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9/10
I have no skills
nogodnomasters30 June 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The film is a comedy and far from a horror film. Gary (Lucas Millhouse-writer, director) and Dustin (J. R. Timothy) are roommates and best friends who work together at a coffee shop. While walking their dog (only film appearance) Dustin is bit by a radioactive chihuahua. This has the effect of turning him into a werehuahua during any moon and not just a full moon. He kills 8 locals. The production also includes a vampire (Bakir Mehinovic) Van Helsing (Todd Michael Thompson), Lizzy P. (Brittany Shamy) a librarian (Talitha Hanks and not Bob Newhart) and a silent roommate (Bryson Ross Dumas) whose name could be Bob.

The plot is silly like all of Lucas Millhouse productions, but also clever. There are a number of film homage scenes which "the book" mentions to watch for. There is the chipper scene from "Fargo"; the hose cleaning scene from "Pulp Fiction"; the blood scene from "Carrie" and there were a number of them which I knew were from films, but couldn't put my finger on them. Millhouse also plugs his own film "Pegasus Hunter" as they watch the film in a cinema and have trouble staying awake. For my generation "Full Moon High" will be the top werewolf comedy, but this one was a worthy effort.

Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.
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8/10
AWFUL-ly, good.
geoffbb9 August 2023
I think the creators of this movie set out to make a spoof. With a limited budget, they chose to deliberately make a "bad" parody. They appear to have succeeded brilliantly.

And the acting, although bad is still so over the top I really enjoyed some Scenes.

The writing, set free from the confines of realism, I believe thoroughly enjoyed themselves. And they used the lack of confinement to conjure a very silly, but satisfyingly humorous tale of dangerous chemicals, sorcery, werefolk, Vikings, nymphs, vampires, low self esteem, bromance, romance, badasses, along with gratuitous helpings of gaphs (or is it gaffs) etc.

Oh, and a Werehuahua.
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