Skinwalkers (2006)

A 12 year old boy and his mother become the targets of two warring werewolf packs, each with different intentions and motives.

Director:

James Isaac (as Jim Isaac)

Writers:

James DeMonaco, Todd Harthan

Stars:

Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Behr	...	Varek / Caleb Talbot
Elias Koteas	...	Jonas Talbot
Rhona Mitra	...	Rachel Talbot
Natassia Malthe	...	Sonja
Kim Coates	...	Zo
Sarah Carter	...	Katherine
Tom Jackson	...	Will
Matthew Knight	...	Timothy Talbot
Rogue Johnston	...	Grenier
Barbara Gordon	...	Nana
Shawn Roberts	...	Adam Kilmer
Lyriq Bent	...	Doak
Christine Brubaker	...	Justine
Roman Podhora	...	Ralph
Wayne Ward	...	Justine's Husband

Storyline

In accordance with the Navajos' legend, a thirteen year-old boy will finish with the curse of the powerful Skinwalkers, a.k.a. werewolves. The half-breed boy Timothy is raised by his human mother Rachel and protected by his Skinwalkers relatives since he was born. His grandmother Nana, his uncle Jonas, his cousin Katherine, her boyfriend Adam and their friend Doak have kept the secret about his bloodline and neither Timothy nor Rachel know the tragic curse. A couple of days before Timothy's thirteenth birthday, a pack of evil Skinwalkers that have tasted blood led by the evil Varek chases the boy while his family protects him.

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Plot Keywords:

transformation | 12 year old | half breed | werewolf | desert eagle | 

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Taglines:

For them to live, we must die.

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both Jason and Matthew appeared in the The Grudge movies, Jason appeared in the first one and Matthew appeared in the last two installments.

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Goofs

When Timothy and Kathrine are in the barn playing with the train set, she takes her ear phones out. They appear and disappear repeatedly throughout the whole scene.

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Quotes

[From trailer]
Varek: I am not human... We're better than that.

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Alternate Versions

Outside the USA, the film was released uncut. In the USA, the movie originally received an R rating and was subsequently edited for a PG-13:

• Uses of the words "shit", "fuck" and "cocksucker" were removed.
• A man hanging upside-down from a tree is shot by Varek. In the original, he graphically stabs himself in the eye with Grenier's knife before Wendy Crewson's character can shoot him.
• The scene in the bar is less graphic with a quickly edited montage of the wolves feeding and having sex. In the original, there are clear shots of the wolves feeding/tearing flesh, and having sex with nudity and movement.
• During the hospital shootout, in the uncut version, Grenier is graphically shot in the head.

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Soundtracks

Destitutorial
Written by Devin Gasteiger, Brett Fitzgerald, Riley O'Connor and Christian Anderson
Performed by Braintoy
www.braintoy.net
Produced by Rob Sanzo
(plays during end credits)

User Reviews

Good Enough To Make Coke Shoot Out of My Nose

Okay, I saw this movie at the matinée show and no coke didn't shoot out of my nose but it would have had I been drinking coke. I've been waiting for nearly two years to see this thing and let's just say I was a little disappointed.

No, it's not that bad but I was expecting there to be a lot more violence. I still really liked it for the most part but I guess the R to PG-13 re-cut affected that? I liked the Werewolves and wouldn't mind owning the Stan Winston made one. Though I have no idea where I'd put it? Garage? There are plenty of fight scenes to whet the appetite, though, like I said they aren't that graphic. The hot girls in this are definitely very hot. I have this weird thing for Rhona Mitra, perhaps a tad unhealthy.

The look of the movie is very good. There's some very cool shots at night and the final scene is pretty damn sweet.

The plot is fairly straight forward but adequate for a movie of this type. No big surprises, nothing that will change your life, or change the way you look at Werewolves.

The acting is okay, not great but okay. Believable enough.

I'd say this movie is worth seeing and you could bring you kids if they are like, ten or above. It's not too scary for them I think.

Overall, it's like a B-. If you love the monster movie genre this should fill you up for little while.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official soundtrack site

Country:

Canada USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 August 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Skin Walkers

Filming Locations:

Creemore, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$565,000, 12 August 2007

Gross USA:

$1,018,965

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,269,736

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lionsgate, Constantin Film, Stan Winston Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min 92 min (cut) 89 min (DVD)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1