Howl (2015)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2015
	Director: Paul Hyett (make-up effects on The Descent 1-2, Doomsday, the Red Riding trilogy, The Woman in Black...)
	Actors: Ed Speleers, Holly Weston, Shauna Macdonald
	Country: GB
	Genre: Horror
	Conditions of visioning: 29.01.2016, Cinema Espace du Lac, GIFFF2016, Official Selection
Synopsis: A group of commuters gets stranded when their trains stops in the middle of a forest past midnight. The driver goes outside to explore the damage but doesn't come back.
Review: A nice werewolves B-movie (not a spoiler given the title) like the British know how to do, but by far not as remarkable as Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers for example although it visibly has a bigger budget. The director introduced his film at the Gérardmer Film Festival by saying that the idea came up when the screenplay writers were stuck on a train at night and were wondering how could things go any worse. I could criticize about Howl that the characters are too easily categorized, fitting in the usual boxes of the old couple, brave guy that turns out to be an asshole, young adult taken for a bandit but ending up saving the day, and the pseudo-romance. This makes that the movie is not bad but it didn't really surprise me. One good thing I could say is about the design and make-up of the were-wolves (especially the first one we see) which were very well done even if not really original. At least they looked very ferocious like they are supposed to.
Rating: 5 /10