Late Phases (2014)

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

I gave the film a fairly high rating due to the fact that the main character is just so different in all the right ways. While I doubt too many viewers will find the monsters scary I feel that the way the monsters and the main character interact more than makes up for the lack of scary moments. Further on the subject of interaction, the way the main character deals with his new living arrangements and the new people that he has to deal with are what really sold me on the movie. All in all I would recommend this to anyone who likes a little comedy and a bit of drama with their monster movie.

This film has a slight comedic flavour, inasmuch as it steals from the famous 'Bubba Ho-Tep'. In that movie the residents of the rest home have to fight off a mummy. Here, it's a werewolf. They also stole the two geeky drivers who visit the rest home on a regular basis and hate their job as well as the old people. The problem is that this film is not funny, and it doesn't really try to be, so I don't understand why it flirts with this tongue-in-cheek semi-humorous stuff. On a positive note, the film has a couple of decent scary moments. But it is also poorly written. For instance, the main character switches between being nice to his new neighbors and treating them with psychotic contempt for no reason whatsoever. Then, after the werewolf attack, in which half the house is demolished and an entire wall is torn down, the police seem to think an animal did that. What animal is that? An elephant? Bigfoot? Not even bears tear down walls. And then they tell the people to lock their doors and close the windows at night. Again, the thing literally walked through the wall. Will a closed window in any way impede it? Watch this film if you have nothing better to do, but don't expect much. Do some housework during the moronic dialogue scenes and come back when you hear that action is about to start. Don't expect much, though. This is some cheap action. As far as I'm concerned, this is another wasted opportunity, and I am offended by the lack of respect the filmmakers have for their audiences. Nobody is stupid enough to write that drivel. They knew they were writing drivel and they didn't care. Well, right back at you. One star.

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!

I was expecting an indie horror movie with some low budget issues, but maybe something entertaining amidst the crap. What I got was a well acted, well done movie, using an original story and that was damn entertaining.Nick Damici is great as the blind veteran that has to battle werewolves in a old people retirement area. The script has some minor issues, mainly with the lack of involvement of the local authorities, but other than that, the story is spot on. Werewolves appear after 15 minutes into the story, the characters are complex, the hero both obnoxious and impossible not to like, the ending is epic.I don't understand people that rate something 4 or 5 out of 10 because it doesn't have superheroes or billions in budget. Do they understand that is it movie quality they have to rate? After being completely blown away by the movie I looked up Eric Stolze (who is NOT Eric Stoltz :) ) and saw that he also did Under the Bed, another really underrated original horror. I can't wait to see what he comes up with next.Bottom line: you are missing out if you like horror movies and originality and you don't watch this.