Project: Metalbeast

I must admit I wasn't expecting much when I first rented this movie, but the concept of a metal covered werewolf is a unique twist on an old story. Also the effects were very good. But if your not into werewolf movies then you may not like Metalbeast.

I GIVE IT (7 STARS) ******* ON THE POSITIVE SIDE (+ HITS)

+ CONCEPT (I always give kudos to an original or a new twist on an old concept)

+ CREATURE EFFECTS (The Metalbeast was just plan cool)

+ ATMOSPHERE (It has spooky atmosphere with substance)

ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE (- MISSES)

• SLOW (It has several places of slow peroids while they build up suspense, a little too long at times)

And Finally:

• FAN BASED (If you are not a fan of horror or werewolf movies then steer clear of PROJECT: METALBEAST)

Having no idea this movie even existed, I was surprised to come across it late one night on cable. I thought it might be good for a few laughs. While it is worth a chuckle or two, ultimately it's not as much fun as I hoped it would be. The plot's a rather involved one that starts in the 1970s where a crazy soldier who was part of a mission to take down a werewolf injects himself with werewolf blood. For reasons, I guess. Then he's cryogenically frozen for twenty years by bad guy Barry Bostwick. In the present day of the 1990s, some scientists led by Kim Delaney are working on creating a new type of artificial skin to treat cancer patients and the like. Bostwick comes in and takes over the experiment, forcing them to test their new skin on his frozen werewolf guy. Long story unfortunately not short enough, the werewolf awakens with super strong skin that makes him even more indestructible than he already was. He goes on a killing spree and you can pretty much figure out the rest. It's a cheaply filmed bit of business with Kane Hodder in the cheesy werewolf costume. Barry Bostwick provides some fun but Kim Delaney treats the whole thing more seriously than it deserves. It's goofy and unintentionally funny at times but, as I said already, never as much fun as you want it to be. Still it's pretty watchable so give it a shot if you like low-budget '90s horror.

After finding, killing and extracting a blood sample from a werewolf in Europe, a soldier injects himself with it's DNA, turning himself into a werewolf in an American military base, where he's captured and cryogenically frozen. Flash foreword 10 years, where scientists are given the man's body for an experiment involving a metal-based, organic, self-restoring skin. Upon giving the soldier the skin graph, he awakens and turns into a werewolf, but this time faster, meaner, shinier and bullet proof. I picked this movie up the other day from my local video store for $2, as they are going out of business and need to sell all their videos. I grabbed as many as I could carry home, "Project: Metalbeast" being one of them. Despite the terrible title and having heard nothing of it before, "Metalbeast" turned out to be an okay way to kill 90 minutes in my book. It's got a script that's more intelligent than your usual straight-to-video horror flick, a decent score, some likable characters, a couple of gory bits (the highlight being the death of the creature at the end), and even John Carl Buechler's creature effects weren't bad, though the Metalbeast itself looks more like a Hedgehog on crack than a werewolf. Granted, the film never steps very far out of genre territory, and the portrayal of both the scientists and the military are as clichéd as can be but in the end, "Project: Metalbeast" offered a fine dose of gore, monster action, and a interesting concept that puts a nice spin on the werewolf myth.

$2 well spent, I say.

6/10.

Despite my love for all things horror, I had never actually heard about it. I managed to track down the movie, as I found out that Kane Hodder was in the movie, and thus I had to get to watch it, given his iconic horror status.

Sure, I had no idea what I was in for here, aside from what I could discern from the synopsis, and thus only knew it was a werewolf movie of sorts. But I had zero expectations to the movie as I sat down to watch it for the first time here in 2025, and thus director Alessandro De Gaetano had every opportunity to entertain and impress me.

Writers Alessandro De Gaetano, Timothy E. Sabo and Roger Steinmann put together an okay script. I mean, it was watchable, but nothing extraordinary. The pacing of the narrative, however, was a bit slow paced and the interesting events in the narrative were few and far between one another.

I was surprised to see that the movie was starring Barry Bostwick, so there was a familiar face on the cast list, aside from Kane Hodder. The acting performances in the movie were fair.

The effects in the movie were quite good for a movie such as this, and definitely added to the overall enjoyment of the movie.

My rating of "Project: Metalbeast" lands on a generous four out of ten stars.

I RENTED this movie and i thought it would be a waste of time like these unheard of low budget movies usually are ,but i was little surprised to see that it was actually pretty good(not great or anything but pretty good for a low budget film) so if you like werewolf movies like i do and your lying in bed bored go ahead and rent it(if you like werewolf movies).my wife hated it of course but for the true horror fan it's not a complete waste of time.out of four stars for a low budget movie i give it ** stars