Using
a fun, explosive style, full of new slang and fresh dialogue, WHEREWOLVES is
the story of a group of high school seniors, all “military brats”, who are
headed for an army-type survival weekend.
The
underdogs, Jeffrey and Doris, do not want to go as they fear for their safety
among the disdain and cruelty of the popular students. Sergeant Tim O’Sullivan,
their teacher, as well as their dysfunctional parents pressure them into going,
but it is an unforgivable act by their peers that propels the pair to go.
Likewise, Eli, a student resented because of his Arab roots, is even more
determined to prove himself this weekend. Yet he and his girlfriend are beaten
and locked in a trunk before they can make it to the school bus. In the
background, a news report cautions of a wanted couple with alleged super-human
strength supposedly brought on by a new drug on the streets.
In
the woods, the students hike, hunt, camp, and soon act in unity as the forest
brings them closer together. But does it? O’Sullivan leaves them alone for the
night. The students bond, chant, tell campfire tales, and quickly lose their
fears and inhibitions. WHOO-AH! Though sexual tensions are high, it soon turns
to violence and everything quickly turns sour.
The
kids start disappearing one after the other amid the sounds of horrifying
growls. Most begin to unwittingly “act like the natives” carving spears, ready
to face whatever is out there. What has gotten into them?
Despite
the immensity of the forest, the characters soon feel claustrophobic,
terrified, and powerless as they are no match for the harrowing dark figures on
the prowl. Amid the blood-curdling growls and the gruesome deaths, the story’s
underlying layers are revealed. We see how misconceptions, prejudice, greed,
fear, and hatred bring out the worst and best in us.
What
is out there? Can it really be werewolves?
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