ikeybabe I really, really, really liked this film! I will watch any and every movie that Nick Damici touches. This is a throw back to those old horror movies of the past - low tech, but with plenty of highs. The acting was terrific. Damici plays an old crotchety Vietnam vet. He is bitter and un-amused by his circumstances. The support casting was cool too - and Ginger from Gilligan's Island was a special treat to see in front of the camera again!!! (There was also the love interest and dance partner of John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever). The script was well done. The movie has a good pace and while the werewolves weren't very impressive to look at, it was all part of that old style feel. *Spoiler Alert* And while it seems ridiculous that a blind man could shoot accurately and take out a den of werewolves - you can't forget that he was one really tough old guy!

begob An ornery, blind army veteran moves into a retirement community, where he finds himself under attack during the full moon. He has one month to prepare his defences for the next phase.What an odd movie. It has a touch of Coen brothers, some Witches Of Eastwick, and a dash of AWILondon. The lead is played brilliantly, with all that gruff dialogue, and many scenes have a powerful whiff of intra-communal paranoia. It really feels like a sophisticated satire on American values, with lots of wry digs at police, army, church and self-imposed isolation. But in the last act it goes fully literal and loses its touch, with no real reflection on what went before.Sadly the creatures present as extras in furry costumes, but there is a bit of decent gore - although ultimately nothing is scary. I guess the director has to be blamed for the rushed feel of the final showdown.The music is a bit generic, but effective in setting the mood.Overall - great lead performance, but an odd mixture that doesn't carry through.

ericrnolan The independent werewolf movie "Late Phases" has been getting a lot of positive buzz among horror fans — and it deserves it. This is a smartly written, well performed fright flick to which I'd give an 8 out of 10.Nick Damici hands in an understated but perfect performance as a blind Vietnam War veteran antihero. Don't worry — his blindness is not a gimmick, it's more of an interesting plot element. (And, by the way, here's a little trivia — Damici is also the screenwriter for 2010's outstanding "Stake Land.")Tom Noonan is fantastic, as always. Has he ever given a poor performance? I sooooooo loved him trading barbed quips with Fox Mulder as an evil vacuum cleaner salesman — that was one of the best episodes of "The X Files" ever. And am I a weird guy if I think his voice sounds hypnotic?Regrettably, this film suffers just a little from something its makers probably couldn't help — a limited special effects budget. We are definitely in the habitat here of man-in-a-suit werewolves, and it does show. Most of my friends who are serious horror buffs will not mind this, but I noticed, and it did "take me out of the movie" just a little. So many people lament the overuse of CGI in today's movies. I think that when it's absent entirely, you can start to miss it.This is still a really good movie, though. It's on Netflix. Give it a look.

BA_Harrison Cantankerous, blind Vietnam veteran Ambrose (Nick Damici) moves to Crescent Bay, a gated retirement community situated next to a forest. On his first night in his new home, his neighbour Delores (Karen Lynn Gorney of 'Saturday Night Fever' fame) is killed by a large creature that also tries to maul Ambrose; luckily for the ex-soldier, his guide dog Shadow intervenes and scares off the beast, but is mortally wounded in the process. The police blame the attack—just one of several in recent months—on a wild animal from the nearby woodland, but Ambrose believes that a werewolf was responsible and attempts to figure out who the lycanthrope is.While Late Phases is in 'whodunit' mode, with Ambrose playing detective, it proves to be extremely entertaining stuff: intriguing, well written, and smartly directed, with a strong central performance from Damici. Unfortunately, once the identity of the werewolf has been revealed, the film becomes far more predictable, which mightn't have been so bad if only its monster had been the stuff of nightmares. Director Adrián García Bogliano delivers a reasonable transformation scene that owes more than a little debt to An American Werewolf in London, but fans of the genre will more than likely feel let down by the resultant werewolf, a rather ropey man-in-hairy-suit creation with a ridiculous fixed grin that is more likely to elicit giggles than shivers of fear.The film also boasts a couple of moments of decent gore (including a nasty bite to one victim's arm and a juicy shotgun blast to a werewolf's head), but ends in a weak fashion that only adds to the overall sense of disappointment.5.5 out of 10, rounded up to 6 for IMDb.