Monsterwolf

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Monsterwolf
Genre Horror
Written byCharles Bolon
Directed byTodor Chapkanov
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
  • Kenneth M. Badish
  • Daniel Lewis
CinematographyLorenzo Senatore
EditorMatt Taylor
Running time90 minutes
Production companyBullet Films
Budget$1.5 million [1]
Original release
Network Syfy
ReleaseOctober 9, 2010 (2010-10-09)

Monsterwolf is a 2010 Syfy original television film directed by Todor Chapkanov and stars Leonor Varela, Robert Picardo, and Marc Macaulay. The film was part of Syfy's 31 Days of Halloween 2010 and premiered on Syfy October 9, 2010.

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Premise

A group of people who represent an oil company find a new place to drill. However, when they set off an explosion, it unleashes a wolf-like creature that kills all the workers.

Cast

Reception

Critical reception was negative. [2] [3] Dread Central rated the movie at 2 1/2 out of 5 blades, calling it "a fairly straightforward cliché-a-thon that wraps itself up in highly convenient third act character revelation that sure comes in handy when trying to send an eco-terrorist wolf monster back to its spiritual nature preserve. It’s also pretty watchable. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it pretty good, but it is certainly watchable in a nothing-better-on Saturday afternoon matinee sort of way." [4] TV Spielfilm was ambivalent in their rating. [5]

Curt Wagner for the Chicago Tribune panned Monsterwolf, criticizing it as "so bad it sucks - and it's not even about vampires!" [6]

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