Grrrrowwwll - The Wolves of Kromer
by Tallulah
Givehead
Does this count as Furry
love? (If y'all don't know what Furry love is all
about, Ah'm not gonna tell)
"The Wolves of Kromer" is both a fairy
tale and a Fairy tale - not to mention furry tail!
This sensuous and
wonderful English fantasy of gay werewolves roaming
an countryside of old houses, lakes and deep forests
is a dark, funny tale of sexy gay werewolves,
murderous old ladies and an old English town bent on
getting rid of those not like themselves.
"The Wolves of Kromer"
centers around the goings-on of two couples: Seth
(played by
Lee Williams, who was also in the stunningly
brilliant film,
"Billy Elliot") and Gabriel (James
Layton), a pair of werewolves who live outside
the quaint village of Kromer and two tottering old
women who share a secret. Young Seth, running away
after coming out as wolf, meets up with the
worldlier Gabriel who, attracted to his fair face
and bushy tail, takes him under his wing. They spend
their nights foraging for food by the lake outside
the village of Kromer, hanging out with other
wolves, playfully terrorizing the townsfolk and
eventually falling in love with each other.
All the while in the
town, the seemingly harmless old house servants -
the scheming Fanny(Rita
Davies) and her daffy accomplice Doreen(Margaret
Towner) - plot to knock off their mistress Mrs.
Drax and blame on the wolves. Tensions between the
nocturnal animals and the hypocritical townsfolk
come to a head as the town's fire-and-brimstone
preacher riles everyone up against the ostracized
wolves.
Narrated by the
(somewhat) fabulous Boy George,
"The Wolves of Kromer" is filled with
tender romanticism, social satire and comedy, this
modern-day gay parable is a delight from beginning
to end.
Variety calls
"The Wolves of Kromer" "a simple,
pointed parable executed with considerable elan...wittily
transposing homophobia to a small village's
virulently lycanthrophobia ... it's surprising
how pic does manage to engender genuine sympathy
as well as a playful, raffish charm."
Tallulah Givehead is
a Fabulous drag queen living in Portland, Oregon
(Lord only knows why!) writing reviews of gay film
by day and tearing up the stage by night. You
can read her reviews here as well as at her blog,
QUEER VUE MIRROR.
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