Wolves at the Door
Four friends gather at an elegant home during the Summer of Love, 1969. Unbeknownst to them, deadly visitors are waiting outside. What begins as a simple farewell party turns to a night of primal terror as the intruders stalk and torment the four, who struggle for their lives against what appears to be a senseless attack.
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- Cast:
- Katie Cassidy , Elizabeth Henstridge , Eric Ladin , Jane Kaczmarek , Chris Mulkey , Arlen Escarpeta , Adam Campbell
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This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.
Instant Favorite.
When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Returning home from a night out, a group of friends at a remote house in the hillside find their festivities interrupted when a group of deranged psychopaths invade their home and begin killing them one-by-one, forcing them to try to fight back to save themselves.For the most part, this one wasn't really all that bad. One of the more enjoyable elements present is the fact that there's quite a nice atmosphere present throughout here which is quite fun. From the opening which features the first failed ambushes on the first house that immediately sets this one in motion to the first few hints that something's wrong within the house, there's a rather nicely-accomplished sense throughout here that doesn't feel right and really generates a suspenseful atmosphere. This carries into the actual attacks on the house later on, where they ambush the lone victim outside the gates in his truck to the stalking by the front door and that leads into the group finally breaking into the house which has some dark and brutal efforts with the intensity of the attacks here. Given the true-life happenings of the situation, there's a fine series of intense brawls throughout here as they deal with the intruders which manage to hold this one up quite nicely. There are a few rather large flaws here, the biggest of which is the fact that there's just nothing told here about what the intruders are doing there. It's obvious based on the historical connection as well as the epilogue, yet in the film itself, the sheer randomness of the whole affair simply leaves this one confused more than anything. Likewise, the film seems to believe that being a recreation of the actual events means that plenty of utterly despicable decision-making occurs throughout here, from failing to understand the concept of strangers who aren't supposed to be there which doesn't set off any kind of alarms about the situation to completely letting themselves into the danger by not taking advantage of them having the upperhand the few times it happens as the group has the opportunity to beat back the intruders without it happening so that it can deal with the actual events of the real incident. The last big problem here is the overall length, where it's way too short to mean anything and then just ends on an abrupt sequence that just peters out without any kind of meaning. Lasting barely over an hour with all the interludes, an overlong and unneeded introduction that doesn't do anything for the film and then gets the tacked on ending which really has some pretty big problems. These few issues here lower this one significantly.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Language and intense themes involving a pregnant woman.
The Amazon description lets you know this film is based on the Manson murders. The production keeps that fact hidden until the end. The film concentrates on the victims. We are never introduced to the killers or know their motives. We only get glimpses of their faces. This is a less fictional account that attempts to work in terror by using dark scenes and the Manson infamous "creepy crawly" aspect. The killings were not as horrific and graphic as other films. In other films they burst in and it is well lit. In this one they stealth in the dark keeping to the accounts.The production fell short of the intended effect, partly because we all knew there was no final girl.Knowing the ending means they need to bring something new to the film and while hiding all the faces of the killers was new...that doesn't make it. Being a mainstream production I expected more than low budget effects. There was some camera light glare in the opening police scene. In one of the stabbing scenes you can hear the knife making a spring noise. They are not even showing the knife stabbing, why are they using a loud fake retractable blade? I do miss the old stereo equipment, striped bell bottoms, TVs, and nightly station sign offs so we all knew when to go to bed.Guide: No sex or nudity. Rated "R" for violence and language, although I don't recall hearing much dialogue. The "Purge" series or "Hell Night" type films are better for this type of horror because we don't know the ending.
How could you do this to the families and names of those who were killed? Making up your own story as it suited you, despite near 50 years of fact based evidence. Sure lets have him die being dragged out a window of a truck and get killed with a sledgehammer oh and make him look like a drug user pot head despite the fact of .. well who cares about what happened lets make it even worse if possible and more money!! over and over with. The film makers should be thrown in jail profiting of the deaths of those slaughtered in real life. Scum each and every one.
"Wolves at the Door" is a boring and shallow slasher with no storyline or character development. The screenplay instead of build tension, is boredom.In 1969 in California, a family is disturbed by a group that breaks in their house. Later four friends celebrate the farewell of one of them to Boston. Out of the blue, two men and two women break in their compound and they are murdered, one by one. Who are they, killers and victims? The viewer will learn in the beginning of the credits only. Don't waste your time watching this flick is the best anyone can do. My vote is two.Title (Brazil): Not Available