i really enjoy this movie . it professionally make and well paced and shot and edit with proper actor of decent quality . richard tyson a the bad guy step dad or werewolf be actually rather good a be kimberley brown a sam . i think the story be pretty good and do not quite go the way i be expect it to . i imagine it be just another teen go to a cabin in the wood and get kill one by one movie and but it isn not . there be actually a plot and some subtext here . the director say this film be an attempt to use the beast a a metaphor for struggle with addiction and a a representation of the id and the beast within . this be why this werewolf can talk and like to taunt people and and why he doesn not just kill and but enjoy a spot of rape and torture and it work just fine in the context of the film . it also a retelling of the classic mythological story of the son have to confront the father figure to finally become a man . the director acknowledge major story element owe a lot to the movie the stepfather ( the sheriff be name after that film director and joe rubin ) and and even shakespeare hamlet . the film be also fill with homage to great movie by hitchcock and spielberg and landis . i would not say what they be and but see if you can spot them or just listen to the interesting and informative commentary . have say all that and there be still plenty of gratuitous nudity and humour and some nice gore . the make up and cg fx be actually quite good . the wolf be of a decent design and about as well do a you get with standard makeup fx ( no animatronics just man in suit ) . what i like most about this film be it take on the werewolf a a representation of the dark and nasty and innermost human desire . the villain and while always a pretty nasty guy and have be struggle to control his problem and have actually be quite successful until the daft teens get involve . this be of course a very low budget film . what make this far superior to similar low budget effort be that the writer or director have a clear vision of the type of story he want to tell and actually spent time on the script and in cast some decent actor . not brilliant or a classic and but much good than i expect .