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Hybrid (2007)
Not a Werewolf flix. Barely Sci Fi. Runners might find inspiration though.
With the sound off this could be mistaken for a movie about a guy using the Native American technique of running with animals to train for a marathon.
Man loses eyesight, gets wolf eye transplant, begins acting wolf-ish. Weak ass tropes and lots of repetitive wolves in the wild trances/flashbacks follow. We've got the super rare steak eating scene. Some running with puppers. Seeing and hearing better. Biting people... with normal human teeth mind you. But no transformations. Just becoming super best buddies with a pack of wolves and loads of shirtless running.
The romance is forced and weird. The dialog is abysmal, every line is utterly forgettable. The villain is the military in its usual roll, you know the one, wanting to use scientific advancements for war. With some Native American schlocky mysticisms sprinkled liberally throughout. The ending seemed to drag on forever.
Does not, I repeat, does not fall into the so bad it's good category (which sucks because I live for those movies). I don't think it could even be saved by RiffTrax because there are just too many scenes of wolves running, him running, and nothing really happening besides running.
Poltergeist (2015)
Weak Everything...Characters, Acting, Directing
This whole remake is just sad. All the strength the original characters had has been washed away into a predictable trope of a movie with bad acting galore. This feels like a made for TV remake. All the strength the original characters had is not to be found here. The character of the son is given a bigger part in the this movie and it is a huge detriment to the film as his acting is by far the worst of all. The strong character of the mother wonderfully portrayed by Jo-Beth Williams in the original is tossed aside to make room for the others characters to have more screen time with the poltergeist but it actually makes the film less scary by doing so. The film completely lacks the touching moments the original had and the somewhat deeper observations about the afterlife that helped the original suck you in and make you care what happened to these people. Not scary, not fun, not interesting, not even bad in the good way. Just a bore from start to finish.