Wer (2013)

One of my all time favorites.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

It's Just Okay Nothing More Nothing Less, I Read The Reviews And Well "The HOWLING Pt 1 (1981) Starring Dee Wallace And Her Ex Husband Christopher Stone Is The Best Werewolf Movie Ever Made And From The Looks Of It Will Be The BEST EVER Made With "WOLF" (1994) Starring Michelle Pfeiffer And Jack Nicholson Coming In 2nd!

To start of with: this is NOT a found footage film. Some footage is found of the brutal slaying of a family on vacation in France, and it's analyzed and sets of the rest of the proceedings. The film is presented in a documentary style, nothing to do with found footage..And this doesn't make any difference since it's quite a brilliant film. Or maybe it does since some of those found footage films tend to take pretty illogical steps just to keep the FF gimmick alive. This is just a great, extremely original and thankfully very realistic take on the werewolf saga, slowly built up as a mystery murder thriller."Experienced" experts are brought in to examine this apparent brutal animal attack, however who could be prepared for what's to follow. Okay, the ending might have been slightly predictable but it is done with such vigor and ferociousness it's still highly enjoyable and very exciting to watch.Very well done, very well played by all, absolutely stunning make up- and gore effects, an excellent choice to let it play out in a different country and oh so original. It reminded me of that other very original genre film of late: "Afflicted". Iff you enjoyed that, you will absolutely love this! 8/10

I'm not sure why so many people and critics gave this film a mediocre review, at best. Movies have evolved, and directors and producers have learned quite a bit from REC, Blair Witch, Devil's rejects, House of the Devil, Dawn of the Dead remake and the like. This one is not as good as those mentioned, but it's way, way better than Sharknado or pretty much anything else on the Sci-Fi channel. The art direction is awesome, with carefully disciplined scenes in the hospital, the Fiend's home and elsewhere that builds tension. Special effects are great for a low budget film and I thought most awesomely of all, the Fiend was not overdone. By the way, if you have a phobia of shaving, you should skip this one.

The movie is not something that has many surprising twists. It is nicely made though, the effects are good. The triangle relationship is nice, but also kind of overused. The actors still are sort of able to convincingly sell it to the viewer. Maybe you think it is overplayed though, especially because it might be distracting from the main story.Whatever the case, there could have been more social commentary, at least it looked like it would go that way, but it only stays on that in early stages. Maybe they planned more, I couldn't tell. After a slow start though, we do get a lot of action towards the end, which is either a relief or comes too late to save it for you