2002 Directed by Neil Marshall
A squad of British soldiers on training in the lonesome Scottish wilderness find a wounded Special Forces captain and the remains of his team. As they encounter zoologist Megan, it turns out that werewolves are active in the region. They have to prepare for some action as the there will be a full moon tonight...
The Victor Film Company The Carousel Picture Company The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company Kismet Entertainment Group Luxembourg Film Fund
Night of the Werewolves, ドッグ・ソルジャー, Πανσέληνος, Démoni harcosok, Кучета войници, Псы-воины, Cães de Caça, Koersõdurid, Luna llena, Lobos Assassinos, Псећи војници, Psí vojaci, Köpek askerler, Pasji vojnici, Psí vojáci, سربازان سگی, צבא הכלבים, 도그 솔저스, Dog Soldiers - Cães de Caça, Soldați contra câinilor nopții, กัดไม่เหลือซาก, Köpek Askerler, Пси-воїни, 闪灵战士, 閃靈戰士
Germany16
Rosebud Film and Video Festival
Sweden15
Denmark15
Norway18
Ireland18
UK15
France
Kazakhstan
AustraliaMA 15+
USAR
Sweden15
Australia
Denmark
France
Germany
Ireland
Kazakhstan
Norway
Sweden
UK
USA
“I hope I give you the shits, you fuckin’ wimp.”
What a fucking slammer this movie is. Guys being dudes, and dudes being badasses.
Dog Soldiers is an early 2000s mid-to-low budget horror/action film about a British military squadron sent out into the Scottish wilderness on a training exercise, only for shit to hit the fan right from the jump when they find an entire SAS unit has been wiped out by a pack of giant werewolves. From there, the breakneck pace never lets up, even though the majority of the movie is then spent with them barricaded in a small shack as the werewolves close in.
A very worn out trope in horror movies like this is to have…
Night of the Living Lycanthropes.
Opens with bickering grunt fodder before shifting into a classic Romero siege narrative that goes for that all out energy of Aliens and Evil Dead. I haven’t watched this in quite a few years and I almost forgot how much I love this movie—these are easily my favorite looking werewolves... the way they look with those tall slender almost extraterrestrial-esque looking bodies topped off by hulking death snout heads legitimately creep me out.
Besides the wonderful effects work that made these moon beasts look like they could actually exist, Neil Marshall’s quick edits during those early scenes that give us juuuuuuuust enough intimidating glimpses of these demon wolf predators swiftly moving through fog drenched trees is…
✨300th REVIEW!✨
Neil Marshall understands a very important lesson for any movie with too much characters (that unfortunately is ignored by many directors): you can and should develop your characters during the action. Often, a simple gesture, an act of courage, a moment of spontaneity tells more about someone's character than a long and tearful conversation. Take notes, "The Walking Dead"!
"Dog Soldiers" is a mix of action and horror. Comedy elements aren't forced or at least don't seem to be priority. This is the best way to insert humor into a non-comedy movie. Letting situations and reactions speak for themselves.
For example, during an invasion attempt, in the absence of bullets, a character begins to hammer a werewolf's fingers…
I'm not a huge fan of werewolf movies. In fact, they are one of my least favorite genres, but I do know a good one when I see it and this is a damn good one, if not the best one I've seen.
The setting in the Scottish countryside and the dark, foggy atmosphere are perfect. Creepy house? YESSSS. The creature effects are pretty damn good and the performances are top notch. I know this is my clinical OCD talking, but every time I see a movie with a bunch of hyperstraight military guys crammed into a small space all I can think about is how awful they must smell and it's very distracting but just how my brain works.
Anyway, this is apparently leaving Shudder soon so if you haven't seen it yet, its time to give it a go!
the guy fistfighting the fucking werewolf is me every time i run out of ammo in any video game
When a movie is predictable and it is still good it must be magic. Excellent cast! The production was really good and the effects were excellent. Plenty of Gore! Check it out!
I've long said that soldiers should carry doggy treats in their kit for cases such as this.
tagline: Six men. Full moon. No chance.
British soldiers vs Werewolves...be honest who expects a brilliant movie out of that?
Sean Pertwee, Liam Cunningham and Kevin McKidd star in this werewolf movie whereas a routine military exercise (seems to be the theme of the day) very quickly turns into a fight for survival against a pack of thinking and cooperating werewolves.
Funny and gory and fast paced this movie gave me the feeling of The Predator being mixed with The Night of The Living Dead.
Great fun to watch!
Cinematic Time Capsule
2002 Marathon - Film #42
”This is no ordinary enemy”
A routine training exercise in the Scottish Highlands is livened up by a pack of party-crashing Lycanthropes.
Neil Marshall’s low-budget descent into filmmaking pits soldiers against werewolves in a countryside mashup of Predator, Aliens and the Evil Dead. It’s bloody, it’s gory and it’s packed with cute furry animals that’d like to tear your head off at the neck…
Alright lads, get a grip and keep that super-glue handy in case we gotta patch up yer innards.
"I expect nothing less than gratitous violence from the lot of you"
"We're on a different level here" -Captain Ryan,
- Horror Hunt #24: boxd.it/5wPL8
For me werewolf and mummy are the low seeds in a monster fight tournament but this is my kind of werewolf film.
Low budget werewolf film made for people who have nothing better to do... that's me. Soldiers on a military training exercise get cornered into a house where they are forced to defend themselves against werewolves... brooding intense drama ensues. At 105 minutes this film feels bloated where I think at 85 minutes I'd describe this as a high octane thrill-fest. The werewolves actually look pretty great and the third act is high drama served with gore. I like it... I could've loved it though.
P.S.…
"I hope I give you the shits, you fucking wimp."
Really fucking hard not to love a movie that has a guy named Spoon who makes the ultimate sacrifice and says a line like that.
Also every time I write a review for this I’ll mention Kevin McKidd because he’s so hot....hahahahah...ha.
Favorite werewolf flick, hands down!
If you don’t like this movie we can’t be friends.
