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film, hellhounds, horror, Horror movie, Horror movies, lycanthrope, movies, robert conway, Werewolf, werewolf movie
Hell hath no fury like a woman and a biker scorned.
On paper Hellhounds is the stuff of a second rate horror novelists dream, building on a tried formula of werewolves and bikers. Throw in the mix a group of bounty hunters and some questionable members of the constituency and you’ve got a potboiler of a film.
Where one pack of werewolves bearing the films’ titular name, they are pitted against a fanatical order of werewolf hunters known as… wait for it… Silver Bullets. It’s comic genius.
That there though ends the line of fantasy and the reality when it sets in sadly lacks in meeting up to the premises potential. Not that you can squarely judge this on the dreams and aspirations writer, director Robert Conway places on his vision, but the budget and the effects are left wanting and the acting is too complacent to attach oneself to the films’ plot.
There are some moments of brutal exposition that can put the hairs on the end and the encounters albeit few and far between take some of the scenes and push them to the boundaries of what was possible given the restrictions. Ultimately though, this is a middle of the road affair without any real known destination.
The Prognosis:
This could have been so much more with a bit more thought and action placed behind it and admittedly some more bucks and better talent in front of the screen.
There are little to no scares and one can’t help but hope and wish that some practical fx were placed to rally up the lycanthrope factor.
- Saul Muerte
Hellhounds is currently available on PRIME from to rent or buy.