Dog Soldiers, Artistically Terrifying

So today I broke down and watched a horror flick. And what a flick to choose. As most of you know, I'm not really into horror movies, and I'm not really into gore, but I am a pretty big werewolf fan (which is like saying I love toast but hate jam and butter, in all honesty). Deciding that I really haven't seen enough lycanthropic cinema in my life, I've decided I should do a little catching up (and what better time of year?).

The title? Dog Soldiers. I picked it up from someone's favorite top 10 list. Seems as good a place as any to start.

Anyway, on to my opinion of the movie. In a few words: gritty, witty, disgusting, artistically terrifying, mysterious to the end, and thrilling. The lycans themselves, when you eventually get a full view of 'em, are very sleek, tall, and overall pretty good looking (the above image is a poor example). The basic plot is based around a platoon of six British soldiers doing a routine training mission through the Scottish Highlands. Second day into the mission they see a flair go up, and upon further inspection find a bloody camp full of odd equipment, unused guns, and... no bodies. From there on out it gets really exciting. If you can stomach some pretty intense blood and gore, then I'd highly recommend this movie. If you can't watch the worst of CSI... don't even think about it.

Next up? Curse of The Werewolf. I'm actually ashamed I've never seen this utter classic. The Wolf Man is another. Something cheesy would be a nice wind down from this piece of work, anyway.

In other news, I'm now going to officially announce this blog exists. Hooray! I meant to sooner, I really did...