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Film Review: Strippers vs Werewolves
It's probably
unwise to analyse films like Strippers vs Werewolves (2012) too closely. Peel
away the gimmicky editing (which is effective in a naive comic-book way), and
what's left of this British produced horror-comedy from director Jonathan
Glendening (responsible for the recent horror release Night Wolf (2012)) lacks
any real guts. Starring Robert Englund, Steven Berkoff and newcomer Martin
Compston, the presence of such stalwarts is really all that's of interest in
this amateur tale of Lycanthrope activities in London's clubland.
Sleazy
werewolf Mickey (Martin Kemp) is killed by dancer Justice (Adele Silva) after
becoming a little too aroused during a private performance at Vixens, an exotic
London strip club. Trying to cover up the incident, Justice's boss Jeanette
(Sarah Douglas) has Mickey's body disposed off and attempts to carry on
business as usual. However, it quickly becomes apparent that Mickey was
involved with some very nasty friends who are now out to avenge him, leading to
the inevitably gory showdown during the next full moon.
There has
really only ever been one classic modern British-based werewolf film aside from
An American Werewolf in London (1981) - an American production. After Neil
Jordan's sublime masterpiece The Company of Wolves (1984) broke the mould,
frankly no-one should have tried resuscitating this pretty much lifeless area
of horror - particularly not the team behind the limp Strippers vs Werewolves.
Apart from
the presence of the aforementioned Englund (surely he isn't so hard-up as to
have to reduce himself to a two minute cameo in such drivel as this), the only
other good thing in the film is its admittedly witty script ("I'm going to
kill you so slowly that you're driving licence will expire before you
do"). Unfortunately though, such gems are so diluted by copious
unimaginative expletives that they lose much of their potential impact.
During an
explosive climax, Sinclair (played by Simon Phillips) gives a tongue-in-cheek
nod towards 2004 turkey Van Helsing, exclaiming "Oh my god, that was the
greatest thing I've ever seen. More people should have seen that". We
think not - on both counts.
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