Wolvesbayne

Turned into a werewolf, a man teams up with a group of hunters tracking down a race of vampires looking to reincarnate a vicious vampire queen that will overthrow humanity and bring them back to prominence.

All-in-all, this one was pretty decent but could've been a lot better. One of the biggest strikes is the rather jumbled plot here, with a lot more going on than what really should be happening and hardly any of it makes any sense or really feels justified in it's inclusion. Even more troubling is the fact that there's not a whole lot of plot discussion given out as time goes on, rather it's all given at the end and never really does a good job blending it all together. That is somewhat made up for by the rather fun amount of confrontations here, since it appears to be a war going on with both sides and it definitely feels that way here, especially given the amount of bloodshed given on both sides as several of the extended encounters get quite bloody. While there is some fun to be had here with the resurrection scenes as well, it really can't overcome the jumbled mess of a story though.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Brief Nudity.

In the underground war between vampires, some othe vampires, werewolves and people, neophyte human guy must learn to harness his newfound wolf powers to stop the extra bad vampires. There are some decent variations on the theme here and it's cool to see Mark Dacascos back in some sort of werewolf-adjacent movie after his superlative performance in Brotherhood Of The Wolf; although this is certainly more of a vampire movie than a werewolf movie in the traditional sense. Regardless the production values and most of the supporting performances are CW-tier. The sometimes-incisive dialogue can't salvage a plot that's about as formulaic as it gets.

I have to say that the movie's cover really permeated low budget rubbish. Yet, I still opted to watch it, solely on account of it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen. Sure, I harbored zero expectations to director Griff Furst's 2009 movie. And the staggering 3.7 rating the movie had landed, when I sat down to watch it, just didn't exactly do anything to cement any hopes for a good movie.

Well, color me impressed, because the movie certainly turned out to be way better than I had anticipated. So thumbs up to writer Leigh Scott for managing to put together an enjoyable script and storyline. Just a shame that the movie comes wrapped in such an amateurish and low budget appearing cover. I have to admit that I was genuinely adequately entertained throughout the course of the 92 minutes that the movie ran for. Sure, it was not on the same scale as "Underworld", but it definitely was entertaining.

The movie does, surprisingly enough have the likes of Mark Dacascos, Yancy Butler, Rhett Giles and Jeremy London on the cast list, so there are some familiar faces in the movie. The acting performances in the movie were good.

The effects in the movie weren't exactly great, but at least they weren't among the worst of special effects I've seen in similar movies.

If you enjoy vampire and werewolf movies, then this 2009 movie is actually worth checking out.

My rating of director Griff Furst's 2009 movie "Wolvesbayne" lands on a five out of ten stars.

In 1887, the powerful vampire Lilith (Yancy Butler) is vanquished by a vampire council and four amulets avoid her return to the world of living. In the present days, the greedy Realtor Russel Bayne (Jeremy London) is pressing Alex Layton (Christy Romano) to sell her store of esoteric products to him. While driving back home, Russel stops his Ferrari to help a young woman that has troubles with her Volkswagen Beetle in a lonely road. However, they are attacked by a werewolf and Russel transforms into one a couple of nights later. Meanwhile, a vampire clan led by the evil Von Griem (Mark Dacascos) is retrieving the ancient amulets to bring Lilith back. When Von Griem's minions try to abduct Russel, Alex helps him and Russel teams up with Jacob Van Helsing (Rhett Giles) and his peer group to avoid the return of the devilish Lilith.

"Wolvesbayne" is a flawed but entertaining vampire movie that seems to be the pilot of a TV series. The story has a promising beginning, but suddenly the plot becomes a collection of clichés and special effects. The prosthesis of vampire teeth seems to be bothering Mark Dacascos and his grimaces and Yancy Butler is unrecognizable with a terrible performance. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Anjo das Trevas" ("Angel of the Darkness")

This was an extremely low budget film. I was very disappointed in this movie. I don't know how it received 4 stars. But it shouldn't never received that type of rating. This is a really poor movie: I only it gave it 2 stars because of the story line otherwise it should get a -10.