Starring Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie
Even though this story of a community beset by a moonlight curse is set in 19th-century France, Sean Ellis’ period werewolf movie is probably the most commercial film in this year’s horror lineup at the Sundance Film Festival. It has adventure, a model leading man in Boyd Holbrook (
Logan,
The Predator), an impressive body count and a ton of CGI. In fact,
Eight For Silver probably relies a little too much on action instead of embracing the exceptional atmosphere created by art director Paulo Goncalves. Still, any filmmakers brave enough to add an entry that will undoubtedly be compared to the best werewolf movies ever made should feel proud. Especially one with this amount of epic scale and glorious grandeur.