Hellhounds (2024) Review

Hellhounds (2024) Review

A pack of werewolves known as the Hellhounds wage a war against a fanatical order of werewolf hunters called the Silver Bullets. The Hounds and the Bullets now roam the country appearing to the outside world as rival biker gangs. After all his brothers and sisters are wiped out by the Bullets, the last remaining Hellhound, Alias, embarks on a bloody quest of revenge. The hunt is on!

HELLHOUNDS, written and directed by Robert Conway kickstarts proceedings with plenty of macho posturing and boobs before the story kicks in proper and splits into three strands that connected near the end. Online reviews have been on the harsh side, sure it’s low budget but considering such financial restrictions it has better writing than most of the independent fare that I see and better acting too.

HELLHOUNDS is also one of those rare low budget flicks where the heavy rock score sits well as an accompaniment rather than grate and bludgeon the audience as it has done on numerous independent flicks. Occasionally the editing in some of the faster paced scenes feels overdone, not by much, but enough to notice and yes, the effects work is hardly going to hold a candle to flicks that have more finance to hand so roll with it rather than expect the impossible.

Overall Conway’s film lacks bite and consequently it’s hard to get too worked up about it. It’s totally watchable but it needed those scenes that were meant to stand out to stand out. I did like the inclusion of DB Cooper around the midway point. I thought that was a nice touch.

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