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Anna lives
in a small town in Texas that mainly makes
a living from its kettle and sheep. Lately, business
haven't been so good for the small town though as an
unidentified creature has started to kill off all of
the goats. To make things even worse, this creature
seems to have just gotten a taste for human flesh as
well. Will Anna and her friends be able to stop this
animal before it's too late?
I have to confess, I thought that I was going to hate
this movie, but Mexican Werewolf actually didn't turn
out to be all that bad. It's not good, but it should
have been a whole lot worse. You can tell that a lot
of effort has been put into this low-budget creature
feature based on the ever so popular creature, the
chupacabra (why have we yet to see a good chupacabra
horror flick?).
The movie opens with Anna and her friend sitting in
a car, screaming, while the chupacabra is trying to
get inside. Anna starts narrating how they got to this
situation, and I'm all ready enjoying it more than
I thought that I would. Teenage chicks who narrate?
Bring it on. Sadly, the girl playing Anna turns out
to be the only decent actor in this flick. The rest
of the characters are stereotypes played by, what
I can only assume, friends with someone in the crew.
However, bad acting can easily be overlooked in such
lowbudget features as this one and it didn't bother
me too much. I had a much more pleasant time focusing
on the surprisingly good-looking monster. This is
by far the best chupacabra that I've seen to date in
a movie. It's like nothing you've ever seen before,
and it still looks pretty much what you expect a
chupacabra to look like.
I'm not going to rant on a whole lot more about this
film now though. It's not a good movie and I doubt
many people will even bother reading this review, but
if you're looking for a chupacabra creature feature,
this really isn't as bad as you expect it to be. It's
got a lot of heart and the cinematography is beautiful
for a low budget indie horror flick so if you have
nothing better to watch, you might want to give it a
shot, even if it's not that great.
A couple of quick flashes of gore and intestines.
Cheap score but, yet again, it's got soul and turns
out to be quite competent. We get everything from pop
music to rock music to creepy music. A nice variety.
This won't stay in your memory for long, mark my words,
but it's really not as bad as it should have been. It's
actually a surprisingly watchable chupacabra creature
feature, and with a higher budget, I'm sure that it
could have been somewhat decent. It's worth checking
out if you're a fan of the creature but don't expect
anything out of the ordinary.
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