Tons of fun and some great bloody moments. – Will
A werewolf begins terrorizing the workers at a small burger joint.
Written and Directed by – Brian Singleton
Starring – Mark Courneyea, Heather Duthie, Miles Finlayson, Megan Fortier, Rich Glasgow, Ian Lloyd, Camille Marcil, Kevin Norris, Mark Singleton
I recently set up another Film Reel screening (which I’ll get into with the next posting here) for Werewolf Fever. Of course, I hadn’t seen the film yet! I’ve talked to director Brian Singleton a few times now and his love of movies is matched only by my own so I knew it was a safe bet that he could deliver a great film. I just received my screener of the movie yesterday and instantly sat down to watch it. I have to admit that I was still a little worried about the outcome. Had I just planned a screening for a movie that was bad? I can happily report that Werewolf Fever was a blast to watch and features some great guy-in-a-suit action and plenty of the red stuff and I don’t mean raw meat.
The flick only runs about 60 minutes minus beginning and ending credits and at least half of that time is the werewolf on a rampage, slicing and dicing his way through the employees and anyone else unlucky enough to be around the burger joint. The flick starts off a little slowly and it took me a few minutes to get into each of the characters. By the end of the film I was cheering for some and hoping for a terrible death for others. Congrats to Brian for creating people who I actually hoped would survive the werewolf encounter. I meant to ask Brian if the film was shot in sequence or not because it seems like the more the movie goes along, the more comfortable everyone got in their roles.
There'll be a lot more to worry about than nasty customers soon!
Being an indie flick, some of the performances are a little stiff to which Brian responded ‘Sure, everyone goes after the acting in the indie flick!’. Ya got me there man! I wasn’t expecting breakout performances and everyone does a good job but Rich Glasgow and Mark Singleton turn out my favorite parts of the film. The story is great and the dialogue is well done and the movie looks great. About 20 minutes into the movie the werewolf shows up. The delivery guy for the burger joint is attacked on his last delivery of the night and now he’s a werewolf. He returns to the burger joint and all hell breaks loose! Once the halfway mark hits for the film it’s pretty much all werewolf.
It's not like any other werewolf I've seen and I certainly wouldn't mess with it!
Easily the best part of the film is the werewolf. Forget the fancy CG crap they churn out now, which most of the time really looks awful. This werewolf is Mark Singleton in a suit, and a crazy looking suit at that. There is nothing that I love more than a rubber suited monster. It doesn’t matter if it looks good or bad, I love it. It brings back fond memories of childhood, watching all those classic flicks on TV at my grandparents house on a Sunday afternoon. Nothing can beat a monster like that and the werewolf here is insane looking. He’s also hungry for blood! At first the attacks usually happen off-screen but as the movie gets closer to the end we get to watch the werewolf chowing down on unlucky victims. I was really enjoying the end result of some of those attacks!
This all leads up to an ending that I didn’t even think about but had me grinning from ear to ear. It was a great way to finish off the flick. Any fear I may have had about screening Werewolf Fever up here in Toronto is all gone now. It’s a really fun movie and I can’t wait to check it out in a crowd. Of course, this isn’t only just a fun movie, it’s a fun Canadian movie with Brian coming out of Ottawa. To think that a great Canadian flick like this is only now getting a Toronto premiere makes me sad. I guess maybe there’s just too many Canadian movies getting made, isn’t that right Piers Handling. (please note grumpy sarcasm!) I can’t wait to bring this one to the Toronto Underground Cinema and I’m glad I could be a part of the whole thing. I’m also looking forward to anything a great monster freak like Brian Singleton can bring to the table after this one.
Under the marquee – Will
