Blood of the Werewolf

It's like this ... you put in the DVD and the most professional-looking thing you see over the next ninety minutes is the logo of the distribution company. And at this point, you know you've just been jerked around.

People are generally trusting enough to assume that if something has been put on DVD, it's going to be of a certain level -- at least financially if not creatively. But sadly this isn't the case. Distribution companies are perfectly happy to throw together DVDs of amateur movies and ship them right out into the stores to await the unsuspecting buyer who is drawn in by the well-designed DVD cover. The weight behind this particular project is most likely independent horror movie pioneer Kevin J Lindenmuth, whose name may be known amongst genre fans since he's responsible for various other low-budget werewolf movies -- "Rage of the Werewolf", "Werewolf Tales" and so on.

"Blood of the Werewolf" is made up of three short independent werewolf stories with no real connection other than the fact that they deal with hereditary shapeshifters. The first segment, "Blood Reunion", pretty much sets the tone for the whole thing ... a man returns to his home town to look up a girl who had a crush on, only to find that her domineering grandmother refuses to let her have relationships with men, and for reasons which are somehow related to a dark family secret. This instalment is poorly directed, poorly directed, and basically nothing superior to what you could throw together yourself with a few friends and a home video camera.

The second story, "Old Blood", is probably the strongest out of the three and is directed by Lindenmuth himself. It tells the story of a lesbian couple, one of whom is a shapeshifter and the other wishes to be given this power. Her wish is granted, but she doesn't become the creature that she envisioned. This short movie shows that Lindemuth has more talent and experience than the other filmmakers who worked on this project, but still not enough to raise it above the level of an amateur movie.

And finally we have "Manbeast", in which some army guy runs through the woods while being chased by two other fellas. They wish to kill him as he has been bitten by the beast and is believed to be dangerous, but all might not be as it seems. This one has an interesting concept, but it's stretched out to be far too long, and if you don't guess what the "twist" is in the first ten minutes then you probably ain't too bright. This pretty much sums up the problem with this whole DVD ... a few good ideas just aren't enough to justify spending money on something like this. After all, would you pay for a picture you could have painted yourself?

Ted V.Mikels and Bruce G. Hallenbeck steal the screen in this werewolf anthology.I already have to question myself as far as giving away plot details...aww, here goes nothing. The first segment is as if,Stephen King was a werewolf and could write from his memoirs.This tale is very much like the classic fairy tales of wolves in sheeps(insert- spinsters) clothing.Good makeup,but almost resembled a crazed ScoobyDoo(c),instead of werewolf. Okay,Now the second segment is kewl because it has the balls to show the WTC,and not edit it out, not pc.Sasha Graham as a wannabee werewolf turns in one of her weaker performances.This lesbian werewolf was once straight and killed the last man she loved.Makeup rating-umm Kewl Rat and great ending prop. The last segment stars Bruce G.Hallenbeck and written/directed by Joe Bagnardi.Unabashedly the best of this video(Kevin when will we see LindenmuthDVD ?).I think this plot would have helped the new POTA w/Wahlberg...Hmm the acting of Hallenbeck versus Wahlburg,Bruce my money is on you...B-Movie Heavyweight Champeen.

I don't think you can get much worse then this. Put together bad actors, fake limbs, and three stupid stories and what do you get? This B-rate pointless excuse for a movie.

The first story immediately shows the bad video quality and the acting is just really pathetic, especially when you bring in the 25 year old posing as a grandma with the usually grandma bun over the ears bit. Plus, the man is OK, but the woman is rather ugly. "You look great!" NOT! The werewolf in this one was the best one out of all three I'd say, but its still not impressive since it was all bad costume. The face on the woman later was decent enough for halloween but not for a werewolf movie.

The more stories you go through the worse it gets. There are two lesbians in this next one who are completely retarded its ridiculous. The whole "I want to be a werewolf, too" "How could you do this to me?!" Was silly to say. You asked for it now get over it! The werewolf will not even be spoken of...its a rat!

The third one has no point...almost forty five minutes of running and boring narration make up this story and the whole switch thing still didn't make it interesting. Boring!

Music, Yes, bad...who couldn't even hear some parts it was stupid. Animals effects were either rat or pig-like which was stupid. They couldn't use lion sounds? Guess not, GOOD movies use that. Well, i =f you enjoy B-rates this is good for you. I got this movie since I'm a hardcore werewolf fan and i'll buy ANY werewolf movie and watch it more then once, but thats just me. If you prefer Good ones, don't waste your money. I beg YOU!

Really bad shot on video "film" made by not one, not two, but three amateur video makers.

If you're going to make a bad horror film at least throw in some blood, gore and nudity. There is some blood provided by latex cut off arm props bought at a Halloween store. There are lesbians and hookers but no nudity or sex. The lesbians spend a lot of time in bed but only talking.

There seems to be no editing effects- fades, wipes etc. Once in a while a bit of black appears to separate scenes.

Terrible music by bad heavy metal bands whose websites take up the majority of the end credits.The werewolves are represented by rubber masks that are attached to just the "actors" face. They didn't even bother to apply brown makeup to their necks, arms or wrists.

I guarantee a 10 year old with a video camera could put together a better movie.No reason at all to buy, rent or watch this film except as an example of how not to make a low budget video.

Every Full Moon I do like to watch a werewolf movie, I went into this one expecting it to be bad but I wasn't prepared for just how painfully awful a film could be. This is an anthology with three stories and a flimsy wrap around. First up we have a horror writer, quite a good looking chap, go back to his small childhood town because he is still in love with his childhood sweetheart, a very unattractive young woman it has to be said called Jane who has a dark (and obvious secret). This was the best of a very bad bunch. Next up is a stupid and probably the shortest story about a lesbian couple, one is a "shapeshifter", the other a human who wants to become one. The werewolf in this one looks like an incredibly bad giant rat! Lastly two hunters, who's faces we don't see until the end (thankfully) chase another man through a forest. Everything about this movie is dreadful - the "acting", the terrible camera work and sound, the "special" effects look like they have been done by primary school kids, the plots and dialogue, and what makes it practically unbearable is the constant electronic and heavy metal soundtrack. The end credits seem to go on forever and that is because they are plugging the various musical artists who supply the tunes, which are fittingly awful. The only half decent bit of acting was Christy Lee Hughes in a minor role as a street prostitute. I have watched thousands of movies and trust me when I say that this is right down there with the worst of the worst, its current 3.6/10 average IMDB score smells a bit fishy to me, don't let that fool you!