Something with Bite

I liked this one. Not loved, but liked, much more than the 1998 attempt at werewolf-comedy, an American werewolf in Paris. Here we have an African-American couch potato slash veterinarian who is doing night shift, when suddenly, they bring in a large animal. "My! What big eyes/ears/teeth you have!" The poor thing has been run over, and in its last moment, it takes a snapper at Wilbur, our vet. This sets into motion a sometimes funny set of events that leads up to a rather sad, but in a way, disturbing climax. The acting is reminiscent of other films like Vampire in Brooklyn, and the casting is quite perfect. It has its downsides here and there, but overall it's worth the watch.The best thing about this one, is that it keeps its Fear Itself Trademark UNhappy ending, but in such a way that it actually is happy after all. Compared to other episodes of Fear Itself, this one should not be viewed with great expectations of scares and suspense, but it delivers in other ways. Add a bag of playfulness, a dash of strange and a pinch of serious, and you have SOMETHING WITH BITE.

It's funny, and it feels refreshing after all the disappointment I had within this series. The only problem, I'd say is the bad CGI.

The veterinarian Wiilbur Orwell is a family man happily married with Patty and they have a son. When a huge animal is brought to the clinic of Wilbur hit by a car, he is bitten by the animal that dies. On the next morning, an old couple asks for the body of the animal and Wilbur delivers to them. Soon he learns that the animal was a werewolf and Wilbur turns into one. Meanwhile one employee of Wilbur's clinic is murdered and Wilbur believes he is responsible for the death. He visits the old couple and learns that the werewolf would never do anything that he would not do as a human. When his assistant Mikayla is also attacked and he becomes the prime suspect of a police detective. Who might be attacking people on the streets?

"Something with Bite" is a comedy of horror with a well-known story of werewolf. The predictable story entertains without being special. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Something with Bite"

The more I get into Fear Itself the better it gets. I admit, it is not like said before Masters of Horror but this one is so far way from straight horror that it becomes watchable. I would say, it is a kind of American Werewolf in London. That was also meant to be a comedy but turned out that people more liked it as a horror. Anyway, here we have the same story line. A man got bitten by a monster, a indescribable beast, turned out it was a werewolf. Once he admit he became a werewolf he gets used to those habits and then the story starts moving. It was never boring due the score, old songs used like done before but it works. It isn't gory or bloody, a statement for Fear Itself and yes, seen it all before but it is a fine episode, don't take it serious, just have a bite in it...