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Loren Hansett (Nina Dobrev) believes that her next door neighbor Jared Martin (Peter Stebbings) is a werewolf, hairy palms and all. Her belief is strengthened when some of the locals begin disappearing. Unfortunately, no one will believe her—not the police, not her friend Angie (Melanie Leishman), nor her brother Kyle (Spencer Van Wyck). Fearing for her life and with only the help of Steven (Sean O'Neill), the Chicken Dinner delivery boy, and Redd Tucker (Kevin Sorbo), the washed-up host of a TV hunting show, Loren must kill the werewolf before midnight of the next full moon ...which just happens to be tonight.

Never Cry Werewolf is based on a script by screenwriter David Benullo.

Loren reminded Jared of his mate Melissa. According to Jared, Loren is the age that Melissa was when she died, back in a time when girls of that age were already married and had two children.

Trapped in the werewolf's lair with the time rapidly approaching midnight, Loren agrees to do whatever Jared wants if he will release Kyle. Jared begins to transform into a werewolf. Hearing her screams, Steven breaks into the house, and Redd tosses Loren a flaming torch, which she uses to keep the werewolf at bay—until he blows it out with one breath. From the tree where he's perched, Redd fires off a shot from his silver bear gun, hitting Jared. Because the bullet wasn't silver, Jared goes after Redd, causing him to fall out of the tree. As Jared tries to seduce Loren by calling to her mind, she shoots him with silverware-tipped arrows, weakening him. Suddenly, Steven barrels over in a truck and rams the werewolf against a tree. Still not dead, Jared attacks Redd, biting him in the neck. As the clock strikes midnight, Loren gets off another shot with her crossbow. The arrow goes right through Jared's mouth and pins him to the tree. Jared then explodes, and Steven transforms back into himself. In the final scene, Steven and Loren kiss, while Redd looks up at the full moon.

There are dozens of movies about werewolves, too many to mention here. However, those who have seen Never Cry Werewolf consistently compare it to Fright Night (1985) (1985) (or its remake, Fright Night (2011) (2011), in which a vampire moves in next door to a teenaged monster movie fanatic who must enlist an aging TV star's help to destroy him. Disturbia (2007) (2007), in which a teenager believes that a serial killer has moved in next door, is also high on the compare-o-meter. All three of these movies are, essentially, based on the Alfred Hitchcock classic Rear Window (1954) (1954), in which a man looking out his window thinks he sees a neighbor commit murder. If you've not yet seen it, then the classic movie The Wolf Man (1941) (1941) is a must. Several references to The Wolfman are made in Never Cry Werewolf. Another movie often compared to Never Cry Werewolf is Cursed (2005) (2005), in which teenagers must kill the werewolf that bit them before they, too, turn into werewolves. For a different turn on werewolves, take a look at the Gingersnaps series—Ginger Snaps (2000) (2000), Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed (2004) (2004), and Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004) (2004).