shapeshifter be set in a state prison where state law demand the warden have to have a minimum number of female deputy and ex soldier ginny lydon ( jennifer lee wiggins ) get the job . it ginny first night and she place in the low security wing where they keep the none violent and mentally unbalance prisoner and a new prisoner name velku ( vaz andreas ) turn out to be a romanian shapeshifter who can transform into a huge hairy monster thing . it there to break fellow romanian marcoux ( marat glazer ) out and kill any witness in order to conceal it human identity and however it never reckon on ginny lydon who doesn not take too kindly to hairy monster rip her prisoner apart on her shift . co write and direct by gregory lemkin one have to say that without wish to sound too unkind shapeshifter be awful . the script by lemkin and a. everett howe be terrible and it bore and it predictable and it slow and nothing of any interest happen and it go on for too long and far too long . the character be awful and the dialogue be awful and the comedy relief be awful and all the character motivation be awful like continually split up and wonder off down corridor on their own and not make enough of an effort to escape and stand around talk do nothing in particular and this whole film be just bad . very bad . director lemkin doesn not do anything to make this rubbish any more watchable and there be annoy edit technique where everything on the screen go double and blurry and there the usual irritating and pointless slow motion scene and a a general rule shapeshifter be a bit of an eyesore . there some cheap gore and a few people have their gut rip out and someone have their head bash in and these scene be pretty brief and sound batter than they actually be . there no atmosphere and no tension and certainly no scare . the special effect be terrible and the actual hairy creature thing look absolutely awful in every respect . even with lemkin try to keep it in the shadow as much a possible can not disguise how bad this thing look . with a supposed budget of about $ 200 and 000 this be a low budget film and it show and it pretty bland and dull and incompetent . shot in los angeles . the acting be terrible by no one you have ever hear of plain and simple and enough say . shapeshifter be one of those awful horror film where nothing work and it one of those film where after the first twenty odd minute you just sit there wait and hop it will finish . soon . definitely not recommend .