Dog Soldiers (2002)

I NEVER THOUGHT SUPER GLUE WAS THAT SUPER!

Starring: Kevin Mckidd and Emma Cleasby

Neil Marshall, what a genius! He knows what suspense means, but this horror also contains a hint of black humour, which is always fun.

This film used to scare the begeebers out of me until i watched it for about the 10th time. But, it also makes me laugh hysterically in places too, for instance the intoxicated 'Sarge,' spider women and almost everything that comes out of 'Spoons,' mouth! '

What is the film about then? WEREWOLVES! Lots and lots of werewolves, well a whole family anyway. We begin with a squad of soldiers who are on a training exercise, or so they think, in a Scottish forest in the middle of nowhere (of course!) Anyway, their training exercise turns into a rescue operation after they bump into a massacred special operations squad. They meet a pack of werewolves (they can't really see them properly yet and haven't a clue what they are), who stalk them and the surviving spec opps member, Ryan, through the forest. Enter our only women in the film, Megan. She comes to the rescue of our heroes in her land rover after apparantly hearing their gunshots, so she very kindly and fortunately helps them all to her 'friends,' cottage (which is situated, you guessed it...in the middle of nowhere).

So, here we are, a bunch of soldiers, their wounded Sergeant and Ryan in a strangers house. They now have to defend themselves against the pack who wait very patiently outside. A few near misses occur as well as a few casualties. We get to understand a little bit more what the hell is going on, and our hate for Ryan grows deeper. Then, after a major surgical operation and a spectacular recovery, the bullets run low for our heroes, as does the hot water and frying pans. Time for a plan of action. But wait, a twist, more deaths and some bloody good special effects! A few mega explosions later and some intense praying for daylight we see what is left of the house and the survivors that walk away. (I'd be running away very fast and making sure i got out of that damn forest before it gets dark again!)

I love this film, it is intense from the very word go and never stops delivering the chills!