Directed by:
Adrián García BoglianoScreenplay:
Eric StolzeCinematography:
Ernesto HerreraComposer:
Wojciech GolczewskiCast:
Nick Damici, Lance Guest, Rutanya Alda, Larry Fessenden, Al Sapienza, Erin Cummings, Ethan Embry, Karen Lynn Gorney, Tina Louise, Tom Noonan, Caitlin O'Heaney (more)Plots(1)
Don't go quietly into that good night. That's the adage for Ambrose (Nick Damici), a recent widower and blind Vietnam veteran who has been shuffled off by his contemptuous son into the tranquil retirement community of Crescent Bay. With only his seeing eye dog, Shadow, for company, he enters a society of alienated old folk and unfulfilled dreams in an aged care facility so bland the residents might as well be walking dead. But it's not zombies that terrorize this community. A spate of monthly deaths has been blamed, according to the indifferent police department, on animal attacks. Forgetful elderly citizens have been too absent minded to lock their doors is the official word. But when a neighbour is slaughtered and his dog is attacked Ambrose soon realises that with each full moon a werewolf preys on the village and it's now up to him to stop it. From a master of the spooky quest Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Late Phases is by turns a moody, amusing and an exhilarating account of maintaining one's dignity in the twilight - in spite of everything. (Accent Film Entertainment)
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Adrían García Bogliano keeps on going. It seems to me that the director improves from time to time and tries to march in other horror subgenres and he succeeds decently. Late Phases is a solid werewolf genre film with decent gore. The protagonist is a likable Vietnam vet, his weaponry is top notch even after going blind, and the whole months-long preparation for becoming a werewolf intrigued me. On the plus side, the transformation is also unconventional and decent, but on the minus side, the werewolf make-up effects are quite funny, as if from the 90's, which slightly amazes me, but still a good thing. 65%
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A very bizarre mix of werewolf horror and a drama about ageing and coming to terms with the past. If it’d had an A-list Hollywood director and budget, it could have been a fundamental multi-genre movie, but it didn’t and it shuffles on one place, with dodgy make-up effects that prevent the villains from causing much fear. But it’s alright, the concept of the monthly preparations for the next werewolf attack is original and Nick Damici imprints inimitable charisma to his grouchy, tough character. To watch once and weak 3*.
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Late Phases is a film that won't dazzle you with any new approach to the werewolf subgenre, nor will it impress you with the intricacy of its plot, but it is very well-crafted, with well-developed characters and also special effects where someone has again attempted to make the werewolf look good on screen. I acknowledge that, and for this reason, I appreciate Late Phases and I’m definitely giving it an above-average rating.
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I had higher hopes for Late Phases when I read the blurb about a blind veteran who decides to take on werewolves, but the film was a bit disappointing. I found it unnecessarily talky and, except for the first attack and the ending, quite stripped of action. I liked that the film doesn’t rely on CGI effects for the visuals of the werewolves, but used costumes and makeup, so the monsters looked quite realistic, albeit clumsy. I had quite a problem sympathizing with the main character Ambrose, though, I mostly didn't care about his fate. If you leave out the horror aspect, it’s a pretty shallow family drama.
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