Product Details

• Actors: Nina Dobrev, Kevin Sorbo, Peter Stebbings, Spencer Van Wyck, Melanie Leishman
• Directors: Brenton Spencer
• Writers: John Sheppard
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Grodfilm
• DVD Release Date: September 16, 2008
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001AR0D5Y
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,458 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Never Cry Werewolf" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 09/16/2008 Run time: 90 minutes

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Rear Window" meets "Fright Night", January 14, 2009

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Genevieve Hayes (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Never Cry Werewolf (DVD)

Imagine "Rear Window" and "Fright Night" rolled into one movie and you've got a pretty good idea of what "Never Cry Werewolf" is about. Teenaged Loren (Nina Dobrev) thinks there's something odd about her new neighbour, Jared (Peter Stebbings), so starts spying on him from her bedroom window using her brother's telescope. It turns out that Jared is a werewolf and a serial killer, although the police won't believe Loren when she tries to tell them. This leaves Loren to deal with Jared herself, which she does with the assistance of Redd Tucker (Kevin Sorbo), a washed-up television hunter.

"Never Cry Werewolf" is an entertaining film and for a made-for-TV movie, it is above average in quality. However, there is something about this film that just didn't sit right in my mind. Although all of the scenes appear in a logical sequence and form a coherent story, there is something disjoint about them, to the point of being almost episodic, and the director never seems to quite make up his mind as to whether this is a horror-comedy or a straight horror film. Add to that the fact that Kevin Sorbo doesn't appear until halfway through the film and the fact that the idea of Stebbings (who has some pretty obvious wrinkles) being romantically interested in a high school girl is kind of creepy, and you've got a pretty flawed movie.

Given that it was made-for-TV and on an obviously low-moderate budget (the werewolf looks like a stuffed grizzly bear), there is a surprisingly large amount of blood and gore. Less than you would find in a cinema-release horror movie, but more than in most telemovies. This might put off some viewers, especially those used to Sorbo's other telemovies (such as "Avenging Angel") which are extremely family friendly. Of course, this might also appeal to some viewers, in particular the teenagers whom this film is so obviously aimed at.

Overall, in spite of its flaws, I enjoyed "Never Cry Werewolf". It's a fun film to watch and Sorbo's small role is cheesy but makes the film worthwhile. It might not be as good as other werewolf movies, such as "Silver Bullet", the "American Werewolf" films or "Ginger Snaps", but I still anticipate rewatching it sometime in the future, which, as far as I'm concerned, makes it worth the price of purchase.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sorbo plays a great reluctant hero!, September 16, 2008

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R. Sorrow (Georgia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Never Cry Werewolf (DVD)

When I first heard about this movie,I wasn't sure I would like it since I've never been one for werewolf movies. I wasn't disappointed! Kevin Sorbo does a great job of playing a guy,down on his luck,who gets a chance to do something to change his life,but yet is reluctant to do so. Yet he takes the challenge to prove to himself what kind of man he really is. As for the young girl,she was good. Kudos to the special effects people for a dynamite job on the werewolf head-it was down right scary! I recommend this to any Sorbo fan and to anyone who likes werewolf films in general.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not so much scary.. but a light werewolf movie., September 4, 2009

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Holly "HorrorFan" (OHIO) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Never Cry Werewolf (DVD)

This movie is more for teens and youngsters than a die hard horror movie fan. This movie doesn't have anything on BAD MOON, or THE HOWLING. It would be a good movie for some teens to sit down and watch at a slumber party. It is entertaining to a point but not scary at all.