A rather horrendous overall film with the following caveat. Of the movies 72 minute run time, only the final 20 minutes are worth watching. But son of a bitch is it realllly worth watching.
The first hour or so of the movie is spent watching Emma come home to her families secluded mountain cabin, watching Emma ride an ATV, watching Emma lounge around, watching Emma flirt with an escaped convict, watching Emma try to fend off advances from her creepy Uncle. There's a lot of Emma watching. Oh yeah, and there's a werewolf lurking about in them there woods. At least it's supposed to be a werewolf, could just be that the local custom shop got burglarized.
Melissa Carnell as Emma is in way over her head here, but the film does her no favors at all. The writing is sub par, the pacing is tedious, the effects leave a great deal to be desired, it's all just really low budget.
All that being said, in the final 20 minutes a guy by the name of Bill Oberst shows up, along with an actual script. Maybe I was just bored out of my mind and waiting for anything to happen, but the twists, turns and general story of the films third act really drew me in.
I can't in good conscience suggest anyone sit through Werewolf Rising, but at least the payoff is worth it.
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