SKINWALKERS (2006)
Random Werewolf Month has taught me an invaluable lesson: there are way, way too many werewolf movies in the universe, especially on streaming. I took a chance on Skinwalkers because it was directed by James Isaac. That name might ring a bell, as he has toiled on oodles of genre films under oodles of different credits. His main claim to fame - to my target audience anyway - is a certain spacebound slasher. Yep, he helmed Jason X. If you had anything to do with Jason X, I feel like I owe you one. Renting Skinwalkers was the least I could do. And I didn't even rent it. That's just leftover 90's parlance that I'll probably never relinquish. I did stream it, so I'm not a complete caveman. Skinwalkers deals with a rogue clan of lycanthropes. They reminded me of the villain's posse in Fright Night Part II. That's definitely a plus. Anyway, the bad guys seek to snuff out a 13-year-old. This kid was prophesized to find a cure for "the curse," but some folks prefer being werewolves.
I hope you're not averse to warring factions. Don't worry; Skinwalkers doesn't approach Twilight territory. The casting is impressive. Rhona Mitra and Elias Koteas are rock solid as the emotional anchors of the story. There is a character twist that didn't make much sense, but I wouldn't want to spoil it. Suffice to say, any system errors are minor. Apparently, there is an unrated cut that adds twenty minutes of sex and gore. In the film's defense, I didn't notice that I was missing out on choice exploitation. Isaac does a bang-up job with the climax. It's set at a steel mill, and it was giving me heavy Freddy's Nightmares vibes. All in all, Skinwalkers is adequate. Nothing mind-blowing. I mean, it doesn't compare to Jason X, but what does?
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