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DVD Review: “Wolfcop” Cranks The Cheese Factor All The Way Up

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As a series of strange and violent events start happening, an alcoholic policeman realizes that he has been turned into a werewolf as part of a larger plan, so he investigates with the help of his partner and his friend.

“Wolfcop” is evocative of the movies of Roger Corman and Charles Band. In other words, it is a B-movie that never takes itself too seriously and pokes fun at the horror genre in the process. B-movies existed long before the likes of “Piranhaconda” and “Sharknado” and were usually so bad, they would only play at the local drive-in movie theaters because no respectable studio would touch them with a 10 foot pole. The aforementioned “Sharknado” has brought the cheese factor back and now movies that were once considered atrocious, are the new cool. We first meet Officer Lou Garou (Leo Fafard), in a sleazy bed in a sleazy house, lying next to a sleazy woman. He always wears a 5 O’clock shadow and is constantly late for work as he likes to stop off in the local bar for a few drinks beforehand.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of behavior wouldn’t be tolerated, especially in a police department but this is a small wayward town with only only three police officers in total so I guess things work differently here than in the bigger cities. One night, while out in the woods following up on a lead about some teenagers who are apparently killing the town’s pets in seemingly satanic cult rituals, Lou finds a man hanging upside down in the woods but before he is able to react he is knocked out cold and then wakes up the next morning with no recollection of how he got home. As the day advances, Lou’s senses become more heightened and he can hear and smell things miles away, even through all the liquor he consumes, which believe me, is an awful lot.

A town local, Willie Higgins (Jonathan Cherry), convinces Lou that he was attacked by a wolf and has now become the beast himself. In order to prove it, Lou agrees to be locked up in one of the jail cells at the police station where Willie records his transformation on video. When he finally metamorphoses into the wolf, he and Willie drive around town where Lou, who is now part wolf/part cop, stops all criminal activity and becomes a town hero but when he finds out that the town is being run by a secret occult, he must do everything in his power to stop them. A movie like “Wolfcop” cannot be taken seriously because the movie itself doesn’t take itself seriously.

The filmmakers obviously had fun with this and if more producers and directors could make tongue-in-cheek movies along these lines without succumbing to “Sharknado” levels of significance, where even though the film is a parody, it still takes itself way too seriously, then more fun could be had by all. “Wolfcop” never once tries to rewrite the book on horror films or werewolf movies in general, rather, it adds to a long list of titles that just wants to be seen and wants you to know that it’s okay to let go and have some fun. Consider this a guilty, cheesy pleasure.

Available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Video March 10th

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James McDonald

Originally from Dublin, Ireland, James is a Movie Critic with 40 years of experience in the film industry as an Award-Winning Filmmaker. He is also a member of the Critics Choice Association and the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association.