Admirable film.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

What is the ratio of good werewolf films to bad ones? It has to be one to fifty. This film is another bad entry. Now, the basic idea for the plot is not so bad, although it is needlessly convoluted and with subplots that go nowhere. Also, the werewolf is quite adequate. Many werewolf films have bad looking werewolves. This one is just a guy in a suit, and not a very expensive one, but it works for a film with a comedic touch. I also liked the idea that the werewolf talked. Too bad it only spouted rather lame one-liners.The problems with the film are numerous, from poorly written characters, to unnecessary characters, to zero character development, to poorly written dialogue, to serious problems with pacing, editing, music, and overall tone. It shifts from drama to horror to comedy, and it does so in really awkward ways. Ultimately this is what buries it. You simply have no idea what you are watching, why the tone keeps shifting, and how you should interpret a scene. It is simply not fun to watch this mess. Oh, and the big action scene in the climax was not well done at all.I cannot recommend this to anyone.

This one surprised me - it's much better than I was ever expecting it to be. It's a comedy horror. Some of the comedy had me laughing out loud or giggling to myself. It's cute as far as the comedy aspect goes. As far as the horror - it's good. Pretty creepy at times yet still funny.The beginning is very much like your stereo-typical 1970s or 80s slasher films - 2 jocks, their snotty girlfriends, a geek and a tough but smart girl - all out in a cabin in the woods. The rest of the film becomes a little more a like Silver Bullet in a way... trying to prove if the werewolf is real, who the werewolf is if real and how to get rid of him.This one I had quite a bit of fun watching.7/10

"Big Bad Wolf" (2006) indeed ranks with the best werewolf flicks. I wasn't so sure during the first half hour, which involves a group of college teens going out to a desolate cabin to party. The bulk of the group are unlikable frat trash and the film goes over-the-top with the gore, nudity and naughtiness as a werewolf attacks. There's also a semi-campy vibe that prevents the viewer from taking the material seriously; as such, it's thrilling, but not really scary.Like other viewers, I was surprised to see the cabin angle of the story end by the close of the first act. The typical horror flick would use this for the entire plot. I was like, "Where are they going to go from here?" Well, the two survivors start to suspect who the werewolf may be and join-up with someone else to end the werewolf's reign of terror.Despite the above negatives, everything comes together for an excellent werewolf flick. It all makes sense if you stick with it. For instance, why are Derek, the nerd, and Sam, the mechanic biyatch, the only two survivors of the original group? Sam comes off too-gruff at first, and it's a turn-off, but then it becomes clear that she was just able to see through the fakeness and superficiality of the frat trash and refused to take their sheet. Derek's the likable protagonist who's uncertain, but rises to the challenge when necessary. I found myself caring about these two and their potential relationship as the story progressed.After the first act, the movie becomes reminiscent of "Fright Night" in that it involves two teens -- a male and a female -- who suspect someone in the neighborhood of being a monster and hooking up with an older individual to take down the creature. Whereas "Big Bad Wolf" shares similarities to "Fright Night", 2008's "Never Cry Werewolf" wholesalely rips it off, just substituting a werewolf for a vampire (still, it's a really good werewolf flick).What impressed me with "Fright Night" was the hideousness and wickedness of the vampire; "Big Bad Wolf" does the same thing with the werewolf, but ups the ante. More than that, the werewolf retains the intelligence of the man to a large degree and can talk, which is an interesting addition to werewolf lore. It also makes the creature more interesting. Even more, they give dimension to the man who's infected by the werewolf curse. Later in the story it becomes clear that he WAS trying to keep himself from harming people when the full moon came. Yet this is contrasted by his basking in the curse whenever he becomes the werewolf. Good writing and attention to detail like this propels "Big Bad Wolf" to the head of the pack.There's a rockin' soundtrack and an an excellent number that plays during the end credits, "Shelter" by Green Vinyl Dream.I should stress that this is a hard R-rated film with some very crude moments, mainly because the werewolf is thoroughly evil and some of the youths are frat trash, but if you can look beneath its gruff exterior it's got a good heart and is a worthwhile experience.The film was shot in Semi Valley and Los Angeles, California, and runs 95 minutes.GRADE: A

I enjoyed this movie. It definitely had it's heart in the right place for a low budget horror film. The tone was just right, striking a balance between tongue in cheek and all out cheese. Any fan of horror will appreciate the nods to films of yesteryear... I spotted a load of them.I liked how it began with the old horror cliché of kids going out on a trip, ala Texas Chainsaw Massacre... A lot of the tone of the film was lifted directly from Evil Dead, with the cabin and POV shots... Not to mention the nerdy main character. Plenty of references to American Werewolf in London and the The Wolfman with Lon Chaney... Hell, even Crisp (yeah, Kindergarten Cop) talked and sounded like Freddy Krueger when he was in lycanthropic form...Anyway, good fun all around and funny when it wanted to be... There's definitely room for a sequel.Note: It's funny that this earned Australia's highest classification - R18+, simply because there were a few brief moments of tongue in cheek sexual violence... Sure, have as much gore and violence as you want... but sexual violence... They definitely don't like that here!