Written By: Ryan Dailey
The translation from video game to film can be a very rough length of road to traverse. Super Mario Brothers the vast majority of Uwe Boll’s filmography serve as the potholes and the cracked asphalt that makes up the afore-mentioned metaphorical road.
Werewolves Within serves as the exciting and new back road alternative to a genre drought with more misses than hits.
The snow-covered village of Beaverfield is experiencing dissension among its denizens as the town is divided by the proposition to run a pipeline underneath their slice of the American dream.
A heavy snowstorm and downed power generators force the unique cast of characters to be confined to their homes and/or the town’s only hotel to figure out exactly who is the werewolf within.
Finn Wheeler, played by Sam Richardson, expertly plays the role of a very passive Forest Ranger who, while trying to toughen himself up via self-help podcasts and struggling to maintain a failing relationship, finds himself in this strange situation on his first day at a new post.
Wheeler is quickly introduced to the quirky, ax-tossing mail person Cecily, portrayed by Milana Vayntrub who steals every scene she is in. Cecily takes a shine to Finn quickly, showing him around town and introduces him one by one to the citizens of Beaverfield.
First is Trisha, (Michaela Watkins) who dreams of opening her own craft store and her maple harvesting husband Pete (Michael Chernus).
Harvey Guillen and Cheyenne Jackson are the well-to-do couple Jaoquim and Devon, whose riches come from their roles in the tech world.
The finger-pointing begins at the local hotel, ran by Janine (Catherine Curtin), the lovable mother figure in town.
Werewolves Within comes to us from Ubisoft and is loosely based on the PC game of the same name and it is a beautiful blend of Clue and all the great werewolf films in the vein of Wolfcop and Cursed.
Werewolves Within is currently streaming on most digital platforms and DVD.
Sam Richardson stars in “Werewolves Within.”