Review: Night Wolf
By William Pattison
Night Wolf is a U.K art house film about a group of
twenty-somethings who are having a few drinks in a barn at Sarah's house which
is in the countryside of England. They are all enjoying themselves until the
power goes off due to the storm outside. So they venture in to the mansion which
is in a state of repair and find themselves being tracked through the house by a
werewolf. They are in a world of trouble as it corners them in the attic. How
are they going to get out of there, and will they all survive the hours until morning?
Well, for one thing this film is very art house. The action
in this film are far more restrained. Though we do get to know these characters
unfortunately we really don’t care about any of them. Our main character,
Sarah, is pretty muchin the process of abandoning her family and friends. Her
older brother is a self absorbed asshole and her younger brother is an overly
needy weakling. Her friends are the typical social asshole…well, except for her
friend that was played by Tom Felton of Harry Potter fame, who comes off more as
a Jay from Jay and Silent Bob-like character. Also Tom is only in the film for
ten minutes before he is butchered off screen. That is another issue I had with
this film is pretty much all the kills are either off screen or done in
lightening cuts to the point you can’t make out what is happening.
Also, and majorly this is a werewolf film where you don’t
see the damned werewolf till the end. I mean no clawed hand, no wolf eye shot,
not even a flash of a head. What you get is a shit load of red colored POVs.
Then when the werewolf is finally revealed the fucking thing is hairless and
bares an annoying resemblance at that horrid werewolf in that embarrassing 2025
Wolfman remake. I’m not kidding you. I
swear that the director of that film saw this film and thought, “God, that is
an outstanding design. I want to use that in my film!!!” shit!!! Bile is
forming.
So, in conclusion, I can honestly say I’ve seen hundreds of worse werewolf films in my time. I’ve also seen a lot of brilliant werewolf films. This is not one of those. But it can be said it is far better than Wolfman 2025. That is at least something. As for me I cannot recommend it...
