Werewolves...Kim Delaney...and Kane Hodder as the creature. How bad could this possibly be, I wondered. The signs weren't good though. Bashed all over the net, released straight to video and hard to find on VHS. Well, I certainly didn't regret watching it. For me it was filled with pleasant surprises and loyal to the traditional "werewolf-rules"...This means a full moon, silver bullets and bloody massacres. Although the director is rather unknown ( at least, he was to me ) he had to change to work with some great actors. The above mentioned Kim Delaney ( my second favorite B-movie queen after Barbara Crampton ) and Kane " Jason Vorhees " Hodder ( he was also the stunt-coordinator ) Miller, the major villain in the story, also looked SO familiar. And after about 10 minutes it popped in my head : he's the funny mayor from Spin City. That was a pleasant surprise. And then for the most important factor about a movie: the story. I think, no matter what everyone says, that it was rather good. Sure, it had a few holes and the "creating the ultimate warrior" thing is far from original, but still...it keeps you very well focused. In order to create a new and much stronger breed of warriors, two soldiers are sent to Hungary to find the blood of a werewolf. One of them dies but the other one returns with the blood. Impatient as he is, he can't await the scientists and decides to inject the blood in his body. He becomes a werewolf and starts a killing spree. He gets shot by Miller, the brain behind the whole operation, and is frozen. 20 years later Miller finds out about a group of scientists who gained success by replacing normal skin by implanting metal skin. Miller sees his chance to continue his search for the ultimate warriors and orders the group to use the frozen corps for their further research. The werewolf elements are still active ( although I gotta admit he looks more like a giant hedgehog now ) in the corps and in combination with the metal skin, he soon becomes a very dangerous killing machine.... It sure can't live up to the older werewolf movies from the 40's, 60's and 80's but this still is a good effort in the genre. You have to take a risk from time to time to keep the field of horror interesting and the makers of this film did that. I thank them for that and I hope this film gets more appreciation someday. Until then, I'll do my part and recommend it to as many people as possible. Hence, this review...
Review of Project: Metalbeast
