This Norwegian movie streaming on Netflix caught my eye as it’s been a good while since I’ve seen a decent werewolf flick. All in all, I liked the atmospheric setting and lead teenager Thale, but could have done without about half the gore and blood, which was extreme.
In Viking Wolf, Thale has recently moved to town with her family, including her mother Liv who is a police officer. When Thale attends a party one night, she witnesses another teenager being brutally attacked by some “thing” and is scratched as she tries to intervene to help. The teen ends up dying, while Thale begins having unusual visions and is oddly affected by the moon. Hmmm.
When a grizzled hunter shows up in town to suggest the beast attacking townsfolk is a devil werewolf he has been hunting for a long time, and that the only way to kill it and its bloodline is with silver bullets, Liv continues investigating. Will she find the creature? Will she be able to kill it? And most importantly, can–and will–she stop the bloodline from continuing?
- Top Scare: Outdoors
- Heartbeats: 2 out of 5
- Gore Factor: 4 out of 5
- Scare Factor: 2 1/4 out of 5
- Recommended for: 16 and up, due to violence, gore, and brief nudity