Surviving a horrific werewolf attack while completely isolated in a small, snowed-in town sounds bad enough, but populate said town with eccentric neighbors divided by greed, suspicion, and conflicting beliefs, and wow, the odds of sussing out your intelligent monster just go down considerably.
It DOES make it a heck of a lot more fun, though, because as long as it’s either fictional or at least doesn’t involve you in any way, what’s more fun than watching people throw ad hominem attacks at each other?
Werewolves Within is a darkly funny, thrilling, not-really-scary-but-still-great-to-watch kinda movie. All of the characters are instantly memorable, there’s great comedic timing, and the production value looks pretty good considering it’s a low-budget film. It weaves comedy, anticipation, fear, and action almost seamlessly together, all the while challenging you to really think about who the culprit really is.
The film excels in its storytelling, characterization, and clue-dropping. It’s written in such a way that you really can’t count out any one person as NOT the werewolf, and you can’t really be one hundred percent sure that any one of them really IS the werewolf. Is there even a werewolf at all? Or are the townspeople really kind of just…bloodthirsty? The movie will leave you guessing right up until the very end.
Just one thing: werewolf fans hoping to see a lot of fur, fangs, and claws might end up quite a bit disappointed. The movie focuses much more on human interaction and how it affects decisions and ignites a chain of events to show how the story unfolds. Don’t worry though, because there IS blood, carnage, finger-pointing, and a helluva lot of screaming, so yes, I’d say it’s worth a watch.
The Scaredy-Geek 