Lycan (2017)

Lycan: Directed by Bev Land. With Dania Ramirez, Jake Lockett, Rebekah Graf, Parker Croft. When six college kids in a sleepy Southern town are assigned a group project to rediscover a moment in history, one of them sets in motion a horrific fate when he proposes they head into the Georgia backwoods to tackle the legend of Emily Burt, the Talbot County werewolf. “Lycan” is a Hitchcockian tale of horror set in 1986 that delves into a hundred year old fable where our students are met with very real consequences that go beyond any classroom lessons.

“There is this cable TV movie feel to it. Like a low-budget amateur vibe without the ironic cheese factor. You know you are in trouble when the opening credits have to say u0026quot;Starringu0026quot; before listing the cast.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe acting is college-level at its best, SyFy-caliber at its worst – not very convincing. Rather underwhelming with unstable accents and misplaced pathos. The lead actress is dreadful. Everyone seems to have taken tranquilizers every day of shooting.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe plot was a snore. Like one of the characters, I was more concerned about the jeopardy to their academic records than the supposed peril they were facing in the woods. The whole 80u0026#39;s thing just didnu0026#39;t really work. It could have been set whenever.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOh, the score. There is this sparse piano thing THROUGHOUT the entire movie – but it is more like a touching and tender leitmotif from a sappy Hallmark or Lifetime romance story. It is so not suspense-inducing. So not horror. It really drove me nuts. Some of the songs were decent.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, I didnu0026#39;t really like it.”