Warhunt
Directed byMauro Borrelli[1]
Written byMauro Borrelli[2]
Reggie Keyohara III[2]
Scott Svatos
Story byMauro Borrelli
Produced byYu-Fai Suen[1]
Julie Zaytseva[3]
Adel Nur[3]
Max Pavlov[3]
StarringMickey Rourke
Music byTao Liu
Production
companies
Forma Pro Films[4]
Atomik Content[4]
Distributed bySaban Films[5]
Release date
  • January 21, 2022 (2022-01-21)[6]
Running time
93 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Warhunt is a 2022 American horror film directed by Mauro Borrelli and starring Mickey Rourke.

During World War II, a U.S. military cargo plane crashes behind enemy lines in Germany's Black Forest. Maj. Johnson soon sends a squad of his bravest soldiers to retrieve the top-secret material from the wreckage. Venturing deep into the forest, the team discovers hanged Nazis and other bodies bearing ancient, magical symbols. Attacked by a powerful, supernatural force, the men soon find themselves in a fight for their lives as they try to uncover the shocking truth behind the unspeakable evil.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Riga.[3][7]

Filming wrapped in April 2020.[2][8][9][10]

Release

The film was released in theaters, on digital and on demand on January 21, 2022.[11][12][13][14]

Reception

The film has a 27 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on eleven reviews.[15]

Joe Leydon of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Blood-drained Nazis! Predatory witches! Mind-twisted soldiers! And Mickey Rourke in an eyepatch! Cowabunga!"[16]

Michael Pementel of Bloody Disgusting also gave it a positive review, giving it four "skulls" out of five.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sprague, Mike (28 April 2020). "Mickey Rourke WWII Witch Horror Movie WARHUNT Kept Shooting During Covid-19". Dread Central. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Weiss, Josh (26 April 2020). "WWII HORROR-FANTASY 'WARHUNT' WITH MICKEY ROURKE BECOMES ONE OF FIRST MOVIES TO WRAP AMID CORONAVIRUS". SyFy Wire. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Hamman, Cody (27 April 2020). "WWII HORROR MOVIE STARRING MICKEY ROURKE WAS ABLE TO FILM DURING PANDEMIC". JoBlo.com. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 Hamman, Cody (30 December 2021). "Warhunt trailer: Mickey Rourke WWII horror movie coming to theatres, VOD". JoBlo.com. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  5. ↑ Hamman, Cody (December 2, 2021). "Warhunt: Mickey Rourke WWII horror movie gets January release". JoBlo.com. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  6. ↑ Fangoria Staff (December 11, 2021). "Watch The Trailer For WARHUNT". Fangoria. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 Miska, Brad (27 April 2020). "'Warhunt': Mickey Rourke Battles a Coven of Witches During WWII". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  8. ↑ Barraclough, Leo (26 April 2020). "Mickey Rourke Fantasy Horror Movie 'Warhunt' Wraps After Shooting During Covid-19 Crisis (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  9. ↑ Lattanzio, Ryan (26 April 2020). "Mickey Rourke WWII Horror Movie 'Warhunt' Wraps After Filming During Pandemic in Latvia". IndieWire. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  10. ↑ Yang, Rachel (26 April 2020). "Mickey Rourke's Warhunt is the rare movie to finish shooting amid COVID-19 pandemic". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  11. ↑ Major, Michael (December 8, 2021). "VIDEO: Watch the Trailer For WARHUNT Starring Robert Knepper". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  12. ↑ Squires, John (December 8, 2021). "'Warhunt' – Mickey Rourke Stars in World War II Horror Movie That Should Pair Well With 'Overlord' [Trailer]". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  13. ↑ Weiss, Josh (December 8, 2021). "'WARHUNT': ONE OF THE FIRST MOVIES TO WRAP AMID THE PANDEMIC TEASES WITCHY WWII MISSION IN FIRST LOOK". Syfy.com. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  14. ↑ Miska, Brad (January 11, 2022). "'Warhunt' Clip Teases Nazi Experiments and Hoodoo [Exclusive]". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Warhunt". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  16. ↑ Leydon, Joe (January 19, 2022). "'Warhunt' Review: Witchcraft Threatens U.S. Soldiers Behind Enemy Lines in This War-Horror Mash-Up". Variety. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  17. ↑ Pementel, Michael (January 20, 2022). "[Review] With Grim Atmosphere and Bloody Violence, 'Warhunt' Is a Killer Horror-Action Flick". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
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