10 Recent Horror Films That Didn't Insult Your Intelligence

Orson Welles was considered to be one of the greatest actors the world has ever seen. Strange then that his swan-song would be Transformers: The Movie. You don't get to pick your final movie, but it's safe to say that the final flick of cult actor and American treasure Robert Forster is something to be proud of.

Written, directed and starring Jim Cummings, The Wolf of Snow Hollow pitches somewhere in between Fargo, Twin Peaks and The Howling, with mostly successful results but with a solid five stars for the script especially.

The dialogue was literally written for Cummings, who delivers a frantic, energised performance as a cop solving the murders of a potential werewolf in a small ski resort, answerable only to his father (Forster), the local sheriff. Forster's Hadley is fighting old age and ill health, much to the frustrations of his son, whose desire to see his old man finally retire is relieved only through alcohol abuse and vocal outbursts worthy of some of Tarantino's best characters.

This is an immensely self-aware film, as Cummings's weary cop doesn't believe in werewolves any more than any rational person. Yet when the dismembered bodies are beginning to pile up, the veins on his forehead threaten to burst with the stress of it all.

His teenage daughter and his spiteful ex all present a juggling act, mirrored only by Cummings's offscreen effort to juggle multiple genres at once. A small but perfectly packaged treat for horror fans, that comes with a wink as well a scream.