you then see. In this story, a group of werewolves are going on a little vacation--to frolic in the countryside, camp out, sing a few songs and kill folks for kicks. You see, unlike the typical movie werefolk, these werewolves like to travel in packs and are not tormented by their evil desires...in fact, they revel in them. As they're out doing what werewolves do best, they don't realize that one of their past victims which somehow escaped has returned with a friend to hunt down the hunters. The end is a giant gore-fest--with exploding bits and blood flying here and there.

For me, one of the only things I liked about the film was seeing Caroline Munro (a former Bond girl and cast member of the Dr. Phibes movies) playing the strange bookstore owner. The basic plot ideas also weren't bad and could have worked. However, the execution of the story was seriously flawed. There's a lot of gratuitous blood and breasts, but there's no finesse to the story at all...it's just breasts and blood. For some people, that might just be enough to warrant watching the movie. But the characters and dialog were so poor and I simply didn't care about anyone and that's the real shame in Crying Wolf. Had they chosen to make it more of a comedy and made the dialog at least somewhat believable, I could have enjoyed the picture much more than I did. Or, had they made it a serious drama with real tension and decent characters, I could have also enjoyed it more. Instead, it's just another cheap horror film with little to distinguish it.

I recently watched the UK film 🇬🇧 Crying Wolf (2015) on Tubi. The storyline revolves around a small English town that falls victim to a series of gruesome killings. As a werewolf hunter, detective, and reporters arrive in town to investigate, they find themselves in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the unknown killer.

Directed by Tony Jopia (Cute Little Buggers), the film features Caroline Munroe (Maniac), Gary Martin (Little Shop of Horrors), Chloe Farnworth (MaXXXine), Hugh Edwards (Expend4bles), and Ian Donnelly (Casualty).

This film is a frustrating mix of mostly poor elements with occasional flashes of greatness that leave you wondering why it falls short. The narration feels cheesy, and the protagonist's voice becomes grating over time. The acting and dialogue are generally subpar, and the werewolf costumes are disappointingly amateurish. The transformation scenes rely too heavily on CGI, and the use of eye contacts feels contrived. However, the film's old-school reliance on shadows, along with its well-executed kill scenes and corpses, surprisingly elevate certain moments. Additionally, the nudity is worthwhile.

In conclusion, Crying Wolf is a bad movie with sporadic moments of enjoyment for fans of atrocious horror films. I would score this a 3/10 and recommend it only with the appropriate expectations.

This movie begins with an unnamed "Private Detective" (played by Gary Martin) going into a bookstore and asking the "Shopkeeper" (Caroline Munroe) how much a certain book would cost. Although she tells him that it isn't for sale he persists and eventually emerges from the bookstore with it. He then ventures into a nearby pub and after ordering a pint of brown ale begins to read the book in its entirety. What he reads is transmitted to the audience in film. Unfortunately, although the movie is unmistakably British, the viewer should be warned that this clearly bears no resemblance to Shakespeare. Quite frankly, this movie is awful. There's just no other way to describe it. The acting was second-rate, the special effects consisted of people running around in werewolf costumes most typically reserved for Halloween and the humor was almost painful. As a matter of fact, about the only thing going for this movie was the presence of a few fairly attractive actresses in Rosie Pearson (as "Emma"), Kimberly Jaraj ("Kim") and Gabriella Hersham (as "Milly"). But that's it. I wish it were otherwise.

It's CAMPY in all the right spots. Not the best specials effects, but if you like camp, funny and a good story, you'll like this. I liked the story, the cast and their characters were able to pull it together. It's good for a B movie.