Brotherhood Of The Wolf (DVD)

Set during the reign of Louis XV, The Brotherhood of the Wolf tells the story of a terrible killer, who stalks the French countryside. For years, something has been killing the local women. Glimpses and sightings of the killer indicate that it would appear to be some kind of strange beast, but despite best efforts of the King’s men, nobody has been able to capture the beast. Further to the claims of the army that their gun shots have no effect, the beast has whipped up a frenzy of fear and intrigue, with the local peasants insisting that it must be some of werewolf. Enter Gregorie de Fonsac, a naturalist by trade whom, along with his Indian partner Mani, has ...

It's been a few years since Brotherhood of the Wolf enjoyed its brief bloom in British cinemas, surfing the wave of Francophilia that followed the release of Amélie. And what an odd film it was, introducing the superstitions of the pre-Revolutionary French peasantry to the Matrix generation. The film was of immense interest to me when I first saw it, particularly as its opening provided a few shots which were a tremendous help to my personal research into screen violence. Essentially, a French libertine is despatched from the Court to investigate a mythical wolf-like creature that is terrorising a remote village. This envoy is accompanied by a ...

Hahaha! Now this is going to be the toughest movie I have ever reviewed on this site. Tough because I loved it, in fact I thought it was a work of genius and yet when you break it down onto paper it sounds like the most abysmal nonsense you can ever imagine hitting your cinema screen. Take the elements of costume drama, gothic horror, gallic romance and perversion and you might have an intriguing movie. Add to this a little werewolf story, rural mythology, martial arts, gunfights, swordplay and a little Scooby-Doo and things might start sounding a little off. Then add subtitles, low key cinema release, some native American jiggery-pokery all set in the French countryside ...