Wolfster Part 1: The Curse of the Emo Vamp
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No matter how many times I watch “The Truman Show” – I never would have come up with something so farfetched and so hilarious as “Wolfster, Part 1”. One of my tests to gauge how funny a movie is is to watch it by myself and see if I still laugh out loud…and “Wolfster” had several scenes that had me cackling like a brain-damaged stoner watching a dog chase a laser pointer.

See, there’s an Emo vampire…sort of an immortal version of those pseudo-goth doom and gloom kids that you want to beat the crap out of. Since his unwilling mortal minion can’t watch over him 24/7, he decides to create a werewolf slave to guard him during his sleep, and picks Dave for this thankless task.

Through a series of really funny mishaps, Dave’s blind date is kidnapped by the vampire and the werewolf spell is accidentally mixed in with some emo poetry, causing some weird side effects. Not only can Dave turn into a werewolf at will, he also realizes that he’s in a movie. He sees the camera following him everywhere he goes, and since the movie has “Part 1” in the title, he can surmise that he ends up defeating the vampire and saving his date.

From frame one, it’s obvious that we’re in for a very tongue in cheek spoof, and the movie delivers on that front many times over. Having a character aware they’re in a movie adds all sorts of opportunities for jokes, and they’re actually damned funny. Poking fun at horror movies, Jews, women, gays and 80s movie sports montages, “Wolfster” had me chuckling all the way through. This 40 minute flick had more laughs than big budget parodies. It’s so refreshing when writers and directors don’t take themselves seriously and can really entertain an audience.

Besides a fun film, the DVD is also chock full of extras, and is available for a fraction of what you’d pay for what Hollywood is passing off as comedy these days (yes, all you Wayans brothers, I’m talking about you).

Do yourself a favor, cut your weekend short by a couple of beers, and use the cash instead to grab “Wolfster, Part 1” – you’ll be getting a really funny movie, and bringing a sequel a couple of bucks closer to fruition.

Thanks Dark Mullet – you made this bitter old reviewer laugh out loud. “Wolfster” is a solid 4 cans out of 5.

Added:  Tuesday, August 29, 2006

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