Skinwalkers

PG-13

Released Aug 10, 2007

1 hr. 33 min.

Horror

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13%

38 Reviews

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25%

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In a small town populated by lycanthropes, a woman (Rhona Mitra) and her son (Matthew Knight) prepare for the boy's 13th birthday. However, two groups of werewolves know that the red moon is fast approaching, and the child's true power will soon come to fruition. One pack believes that the child will lead the race into the future, but the other decides to destroy him.

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Critics Consensus

Skinwalkers is an atrociously-acted project whose unoriginal and ineptly-staged action sequences remind viewers of far better werewolf and action movies.

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Steve D

A mix of a million better stories.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

10/06/23

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Audience Member

Ugh I can't watch this movie. Its just not interesting. The editing is too fast and the shots are awkward and its got a strange atmosphere that I just can't recommend. Some of the effects are good but its ruined by bad acting and boring story.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Holy cow. We're three episodes in, and it is sooooo SLOW. You finish people's sentences for them, because they are predictable and melodramatically delayed in delivery. Most of the actors are just reading a script. Adam Beach? Wow. You can give him crap and he still reads it with authenticity. But c'mon. Robert Redford co-produced this? What the hell, Bob. Geez. Well, at least I find that its slow pace leaves me with PLENTY of time to kill time criticizing the lazy videography, death-on-a-stick script, and walk-through-your-part acting. I have long yawns' worth of time to carefully write my criticisms in my head, revise them, let them sit a bit, reflect on them, and then post them on the Web. It's almost like they filmed early rehearsals and then let the actors take the rest of the week off. So far... very disappointing. And no skin walkers yet.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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The only thing that made this movie watchable was the fact that it was so bad. The acting was terrible, and the writing was probably worse. It felt almost like it was trying to be a spoof movie, but failing at even that. I just wanted to laugh at it, but you could tell they were being serious. It was impossible to believe any of it. The only redeeming feature of this movie, other than the end credits, was probably Rhona Mitra's nipples being almost on full display during the final fight sequence...I don't regret watching it though. This movie was so bad, that it went right past "It was so bad, it was good" and went all the way back to bad again. 10/10.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

More style than substance. Sounds good on paper, but poorly executed.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Terrible movie. Skinwalkers is a cheap, boring, unoriginal, poorly acted rip-off of Underworld. The storyline is stupid, horribly written, and so packed full of clichÃ©s you would think it's being sold at Costco. The special effects and action sequences are terrible, horribly executed, and poorly thought out. The performances are god-awful, not even the kid delivering a good one.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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James Isaac

Director

Jason Behr

Varek

Elias Koteas

Jonas

Rhona Mitra

Rachel

Kim Coates

Zo

Natassia Malthe

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Marc Savlov

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Kudos to the ad campaign, but nuts to everyone else involved in this snuffly, histrionic werewolves-at-war-with-one-another yawner.

Rated: 0.5/5

Aug 25, 2007

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Steven Hyden

AV Club

A throwback to workmanlike '70s and '80s-era low-budget action thrillers.

Rated: B-

Aug 14, 2007

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Skinwalkers is never able to escape its fundamental preposterousness. You've seen worse, but, trust me, you've seen better.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 13, 2007

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Dennis Schwartz

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Hackneyed horror pic.

Rated: C-

Mar 28, 2017

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Steve Newton

Georgia Straight

It's obvious at times that Skinwalkers tries to emulate Kathryn Bigelow's awesome vampire western Near Dark, but without kickass character actors like Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen onboard, it ain't the same.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 7, 2010

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Anton Bitel

Film4

in the absence of tension, laughs, thrills, scares or anything like complexity, there is nothing here for viewers to sink their fangs into. The only real note of menace...is a hint at the end that there may be a sequel.

Sep 22, 2008

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Synopsis

In a small town populated by lycanthropes, a woman (Rhona Mitra) and her son (Matthew Knight) prepare for the boy's 13th birthday. However, two groups of werewolves know that the red moon is fast approaching, and the child's true power will soon come to fruition. One pack believes that the child will lead the race into the future, but the other decides to destroy him.

Director: James Isaac
Executive Producer: Robert Kulzer, Brian J. Gilbert
Screenwriter: James DeMonaco, James Roday Rodriguez, Todd Harthan
Distributor: After Dark Films
Production Co: Skinwalkers DCP Inc., Constantin Film Produktion, Red Moon Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Violence|Intense Sequences of Action|Language|Some Sexual Material)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 10, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.0M
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)