Werewolf Island

I was watching this film on a site where it is called Werewolf Island and halfway through the film the line from Young Frankenstein came to mind - where wolf?

Getting back to the curse there is an inkling of a good story line that could have evolved but the film is cursed by scriptwriters in grade 3, a cast from grade two and the director is still struggling through kindergarten!

I was rooting for the alleged werewolf from the start and hopefully end the agony for this struggling cast .

Someone had money to waste on this disaster!

Where wolf, where island, where credible plot - why worry! Next time check the dictionary for a description of an island!

Can we say bad acting? Awful, cheap wardrobe/props?

First, bad acting. I do not care this is based on an urban legend. I am not sure they did that any service with the movie for starters. But the acting is so bad and at points over done. The French accents were poor at best.

Bad cheap wardrobe--The costumes look like something bought at costume shop that were put on the dollar special shelf. They did not even come close to what they would have worn at the time the story shows the French soliders and Indians were in. And the Native dress was not that great.

Fake looking props. You can tell that they are not realistic. Low budget film or not, could have put some thought into things.

The Music during the 1920's scene is not appropriate.....

This is a terrible movie. And there are no werewolves on Werewolf Island. Fortunately, they are only out about $20 for the budget. They certainly couldn't have paid the "actors", as they were dreadful. This looked like they used members of a local theater that has given up all hope of making anything decent. And the children were certainly not actors, but must have been the crew's children.

They certainly didn't spend money of special effects or costumes, either. All the clothes were obviously thrift shop cast offs, and the "un-special effects" and action scenes were so inept. The monster (and I use that term very loosely) looks terrible in all the chase and killing scenes which were often filmed in daylight (no budget for night-lighting). Did I mention there are no werewolves?

There was very little direction, so they didn't pay a director or crew. Just some guy with a camcorder, doing a favor for a friend. As bad as I make this sound, it was worse. Not a B movie. Maybe a C movie. They spent more on the cover art.

I've lived 30 minutes away from Monroe, Michigan my whole life, and regardless of what you think of the movie, know that Dog Lady Island is a real place with an endless amount of stories. The buildings, sights, and street names in this film are all real.

I give Michael J Alexander mad props for writing, directing, and acting in this film, and I appreciate him bringing light to a local legend, but I would be lying if I said I thought his acting was good. I could ignore that the camera, editing and effects aren't up to Hollywood standards if the acting wasn't so underwhelming. I don't want to speak for all the actors/actresses, because some of them do well (I liked the 1920 scene a lot, and I thought Lilly and Detective Taylor were convincing as characters), but most of the acting in this film feels very insincere, stale, and like it's being read off the page for the first time.

I did think the actual story written was interesting, however there were scenes that seemed to have a lack of script, or repetition in the script that didn't make sense to me. In one scene, there's a point where Detective James says the same line four times in less than a five minute period.

Overall, I appreciate this film, and while I take into consideration that it's independently made, it was hard to look past the awkward acting by about half the cast. A few redeeming moments, but I can't say I see it becoming anything classic. Just my opinion of course.

Thank you for asking, yes I have seen Werewolf Island:Island of the Werewolf. It's a movie, it's terrible. It would be super mean of me to say everyone involved did a bad job and should be embarrassed because everyone involved with this movie did a bad job and should be embarrassed. Like, use violence to get better responses from the writer, the director and the cast, and not idle threats of violence, back those threats up with loaded weapons, kidnap their loved ones and hold them hostage with the threat issued to the writer, the director and the cast, " do a better job, or I will kill your loved ones". Because every little bit helps.