WolfCop

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This might be the greatest film of this generation. Lou Garou is an alcoholic cop who gets cursed with lycanthropy, leading to wacky hijinks as he struggles to balance his duties as a public servant with his new need to wolf out. This is a film utterly ridiculous in premise, setup, acting, etc. but works so well as a zany horror-comedy because it takes itself only seriously enough to add stakes to an otherwise unfettered goofball film. This is a movie that revels in its B-movie trappings, gleefully having its wolf-ed out protagonist uttering ridiculous tag-lines such as "here comes the FUZZ!". The werewolf effects are surprisingly good, reliant on practical make-up work that seems far better than the budget should allow. While the werewolf itself looks purposefully goofy, its not a bad costume either, and looks better in motion than any of the stills. Now admittedly, this movie will not be for everyone. It's raunchy, silly, violent, bloody, goofy, and unashamed of any of this. But there's actually a decent back-story as to why Lou's been targeted, why the curse of the werewolf, etc... But that's assuming you care between bales of laughter.

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