Movie Review for Skinwalkers

Summary: Creatures, bound by the blood of the wolf, that can kill with curses and move at lightening speed, watching the night sky for the rise of the blood-red crescent moon. They are Skinwalkers. They feed on our flesh and thirst for the taste of human blood. The red moon signals each pack, divided by principles, hell bent to survive an ancient prophecy. On his 13th birthday, Timothy, a half-blood, is about to reach the time of his transformation. He's been guarded since birth by those around him. They know the power he holds. He alone has the power to control the destiny of his family, and their kind, a gift that has placed his very life in danger. On the third night, at the rise of the red moon, a war will rage for control of their kind. There are two warring factions: one would like the curse to end, the other embraces bloodlust, and revels in the immortal freedom of the beast within. They will do anything to preserve their way of life. To survive, it means finding the boy. The one with the power to control their very survival. "I am not human," says Varek. "I am better than that!" Under the full red moon, the violent feud pits brother against brother, lover against lover, and good against evil.

                         Reviews of Skinwalkers
By Brian Webster of Apollo Guide (7/0)
            If lots and lots of shooting and wrassling and growling turns your crank, then you might have a g...

By Ty Burr of Boston Globe (7/0)
            Skinwalkers is never able to escape its fundamental preposterousness. You've seen worse, but, tru...

By Brian Orndorf of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
            A hastily-edited-to-a-PG-13 werewolf movie, with acting so dreadful it makes Troll 2 look like a ...

By Eric D. Snider of EricDSnider.com (7/0)
            You'll laugh and roll your eyes, but at least you won't be annoyed.

By Frank Lovece of Film Journal International (7/0)
            This Canadian-made action drama sparks an old-fashioned B-movie charge%u2014it's welcome to the g...

By Jason Anderson of Globe and Mail (7/0)
            Viewers who make it through the dire early scenes may be surprised by the quality of the later on...

                         Reviews of Skinwalkers
By Frank Scheck of Hollywood Reporter (7/0)
            A thoroughly undistinguished addition to a genre that probably reached its peak a quarter-century...

By Stax of IGN Movies (7/0)
            This werewolf flick is all bark and no bite.

By Colin Covert of Minneapolis Star Tribune (7/0)
            A werewolf movie without much bite.

By Ken Hanke of Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (7/0)
            To borrow that immortal self-critiquing line from director James Isacc's own Jason X, 'This sucks...

By Michael Dequina of Mr. Brown's Movies (7/0)
            Indistiguishable from either the horror or action product that routinely comes out of the straigh...

By Frank Swietek of One Guy's Opinion (6/1)
            A werewolf movie so bad it merits a silver bullet.

                         Reviews of Skinwalkers
By Steven Hyden of Onion AV Club (7/0)
            A throwback to workmanlike '70s and '80s-era low-budget action thrillers.

By Roger Moore of Orlando Sentinel (7/0)
            Skinwalkers may be an attempt to reinvent a myth. But this bloodless dog isn't exactly a life-sav...

By Cynthia Fuchs of PopMatters (7/0)
            In Skinwalkers, there are two kinds of skinwalkers. Some see their bloodlust as a curse, and othe...

By James Berardinelli of ReelViews (7/0)
            The problem with most werewolf movies isn't that they're derivative, but that they're badly writt...

By Rob Humanick of Slant Magazine (7/0)
            Skinwalkers wears its B-movie badness on its sleeve like a badge of honor.

By Fredrik Nordstrom of Slasherpool (7/0)
            The best werewolf movie since Dog Soldiers

                         Reviews of Skinwalkers
By Dustin Putman of TheMovieBoy.com (7/0)
            Why make a serious, no-holds-barred horror film about werewolves when you can make a PG-13 kiddie...

By Geoff Pevere of Toronto Star (7/0)
            Skinwalkers announces its irony-impaired comic-shop geek credentials from the beginning.

By Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide's Movie Guide (7/0)
            Skinwalkers adds little to the annals of werewolf lore.

By Joe Leydon of Variety (7/0)
            Skinwalkers plays more like '70s drive-in fare than a monster mash of recent vintage.

By John Monaghan of Detroit Free Press (6/1) No reference
            Werewolves ride into town on motorcycles, sporting dark sunglasses, shaggy but mostly human excep...

By Adam Nayman of eye WEEKLY (6/1) No reference
            What differentiates Skinwalkers from other bad werewolf movies is just how colossally bad it is: ...

                         Reviews of Skinwalkers
By Scott Weinberg of FEARnet (6/1) No reference
            Not only is this a seriously goofy werewolf movie -- but they snipped out most of the juicy bits ...

By Jeannette Catsoulis of New York Times (6/1) No reference
            Yawningly directed by Jim Isaac, Skinwalkers is a slavering mess that buries its clunky addiction...

By Lisa Rose of Newark Star-Ledger (6/1) No reference
            On the fright scale, this pack of werewolves ranks below a basket of puppies.

Movie Distributors
After Dark Films
Lionsgate

Production Companies
Constantin Film AG
Stan Winston Productions
Red Moon Films

Movie Studios