The Shattering (2015) User Reviews

The Shattering: I have no idea what they were thinking when they made this

[Platypuschow · 2/10 · 1 September 2017]

First of all nobody has seen this, the movie has so few ratings this is one of those highly obscure films which the creators clearly didn't make much effort in promoting.

Productions values, solid until you realise this is a werewolf movie with no werewolves.

The plot is ridiculous and tells the tale of a group of 20 somethings hiding in a cabin from hunters who have lured them out with the intent of using them as bait for the werewolves because werewolf spit is good business.

Still with me? Exactly, great plot right? Nope. So for 90 minutes nothing really happens, lots of soap opera level side stories and acting quality and little else.

The Good:

I'll get back to you on that one

The Bad:

Dreadfully promoted

More cheating protagonists

Some bad overacting

Plot makes no sense

No ruddy werewolves in a werewolf film!

No Creatures, No Sense, No Continuity

[ccladue-968-316401 · 2/10 · 29 September 2017]

This is not a werewolf movie because there are no werewolves. (Lucy growling towards the final scenes does not count.) There is no continuity. What is implied changes every so often to where nothing makes any sense at all.

For example, Donovan makes the claim that he is supposed to meet someone, and yet he supposedly doesn't know the man's name. It has something to do with curing Lucy's cancer. However, he eventually talks about the magic wolf saliva, and everyone is angry, but it does not really resolve how the hunters and him are connected. However, it then turns out that he had actually been there to bring people to feed to his mother who had apparently become a werewolf. However, it is then revealed that Lucy had known all along what was going on and Donovan didn't, yet had still given Lucy the "cure" but claiming that it was just men fooling around outside all that time. Confused? Most certainly. The plot itself changes a few times to where it appears no one knew what they were writing about in the script (assuming there was one).

So which is it? Donovan seeking his girlfriend's cure? Donovan bringing them there to feed his mother? Why did the hunters indicate that they had no clue that they were there to hunt when they had apparently planned it all out? What in the world is the sense of that? Did Donovan know his girlfriend would become a werewolf? Why did Lucy suddenly know more than Donovan and Donovan suddenly not know anything? Was it some sort of magic "instant werewolf memory"? Was this movie all about amnesia coming and going? Did Lucy suddenly have Donovan's brain in her head, and he hers, because that's the strong impression one gets towards the end. Why did Donovan not know what was going on when his mother had been a werewolf?

Hunters: We are hunters and are hunting werewolves so as to get their saliva because it is worth a fortune. Wait! What were those creatures? Are we hunting something? Why are we here?

Donovan: We are here to meet a man. I don't know his name. I don't know what is going on.

Donovan: But oh wait, I heard something about magic werewolf saliva and that is why we are here. But I didn't know the hunters would be shooting at us and stalking us.

Donovan: But oh wait, we are actually here to feed my mother who is a werewolf. I made a promise to bring people to feed her at least once a year. Because. Werewolves only eat once a year apparently.

Others: Let's all go back to the car and let Lucy stay here to die even though she isn't dying. That makes sense. Wait, we have to get away from the car upon reaching it, the hunter tells us, even though he was trying to get us killed moments before and now wants to save us. (Wait...what?)

Donovan: Here you go Lucy, drink this magic werewolf spit, except it isn't werewolves, just some men fooling around outside.

Lucy: Donovan, you have no idea what is going on do you? I'm a werewolf. Growl. Grrr.

It's almost as if this was put together by six-year-olds, each in a different room and not knowing what the other was writing about and then they just put it together.

Shatteringly Bad Dialogue

[Theo Robertson · 4/10 · 22 April 2015]

I was a bit apprehensive when THE SHATTERING started . Not being a fan of found footage the opening sequence suggests it's going to be a new twist on that sub-genre by having instead of video footage we're getting silent super 8 mm lost footage . This doesn't happen and if someone is thinking of making a 90 minute feature film with 8 mm celluloid with no sound please don't because there's absolutely no market for it . Thankfully THE SHATTERING which has an impressive DVD cover isn't lost footage horror but that said it's not a very good horror movie and probably deserves its straight to DVD status

