In our new streaming spotlight, we look at “Voice of Shadows” and “Lord of Wolves” to see if they deserve to be pulled from the shadows.
Voice of Shadows (2024)
Voice of Shadows gets off to a confusing start. It has an emotionally charged monologue immediately followed by a title card that includes two upside-down crosses and a pentagram. Someone watching will have no idea what to expect.
What’s it about?
A young working-class woman stands to inherit an estate if she and her boyfriend abide by a set of bizarre stipulations.
It ends up being a rough watch, and it is not hard to see why. The lead actor is not able to believably pull off what the script requires. This may not be entirely his fault – he is tasked to carry all of the film’s emotion for the entire hour and a half – but it is very noticeable. Paired with a cut-and-paste plot that still manages to be confusing and a litany of plot holes, Voice of Shadows falters.
Lord of Wolves is unlike any werewolf movie we have ever seen. (To be fair, to call it a werewolf movie is not entirely accurate.) It has a number of strong characters and a deep message and relies little on transformations and gore. It is a character study, but not in the same way these types of films tend to be.
What’s it about?
When his housemate dies under mysterious circumstances, Nic Cross inherits a mysterious pyramid-shaped contraption left at the scene, unwittingly summoning a cult of wolf-people who dwell in the dark underbelly of London.
There is a lot going on here in a short amount of time. It really should not work. And yet, strong storytelling and a strong mystery will keep audiences interested. The creature design manages to be simultaneously badass and hokey.
It could have been something special if not for one thing…
Voice of Shadows and Lord of Wolves are available to rent on VOD.
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Every week AIPT Movie Editor Nathaniel Muir and his cinema partner in crime Blake Heath discuss indie and genre movies you have have never heard of, the ones you cannot hear enough about, and the ones you never want to hear about again.
Episode 370: Mid year recap
Time moves more quickly now than it ever has. It was not that long ago that we were talking about a new show executive produced by the Duffer brothers. About a month later, it is one and done. As someone once reminded us, we are just two guys who watch movies. Production budgets and domestic grosses are only a passing interest to us. Still, there are some things that catch our attention. Were we right to say that Michael would get to $1 billion? And what does the future hold for Obsession?
There was a major change to our humble little podcast this year. We decided it would be in our best interests to be a little more focused. To that end, we went to just covering one movie each show. Despite this, we still managed to cover twenty-three movies over seventeen episodes. And twenty of them were released in 2026.
So, what do we have to talk about? And will we get as worked up as we did last week? The horrors of high school, zombies, musicals, buff nuns, and grindhouse adjacent fun. It may not all have been good, but everything left some sort of impression on us.
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