PERHAPS ANGELS AND WEREWOLVES ARE ONE AND THE SAME
The indie, short horror film, "Angelic Wolves" opens with a young girl enjoying the nice day while walking through Hillcrest Forest. Eve (Anna Crysell) spots something odd in the distance, a man sprawled out on the limb of a tree. We get a glimpse of something she's unable to see from her vantage point, the man has furry, clawed hands. In the blink of an eye, the figure disappears and suddenly the man reappears behind Eve. After a brief introduction, Eve learns that Johnny (Braeden Baade) is no ordinary man.
Johnny seems very eager to divulge his secrets to Eve, which he does. We also learn a little about the grim reaper, which I assume might be the being we hear toward the end of the film talking to a man named Evan (CJ Forst) who is about to undergo something unpleasant. But before that we get to see Johnny display his superior strength when he deals with someone intending to cause harm to the forest that he protects. After the scene involving Evan, the film ends abruptly with many questions remaining.
I found myself wondering, what exactly did I just watch? There is a TV mini-series listed online so I am not sure if one leads in to the other or how exactly they are related. "Angelic Wolves" was obviously made on the cheap, which is made clear once you see the special effects. As for the acting in the film, Anna Crysell did a fair job playing the part of Eve. I did not find Braeden Baade particularly good as Johnny. The lines mostly came off without a natural feel. It was very evident that he was 'acting.' CJ Forst in a limited role as Evan, did an adequate job.
The black and white nature of the film did help set the mood, a little. The film was made to look slightly beat up with scratches added. I found the contrast to be a bit too high for my taste, with white skin tones having a blown out appearance at times. But perhaps that was the intention, to give the film an otherworldly, unnatural feeling. What "Angelic Wolves" had going for it was an interesting sounding mythos and it would be nice to learn more about it. If low budget indie horror is your thing, check out the short film. The 25 minutes went by pretty fast and it's always nice to support independent filmmakers.
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