Skinwalkers (2007)

14% of critics liked it
(36 reviews)
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His 13th birthday fast drawing near, an unsuspecting young boy on the verge of a remarkable transformation remains completely unaware that an ancient prophecy is set to be fulfilled with the rising of the red moon. To most folks, 12-year-old Timmy (Matthew Knight) would seem an average adolescent… More His 13th birthday fast drawing near, an unsuspecting young boy on the verge of a remarkable transformation remains completely unaware that an ancient prophecy is set to be fulfilled with the rising of the red moon. To most folks, 12-year-old Timmy (Matthew Knight) would seem an average adolescent with a bright future on the horizon. In the tiny town of Huguenot, however, nothing is as it seems. As Timmy's health rapidly begins to take a turn for the worse, his concerned mother, Rachel (Rhona Mitra), does her best to care for the ailing young boy. Though his mother may not have a clue as to what fate is about to befall her frightened child, a group of specially appointed guardians who have been watching over Timmy since birth know the truth about the events that are beginning to unfold. Timmy is a half-blood, and when the red moon is full, the creature who once appeared to be a normal boy will finally gain the power to take control of his family's destiny. But until that fateful night, Timmy's life will be in constant danger by the renegade faction of lycanthropes who are willing to kill in order to maintain their vicious way of life. It won't be long until the red moon rises, but until that prophesied moment, the forces of light and the forces of darkness will clash in the ultimate battle for true supremacy. Jason X director James Isaac takes the helm for a frightening tale of fate and fantasy co-starring Elias Koteas, Jason Behr, and Kim Coates. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 50 min.
Directed By: James Isaac
Written By: James Roday, James DeMonaco, Todd Harthan
Genres: Action & Adventure, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

In Theaters: Aug 10, 2007 Wide
On DVD: Nov 27, 2007
Studio: Lions Gate Films

Critic Reviews

Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Skinwalkers is never able to escape its fundamental preposterousness. You've seen worse, but, trust me, you've seen better.
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger
On the fright scale, this pack of werewolves ranks below a basket of puppies.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Yawningly directed by Jim Isaac, Skinwalkers is a slavering mess that buries its clunky addiction metaphor beneath a welter of genre clichés, all delivered in extra-slow motion.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
The problem with most werewolf movies isn't that they're derivative, but that they're badly written, badly acted, or just plain silly. Skinwalkers hits the trifecta: all three apply.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
A werewolf movie without much bite.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
A thoroughly undistinguished addition to a genre that probably reached its peak a quarter-century ago with An American Werewolf in London.
Anton Bitel, Film4
in the absence of tension, laughs, thrills, scares or anything like complexity, there is nothing here for viewers to sink their fangs into. The only real note of menace...is a hint at the end that there may be a sequel.
Cynthia Fuchs, Common Sense Media
Silly werewolf tale is violent but boring.
Bill Gibron, Filmcritic.com
stinks like a mangy animal's fetid coat
Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com
Thank goodness for directors and actors to whom good sense is their silver bullet -- I haven't had this many laughs since Miss Teen South Carolina announced her career in cartography.
Liz Braun, Jam! Movies
Even the special effects aren't very special.
Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
Admittedly, there's something about a bunch of hot-looking Goth-type vampires on motorcycles that has, well, a little bite to it.
Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle
Kudos to the ad campaign, but nuts to everyone else involved in this snuffly, histrionic werewolves-at-war-with-one-another yawner.
Stax, IGN Movies
This werewolf flick is all bark and no bite.
Brian Webster, Apollo Guide
If lots and lots of shooting and wrassling and growling turns your crank, then you might have a good time with Skinwalkers; otherwise, it's a total snore.
Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
Indistiguishable from either the horror or action product that routinely comes out of the straight-to-video pipeline.
Jim Hemphill, Reel.com
One of the year's more pleasant surprises.
Michael Szymanski, Hollywood.com
The film may have suffered some bad buzz earlier on, but it's far better than most of the other werewolf offerings.
Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters
In Skinwalkers, there are two kinds of skinwalkers. Some see their bloodlust as a curse, and others, more colorfully, "embrace the power of the beast."
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
To borrow that immortal self-critiquing line from director James Isacc's own Jason X, 'This sucks on so many levels.'

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Film C

well it doesnt leave much to the imagination!! its alrght movie with alright fight sequences but its just predictable and annoyingly boring in some places!
Phil H

I love werewolf and vampire movies, my fav, but this is kind disappointing. The story is stretched, a boy must survive to his 12th or 13th birthday so he can 'cure' the werewolf curse, some want this some dont. But the ending makes this kinda unimportant seeing as its up to… More
I love werewolf and vampire movies, my fav, but this is kind disappointing. The story is stretched, a boy must survive to his 12th or 13th birthday so he can 'cure' the werewolf curse, some want this some dont. But the ending makes this kinda unimportant seeing as its up to the individual werewolf wether he wants to be cured or not. The effects are Stan Winston so they're hot but nothing special, Im afraid there's just nothing new to do with vamps and werewolfs now, its all been done. This is very average really there's nothing outstanding and the cast is pretty mudane too.
Dean !

