Lone Wolf

The Colorado town of Fairview is plagued with a vicious string of wild dog attacks.The dogs are mutilating humans,especially around Fairview School.No one has actually seen these wild dogs, but there are also reports of a large wolf walking on its hind legs...Who is the werewolf? This is one of the many cheesy horror flicks from late 80's.Admittedly the make up effects and a few gore scenes are decent,so if you like rubbery transformation sequences you shall enjoy this crappy flick.The utterly terrible music is credited to the awful 'heavy metal' band called Tyxe.Overall,"Lone Wolf" sucks massively and is only recommended for non-discriminating fans of grade-Z horror trash.4 out of 10.

Yes, this movie is objectively done badly, but it's that bad done fun, the characters are nice, the gore effects are cool and the werewolf definitely badass, plus there's a nice hard rock soundtrack. I prefer a small film like this to modern films of today.

We've seen the story a thousand times before, quiet community, new kid in town, and then...squirrels start disappearing. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure things out, Werewolf. What follows is a celluloid skidmark that would make J. Piquer Simon wince and scurry into the night mewling. I've seen bad porn movies...a lot. And what's more, most of them were better acted than this. Jiminy, even the casual walking shots were more forced than a Brian Dennehy sex scene. I guess you save money if instead of actors you just use some people you met in a bar after last call. Our heroes look a little long in the tooth to be highschool...hell, they look too old to have kids in highschool. The ages would be more distracting if the acting wasn't so heinous. It really belies description. All I can say is I long for the restraint of a young William Shatner. The more I think about it, I believe this movie was shot in Bizarro world, where such acting would be considered good actually. And when I say Bizarro world, I of course mean Canada. Mullets abound in this wretched little film. Be forwarned. Peace.

Low budget, horribly acted, dreadfully directed and featuring a bunch of thirtysomethings as high school students. Stereotypical 1980s fashions and musical styles abound. Ah, those were simpler days: the hair was big; a basic data search required genius-level computer skills; and anyone with a camcorder, a lousy script and a dream could make a direct-to-video werewolf movie.

This certainly isn't a good movie. It isn't even a competent movie. It may not even be a coherent movie. But its whodunit werewolf heart is in the right place; and there's corny fun to be had if you go in with the right expectations. Especially if you watch it with a good-natured group that's willing to enjoy the schlock.

A small town in Colorado is plagued by grisly attacks involving a pack of wild dogs or some other animal, but they curiously only occur during the full moon. The brooding lead singer of a local rock band (Jamie Newcomb) teams-up with some fellow college students to resolve the problem.

"Lone Wolf" (1988) was made on a direct-to-video budget with no-name actors and a half-serious, half-hammy tone, yet it's entertaining as comic book horror in the mold of a fun slasher, but possibly featuring a wolf-like creature. You can tell the cast had a good time. It's superior to the contemporaneous "Night Shadow" and I'd watch it any day over "Silver Bullet."

What's interesting is that most of the students appear to be around 30. Sure, Colleen looks like she could be 18-21, but Julie and, especially, Deirdre and Eddie look past 30. The creators obviously kept the nature of the school ambiguous because of this factor, just calling it "Fairview School." I guess it's supposed to be a community college, yet all the school scenes were obviously shot at a high school (cited below). Hey, they had to shoot where they could afford.

There are four songs on the soundtrack by the hair metal band Tyxe, all written by Greg Leslie: "Raised On Rock & Roll," "Misunderstood," "Let It Rock" and "Rock You All Night." These songs are evidently from their 1988 demo, but further information on the group is pretty much nonexistent. Their style is akin to bands like Dokken, Ratt and Warrant.

The movie runs 1 hour, 37 minutes, and was shot in the greater Denver area, including Adams City High School and Jefferson County.

GRADE: B-