Synopsis

Official Review

While you may have to swim the Bering Strait to see it (or, at least,
find one of the scattered showings throughout New York), Terry R.
Wickham’s Hair of the Dog shows promise of both its director and
writer-producer Timothy David Clark. While no masterpiece, Wickham and
Clark show that they have a strong handle on the genre and its tropes,
and the twisted sense of humor necessary to succeed in horror.
The downside is that the film cost $2000 and it shows. It has
none of the manic visual style of Robert Rodriguez’s $7000 El Mariachi,
but little does. And to be fair, it’s really hard to put together a
film for such a low price, let alone a film this engaging. Wickham and
Clark don’t show the potential of mad genius, such as the early DV work
of Guillermo Del Toro or some of David Lynch’s shorts, but Hair of the
Dog is a well-paced thriller with wit and some interesting music
(composed for the film by David Helpling). …Read More