Silver Bullet. It has a slow moving laid back feel that is somehow very
comforting as you experience it.
We begin with a widowed blind military veteran named Ambrose McKinley, played by Nick Damici. He is a proud man that doesn't expect or want any help or sympathy from anyone, especially his son, played by the always effective Ethan Embry (Freakylinks). Ambrose moves into a
nice retirement community that is next to a large woods and almost immediately
finds himself in the midst of some strange goings on. There are dog attacks that
have been happening in the community that have resulted in the deaths of some of
the residents, including the previous occupant of his new house. It doesn't take
the grumpy assed Ambrose long to figure out that these are not typical animal
attacks that are occurring every month during the full moon, especially after
his seeing eye dog Shadow is killed during an attack. For the rest of the movie
we watch as Ambrose prepares himself for battle he plans to wage against the
lycanthrope.
The effects are rather cheese laden. The werewolf is a far cry
from great looking, but that's not the thing with this movie. It is a "feel"
type of movie instead of a visceral gore fest.
My favorite performance in Late Phases is the always amazing Tom Noonan as the chain smoking and odd local pastor. Noonan is a great actor and I wish he was in every film. Such a strange
and awe inspiring presence he brings to the screen. Also of note is Lance Guest
in a strong supporting role and Tina Louise, frickin' Ginger from Gilligan's
Island, as a neighbor of Ambrose. Actually a tremendous cast all the way around.
Late Phases is not a great movie, but it's a pretty darn good one. Captain
Creepy says check it out.
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