Wolfcop - Blu-ray

Film: It was foreseeable that his penchant for high-proof alcohol would eventually be his undoing. But the maladjusted cop Lou (Leo Fafard) did not expect this: Drunk out of his mind, he is turned into a werewolf by an occult cult. From now on, he becomes a ravenous beast every full moon. But there's one thing this curse can't destroy: Lou's sense of justice - and his penchant for booze, donuts and beautiful women. And so, from now on, he sees to justice as a wolf cop. From now on, the bad guys will have to dress warmly...

Wolfcop was made in just 17 days on a mini-budget that director Lowell Dean put together with the help of Project CineCoup. Given the short shooting time, the small budget, and especially the title, there's no way you should expect anything but amusing trash. You have to get involved with the completely absurd basic idea and the sometimes slightly cheap-looking style of the film for the full fun factor to unfold. But if you manage to do that, then this somewhat different werewolf movie proves to be quite a pleasure. The flick can definitely claim the top spot for arguably the weirdest sex scene of the year.

The werewolf makeup may not be cutting edge, but it brings back nostalgic memories of the early werewolves of the Hammer Studios era. The fact alone that handmade effects were used here and that CGI effects were avoided adds a certain charm. This is intensified by wonderfully absurd ideas like a traditional drink 'n' shoot festival. In addition, Dean skillfully plays with countless clichés of the horror genres and the cop film, whereby just by mixing such clichés extremely amusing moments arise.

Also, the fact that Leo Fafard plays his character with a certain seriousness, still increases the comedic effect of the whole. Some decent action sequences and mild horror elements provide there perfect counterbalance to the humor, making Wolfcop a perfect party movie. Lowell Dean has done a great job of directing an entertaining B-movie persiflage where his love for the subjects being lampooned is more than evident. It's the best werewolf-copmovie-comedy mix since movies have been made - and for that, at least for lovers of charmingly trashy horror fare, there's a very hairy: absolutely worth seeing!

Picture + Sound: There's actually very little to fault about the film's audiovisual realization. The picture pleases with its punchy colors, somewhat trashy look, and good overall sharpness. The sound, which is available as a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix, has some good surround moments to offer, the dialogue, on the other hand, is mixed a little very centrally in the German language version, while they sound a little more harmoniously integrated into the action in the original. Overall, however, the technical realization is fully in line with what you can expect from a small independent production. Good!

Extras: The Blu-ray has plenty of good extras to offer. Starting off with an audio commentary that's worth listening to, you learn a lot about shooting on a mini-budget, working with CineCoup and how the effects were made. It's a really entertaining commentary, but it doesn't have a subtitle option to offer. Unfortunately, this also applies to the Making of (approx. 45:52 min.), which is well worth seeing and goes into pleasant detail about various aspects of the production. It continues with a music video, as well as three comedy clips (The Somewhat Different Outtakes, Skydiving Under a Full Moon, Wolfcock) with a total running time of just under 5 minutes.

Three more clips are dedicated to the CineCoup project (approx. 4:06 min.), with the help of which Wolfcop could be staged and marketed. And finally, there are six mission videos (approx. 12 min.), which are also definitely worth a look.

Term: Weird - weird - Wolfcop! This indie horror comedy is probably the weirdest werewolf movie of the last years. Even if some effects are a bit trashy and not every gag is spot on, it's just fun to watch the werewolf cop do his thing. On the Blu-ray, the film presents itself in good picture and sound quality and also has some really good extras to offer. For horror fans who like it weird and hairy, this disc is then: absolutely recommended!

An article by Frankfurt-Tipp