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2011: Catherine Hardwick's Movie

Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) is a beautiful, young women torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning rot run away together when they learn that Valerie’s older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest that happens to surround the village. For many years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, people call on the famed werewolf hunter. Father Solomon, to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon’s arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon, Valerie begins to suspect that the werewolf could be someone she loves. As panic grips the town, Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast- one that is inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect and bait” (IMBd, 2015).

 

“Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) is a beautiful, young women torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning rot run away together when they learn that Valerie’s older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest that happens to surround the village. For many years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, people call on the famed werewolf hunter. Father Solomon, to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon’s arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon, Valerie begins to suspect that the werewolf could be someone she loves. As panic grips the town, Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast- one that is inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect and bait” (IMBd, 2015).

 

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