Desert Wolf

It's got a pretty standard low-budget werewolf movie plot: small town, grisly attacks, baffled cops, a spiritual character who knows the truth and a shape-shifting monster hiding in plain sight. All good, even if not especially original. Performances are amateurish, but no worse than similar movies of its ilk. The problem is that the production values are so cheap (noticeably below typical low-budget standards) that they become a distraction and break any immersion. The cinematography and lighting make this look like it was shot on a camcorder; and they apparently couldn't pay extras to appear in backgrounds; the sets look silly and thrown-together; and the werewolf is barely seen but when it appears it's very underwhelming.