frenzy227 The ONLY reason I saw this movie is because the late great Stan Winston did the werewolf makeup. Admittedly, the makeup does look great, but the movie blows that by shooting it with shaky cam and poor lighting.The characters are nonexistent. Several don't even have names and only exist to die.(Though I will give the film credit for avoiding the temptation to kill the black guy first.) The plot, when its not borrowing from other, better films, is nonsensical and moronic. The film opens with a completely pointless scene featuring characters who never show up in this movie again. When the first scene is pointless, you know we have a problem. If it weren't for New Moon, Skinwalkers would be the worst werewolf movie ever made. Avoid at all costs.

p-stepien A group of bloodlusting werewolves on harleys embark on a mission of mayhem and murder in search of a 13-year old boy, who according to prophecy will be responsible for lifting the curse of the red moon. Protecting him are his mother and a group of closer or further relatives who call themselves family, like Nana, a gun-toting granny. They too are werewolves, but their aims are drastically different - they wish to dispose of the gift of skinwalking. A fight soon ensues and the warring factions meet with bloody consequences...In general a rather easy watch, but a bit too clean for it's own good. There is surprisingly almost no gore and most bloody scenes actually take place off camera. The plot itself is rather straightforward and predictable once the basic premise and characters are presented, but it does keep you involved, which is always a good sign. Nonetheless weaknesses surpass the positives, as acting tends to be all around the place with only a couple of people keeping their cool throughout the film (especially decent if standard performance by Elias Koteas).The horror movie also isn't helped by the special effects. Although the werewolves look nice when half-changed the fully changed skinwalkers are plastic and very B-grade. But than again anyone expecting anything above the standard of a B-movie will be sorely disappointed. If you keep your expectations low and just enjoy the ride you might actually enjoy it. Although all action sequences aren't very well done and border on being crappy. So given you have a horror movie with iffy acting, crappy effects, mediocre plot and no really inspiring action what is their left to cherish? Not much, but still any movie with a gun-toting granny can't be all bad...On a side note: Why the hell is it that the black guy is the first to be killed off? To make matters worse in this movie a black guy is the first to die not in one of the factions, but in both. It is a bit ridiculous and scriptwriters really should do something about the banal and slightly racist predictability of such a scenario.

M. T. I am commenting ONLY to make one point: THANK GOD the makers of this movie chose to use REAL actors with makeup effects. I have often lamented the use of CGI in films ranging from Deep Blue Sea to, well, name it. Remember when Spielberg used Bruce to create the illusion of Jaws? That movie still scares people and it does so for one reason only: we know it isn't a real shark, but we are able (if we choose) to suspend our disbelief because the creature (i.e. robotic shark) is actually on camera with the actors and they interact with it. Well, the same happens in Skinwalkers. I thought the acting was very good, and it was shot perfectly (e.g. lighting). When the Skinwalkers finally change form I was hesitant, waiting for the CGI, but none (that I noticed) appeared - this was good old fashioned WORK - apply make up (thanks Stan Winston) and acting. WATCH this movie for this reason if for none other - it reminds one what a movie with fantastic (i.e. fantasy) characters SHOULD be: as real as it can possible be. We will never believe that computer generated effects are real, and they totally stop the story for anyone over the age of twelve. Thank you to those responsible for this choice. And as for those film producers who still insist on clinging to CGI - revisit the classics, whether Winston or Savini - these are the masters of the genre to whom you owe your career. Stop insulting their legacy and start honouring it with some actual effort. I think this was a good story and an entertaining flick!

mollidew I think too many expect constant fighting. This movie takes place in rural America where some are trying to keep their humanity. I saw nothing wrong with this movie. It is a horror movie and not many of them will get a rating above a B in most cases. Just because many of these actors are TV actors doesn't make them bad actors. I always see people say these things and put down lesser known actors. I didn't even realize it was Jason Behr because he has changed so much since I saw him on Roswell. He did a great job in his part. Remember, the actors are not the screenwriter or director...they learn lines they act out with direction. He has always been an excellent actor.All in all this was a good werewolf movie. I thought it better than some of the Underworld stuff I have seen which is pretty mindless and a series of nothing more than chase and kill scenes. This one did have a plot and an interesting ending. I thought the hawk they added was a nice touch. Some of the things they did with the characters were also very interesting in the sense that no matter how old they were they protected their own with modern tools; guns. They were territorial so to speak and that is the nature of the wolf. I would suspect the empty town was representative of where a pack of these werewolves lived, so knowing what was happening they kept inside for protection. Going into the hospital for the boy was reckless but this kept the characterized difference between those who were very nearly living a normal lifestyle and those who had tasted blood and simply didn't care.I thought the idea about the uncontrollable urge to seek and kill for the sake of blood once you had made a first kill was an interesting idea. They added a second dynamic to the werewolf. As for the comment about vampires, some do write them as well as mindless blood seeking beings, namely very much the blood seeking animal in nature. Some are shown as shifters as well. These were not shifters even though they made a change. These werewolves are more typical to the historical view of werewolves where they change somewhat but don't turn into a wolf as in Blood and Chocolate. I think you will like this movie if you watch it with an open mind.