One massive flaw becomes apparent right away where four characters are driving in a car and one of the characters mentions she's receiving chemo-therapy and they're off to meet a mystical healer. One of the character replies along the lines of "Oh so that's why we're driving along this very dark road late at night" which quickly draws your attention to a lack of internal logic to the scene . If a bunch of people are going to be driving up a lonely dark road late at night wouldn't they ask before they get in the car why they're going on a long journey ? In other words it's a scene of clunky , clumsy exposition . The rest of the film continues in the same way . It's fairly obvious the characters are stuck in the middle of nowhere but the screenplay feels the need to emphasise this by stating "We've driven for miles and haven't seen anyone" as if the audience are unaware of this . Every time someone opens their mouth what comes out is plot mechanics and sounds very unnatural . As the story continues it becomes a group of young people are trapped by something in the dark and if you've seen the DVD cover you'll know what's stalking them . If you haven't then don't worry because one of the characters will explain the plot as it goes along

I SPIT ON YOUR GIRLFRIEND

[nogodnomasters · 1/10 · 8 January 2019]

Lucy (Anna Moore) has stage four cancer and traditional healing methods have no effect. Her boyfriend Donnie (Liam McMahon) drags her and a group of young adults to find a healer as they end up in a cabin in the woods hunted by men and wolves. The reason why is the mystery unless you read film description on the DVD cover or elsewhere.

It would be better to watch the film without the description, except it really wasn't worth watching. The wolves were very noisy and apparently invisible as we never see them, except for that dead one on the ground. You see more of the wolf on the DVD cover, then you do in the film. The characters and dialogue were boring.

As bad as "Silverhide".

Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

Not A Good Movie - Pretty Bad

[Rainey-Dawn · 3/10 · 16 April 2016]

The beginning of the started out OK - I didn't have a problem with it but the longer this film goes on the worse it gets. The ending was terrible - horrible - awful.

Typical film: Find away to seclude the characters in the woods and bump them off. At least there was no sex like you would typically see. There was cheating which actually was a little bit relevant to the film because it made the one girl mad and she ran outside and died via the werewolf.

Sadly we did not see the two irritating characters die we only saw them disappear near the end of the film - that would be the two that cheated the one girl that was killed by the werewolf. I hated these two and wanted them to die early in the film - they are very annoying. I keep routing for the werewolf or hunters to bump them off quickly.

The acting in this film is bad - the hunters were OK but our main characters were not good. The story is lame, kinda predictable. You never see a werewolf in the film - I would be fine with that IF they had better/likable characters in the film but they didn't. I could not like anyone in the film enough to sympathize enough with - even the girl cheated on I did not like enough nor did I like the girl with cancer that well - they are the only two close to liking in the movie.

I was going to give this film a 4 until I saw the ending.

3/10

Solid 4

[nelsonramatos · 4/10 · 20 August 2020]

I watched way worse movies than this, and although it's not memorable or scary ,it was entertaining enough for me to watch it until the end, it has a nice atmosphere and that actor's aren't that bad, unfortunately it doesn't make much sense. But it's watchable. Best regards

Possibly the worst dialogue I've ever heard. And coupled with one of the worst plots ever.

[greg-29535 · 1/10 · 28 January 2021]

It gets barely one star because at least the Asian girl was hot.

Actually, this is a very underrated horror film

[nzswanny · 10/10 · 1 April 2016]

QUICK REVIEW:

Although a bit slow, this film delivers something that most werewolf movies don't deliver: suspense. The Shattering has so far been one of the best werewolf movies I have ever seen, and even if it's predictable, it can be very intriguing and will draw the attention of you into it. It's the sort of movie where you have to sit down and watch it at night time, there is no way this is a day time movie. This movie is interesting, paced well, suspenseful and a weird take on the werewolf genre. This film is very underrated, and I have to say, it's a definite 6.7/10. You must be asking, "Why did you rate it 10/10 then?" I shall reply back, "Because I wanted the rating to get higher."

Overall, a 6.7.10!

The Shattering

[a_baron · 7/10 · 9 June 2016]

If you think you've seen this film before - three guys, three girls in one car off to a mysterious house - think again. "The Shattering" is certainly an original - a film about werewolves without any actual werewolves in it, but it can be confusing, which also makes it rather annoying. So what happens to the group? As you might suspect, something very unpleasant. This begins when one of them gets out to fix the blown tyre they don't realise has been sabotaged by a mysterious group of armed men in combat clothing. He is dragged off and killed if not actually eaten. The five survivors make it to the house, and soon it becomes clear that one of their number knows more than he is letting on. This is because another of the group - his terminally ill girlfriend - has been brought here, ostensibly, to see a healer, but in reality for something a lot more bizarre.

Don't expect a happy ending, but you probably won't see what is coming, and you certainly won't understand it.