Alma & the Wolf Review

Alma & the Wolf Review

Alma & the Wolf is now playing in select theaters and available on digital.Alma & the Wolf is a frustrating type of movie to talk about, in part because it’s really more like two types of movie pressed together. On the one hand, it’s an intentionally schlocky horror movie about a town being terrorized by a supernatural threat – a bit of a creature feature blended with a dash of the ol’ Wicker Man folk-horror. On the other, it’s a more psychologi…

POD 366, EP. 123: THE POD GOES TO THE DOGS (AND DOG-TOOTHS)

366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links. Audio link (Spotify) YouTube link Discussed in this episode: Alma & the Wolf (2025): This modestly-budgeted indie showed well enough at the Boston Underground Film Festival (its only previous screening) to get picked up by Paramount subsidiary Republic Pictures for limited theatrical + VOD rollout this week. One of the movie’s few published reviews encouragingly rea…

Exclusive Interview with Ethan Embry and Li Jun Li on ‘Alma & The Wolf’

One of the many horror films coming to us in 2025 is arriving this week, and that’s “Alma & The Wolf.” Directed by Michael Patrick Jann, it stars Ethan Embry as Deputy Ren Accord, a very troubled man who has been thrust into a horrifying investigation he may not be fully prepared for. One day while driving on his usual route, he comes across Alma, played by Li Jun Li, who is walking alone in the rain while clutching to what is left of her dog. A…

Film Review: Alma & The Wolf

Rating: 2 out of 5. 90s legend Ethan Embry (Can’t Hardly Wait, Empire Records) and Drop Dead Gorgeous director Michael Patrick Jann team up for what appears, on paper at least, to be a new werewolf movie. This could not be further from the truth. Instead, their genre-bending feature is a strange psychological horror that cannot seem to decide on a tone. So-bad-it’s-good at times while at others deathly serious, Alma & The Wolf almost works for E…

Alma & The Wolf Review: This Wolf-Filled Horror Mystery Was Great Unintentional Camp Until The Twist Ruined It For Me

While I'm glad this horror movie tried to do something different, Alma and the Wolf fell short in many ways (but one performance really stood out).