An Average Movie-Goer’s Review
No spoilers! If you would like spoilers – check out the Spoiler post
I love horror movies and if I’m going to watch them anyway, why not write an entertaining/funny review from the POV of an average movie-goer and not a professional critic.
Today we’re looking at the 2020 horror/dark comedy The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Hysteria spreads in a small town in Utah after a woman is found murdered by, what appears to be, a werewolf attack leaving a small group of officers to race and stop the killer before it strikes again.
Is The Wolf of Snow Hollow Scary?
No, while some might find a few scenes tense, there are maybe just a handful of those. The Wolf of Snow Hollow doesn’t try to be scary, it focuses on the characters and uses the “monster” movie aspect to tell a story instead of scaring the audience. Overall you won’t leave The Wolf of Snow Hollow scared unless you’re pretty sure someone in your town is a werewolf and you have family drama going on.
Review:
The Wolf of Snow Hollow is good, almost great. It has some great acting, great dialogue, and has an engaging story. The characters were all well-rounded and each felt like real people. Often in comedies, the character’s actions are heightened for comedic effect but that doesn’t happen here. That does mean that this isn’t the funniest horror/comedy you’ll ever see but it’ll get you to chuckle a few times.
Although the story is great and well told, it does nudge one of my pet peeves when watching or reading a mystery story. When I watch a mystery, I would like to know that I could have solved it when all is said and done. That sort of happens here and sort of doesn’t but saying too much is spoiler territory. Again that’s all just a pet peeve and might not bother anyone else.
Other than the movie will leave you with some questions about some characters’ motivations but it’s nothing that makes or breaks the movie and you probably won’t even notice because the rest of it is so engaging.
Overall I highly recommend giving The Wolf of Snow Hollow a watch, it’s a great character study-like movie that is behind a monster movie making it very enjoyable and a mystery making it highly engaging.
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