A low budget werewolf film with a good idea but poor execution. The werewolves look quite odd and the plot is far too simple and obvious. Gingersnaps or Dog Soldiers are much better!
Dean M

This werewolf movie is really average with much-needed makeover with the hair. It doesn?t make sense to me in the story of finding the cure belong to a 13-year-old boy so the different groups between good and bad Skinwalkers are fighting each other to protect or kill the innocent boy.
Dean L

This movie had some nice shots of autumn foliage. Why would I start with this as part of my review? Because the foliage and the beautiful Rhona Mitra are about the only reasons to watch this movie. Attempting to capitalize upon the success of the "Underworld" franchise… More
This movie had some nice shots of autumn foliage. Why would I start with this as part of my review? Because the foliage and the beautiful Rhona Mitra are about the only reasons to watch this movie. Attempting to capitalize upon the success of the "Underworld" franchise this movie takes on the pros and cons of being a werewolf and those that would see the "curse end" versus those who feel "blessed" by "lunacy." The plot was almost interesting, but so poorly executed. The action was fierce, but...ridiculous. Can't anyone aim a gun anymore? Even fully automatic weapons never seem to hit their mark at close range. The acting was terrible. The makeup/costumes were just awful! Robin Williams looks more like a werewolf in "Jumanji" than any of the actors in this film. Scenes are so long and drawn out...this movie could have been 15 minutes long and...well it still would have stunk. You cannot even make this into a good "cheese" movie. It was just plain bad. So, like I said...nice foliage...bad movie.
Jason S

Pretty average. The story of the werewolves was a little different with a bit of prophesy thrown in but in the end it was a shoot em up movie that had a bit of werewolves in it. The gore in the flick was kept to a minimum and it has one sex scene without nudity which was suprising.… More
Pretty average. The story of the werewolves was a little different with a bit of prophesy thrown in but in the end it was a shoot em up movie that had a bit of werewolves in it. The gore in the flick was kept to a minimum and it has one sex scene without nudity which was suprising. You don't get many PG-13 horror movies out there. The werewolf effects were pretty good except for the actual transformations. They were a little cheesy and they only showed it once. Thankfully. All in all it was a basic action flick and wasn't all that bad. The characters could have been developed more.
A.D. V

Interesting premise but suffers from silly looking werewolves and no gore (Its PG-13).
Bruce B

A good movie for a rainny night. One bad point how can so many people with so many guns, fire so many shots and not hit anyone. Its Werewolfs Good and Bad. Se movie for outcome. Wouln't buy it but would Rent it
Jacob P

A very interesting werewolf film.
Yinalí R

Needless to say, it's boring at first, but still the rest of the movie is only worth watching IF you're REALLY bored.
William G

Werewolf craptacular might've been forgivable if dumped in, say, 1987.
Nicky M

Not well executed, no gore, bad effects. Other than that... Watch Dog Soldiers instead.
Kevin L

Not a good movie by any means!! This movie has some hot women and I'm sure the ladies wont mind looking at some of the men in this movie. As for the rest of the movie: meh. The action scenes are so fucking lame,nobody even gets shot for crying out loud!! How lame is that how can… More
Not a good movie by any means!! This movie has some hot women and I'm sure the ladies wont mind looking at some of the men in this movie. As for the rest of the movie: meh. The action scenes are so fucking lame,nobody even gets shot for crying out loud!! How lame is that how can you have a gun fight without a little blood?? The characters were so lame and cardboard that I was amazed,shocking really.... As for the the wearwolfs....WTF!! I know this was a low budget film but come on!! I mean you couls so tell that they were people in suits,yeah that bad,they looked so damn weird!! The plot was lame beyond belief, i dont care about this at all. Parts of it were entertaining,but only because it was so damn bad. A very laughable film to say the least...
Remi L

I fell asleep. It was another one of those movies where a group of people on the run keep making stupid mistake after stupid mistake. This film was not scary and the werewolves looked more haggard than supernatural. On a different note: based on the ads, this film is not at all what I… More
I fell asleep. It was another one of those movies where a group of people on the run keep making stupid mistake after stupid mistake. This film was not scary and the werewolves looked more haggard than supernatural. On a different note: based on the ads, this film is not at all what I thought it was gonna be. Not that it made the film any better.
Marcus W

Good werewolves (they chain themselves up during a full moon and refuse to feed), and the bad werewolves (they don't). And there's a boy whose blood will become the cure for werewolfism upon the stroke of midnight on his thirteenth birthday (as you do). Both sides want him.… More
Good werewolves (they chain themselves up during a full moon and refuse to feed), and the bad werewolves (they don't). And there's a boy whose blood will become the cure for werewolfism upon the stroke of midnight on his thirteenth birthday (as you do). Both sides want him. The bad werewolves are modelled perfectly on the clan in Near Dark, the ending is ripped straight from Terminator 2, and it's just silly: for instance, why would bad werewolf upon getting her hands on the boy try and strangle him when it turns out she has a knife...oh, of course, it's to give someone time to rescue him. And the film pretty much continues like that.
ken j

Well going into this movie i had heard alot of bad things that it was lame and boring and just plain awful but once i finally sat down to watch it i didnt think it was as bad as everyone made it out to be ive seen far worse and the story here moved along fast enough that i didnt get… More
Well going into this movie i had heard alot of bad things that it was lame and boring and just plain awful but once i finally sat down to watch it i didnt think it was as bad as everyone made it out to be ive seen far worse and the story here moved along fast enough that i didnt get bored decent action beats made this in my eyes a pretty ok movie not great not bad just inbetween
Chad R

Fair werewolf movie good for mild entertainment. Not for anyone who likes any sort of intelligence in a movie.
John M

Incoherent and as horror movie is impotent. Nor the action could save it from being boring and bad. Not worth watching.
Lee K

One of the most shittiest movies ever made i turned it off half way thru
Miriam K

It was actually a good premise, the story just ran a bit slow for me...The special effects left a bit to be desired for this day and age too.