Eddie
(Jamie Newcomb) is the bad boy lead singer of a struggling rock band who’s
eking out a living playing local gigs. When he’s not busy playing in the band, he’s
hard at work at school. Yes, let’s stop
right there a second. This guy looks to
be about 35, but he’s apparently going to school and living with his aunt and
uncle. It’s hard to tell what kind of
school it is. Is it high school? Or maybe it’s college because everyone looks
like they’re in their 30s, but they act like teenagers. Bullies pick on nerds
and horny jocks go in heat every time a hot girl bends over in the hallway. Then again, the school only seems to teach one
class: Computer Programming. So, is it a technical school? It’s hard to tell.
Anyway, there’s a werewolf going around campus killing people. The cops think it’s the work of wild dogs but have been unable to find the killer. Meanwhile, the school’s resident computer nerd sets out to create a computer program to find the werewolf.
I
have to be completely honest with you: I
was more wrapped up trying to figure out the ages of the students and what kind
of school they were attending than guessing the identity of the killer werewolf.
Lone
Wolf is a passable low budget, locally grown, ‘80s horror flick. Too bad it has too many characters and
subplots that get in the way of the werewolf fun. Not only is it a werewolf murder mystery
whodunit, you also have to deal with the long scenes of the computer nerd
playing amateur sleuth and the family problems of the would-be rock star. At 96 minutes, it’s way too long for a low
budget werewolf movie. The editor really
should’ve trimmed back the subplots to streamline things a bit. At least the hair band heavy metal rock music helps add
to the kitsch factor.
The
werewolf is kind of weak, which is another stumbling block. It just looks like someone wearing a fucking
Halloween mask. So much so, that when it
takes the stage during the climactic costume contest, everyone understandably assumes
he’s just another contestant. The transformation
scene is bad too as it looks like someone is just shaking the mask to make it
look like the snout is moving forward. The carnage it creates at the school dance is
decent and features some face-ripping and a good decapitated head gag. The kills throughout the rest of the movie
are on the repetitive side though, although there is one pretty good
heart-ripping scene.
In
short, while not a terrible werewolf movie by any stretch of the imagination,
Lone Wolf won’t leave you howling for more.
AKA: Teenage Werewolf.
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