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Blackout



IMDb Info

Release Year: 2023
Runtime: 1h 44m
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre Tags: Horror
Plot Summary: A Fine Arts painter is convinced that he is a werewolf wreaking havoc on a small American town under the full moon.

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phancy.com rating:

phancy.com notes: A weird, jangly movie that's really about political division in a small town and how everyone is stuck in their own mindset. Also, there's a werewolf sometimes. There's a lot of dialogue (so much!) about white guilt vs those damn immigrants. It gets pretty didactic, and nobody's delivery can really sell it. I guess you can tie the werewolf in as being the real boogeyman people should come together and worry about, but that never gelled for me. I wanted more werewolf and less meandering townsfolk.


Outside Reviews:

Simon Abrams
2.5 out of 4 stars - rogerebert.com

If actors often make for compelling directors, then why not character actors? Larry Fessenden (“Depraved”) is a great That Guy character actor, and his work stands out in a range of genre movies, mostly horror. Fessenden’s also the producer and sometimes writer/director behind Glass Eye Pix’s rich catalog of American indie horror movies. Fessenden’s “Blackout,” a werewolf psychodrama, showcases his usual attention to performance and character-driven details. That compliment may seem surprising given that we’re talking about a low-budget monster movie where the lead and a few supporting cast members deliver amateurish performances.