An Underrated Genre-Blending French Hit: Brotherhood Of The Wolf (2001) Review - Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2026

About this episode

Mike and Spider-Dan review the Director’s Cut of the 2001 film Brotherhood Of The Wolf as part of the Forbidden Worlds Film Festival 2026 coverage.

Review for day 2 of Forbidden Worlds Film Festival commences! We move onto review number 5 and Dan & Mike discuss the Director’s Cut of the 2001 horror/period-drama/mystery/action movie (that was inspired by the Beast of Gévaudan, while serving as inspiration for the FromSoftware game Bloodborne); Brotherhood Of The Wolf! Over the coming weeks, be sure you subscribe & tune into both podcast feeds (or YouTube channels) so you don’t miss any of their FWFF coverage! YouTube will have the video versions and clips will be on YT, TikTok & Instagram. Mike & Spider-Dan reviewed 13 movies from the film festival, and have 6 interviews to release, catch the first (1985’s Ladyhawke), on the feed of Spider-Dan & The Secret Bores. Make sure you follow @FWFilmFestival on social media and visit their website for more information and future events: www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk Mike & Spider-Dan’s first FWFF ’26 episode on Ladyhawke is found here: https://pod.fo/e/40954b For video versions, check out this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51H9VeN6CKk&list=PLy_ca4KI17VBXnk-HtPBK12mJQKbDa8M- Join Mike’s Patreon at the free tier for monthly bonus…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Burton

Guest: Spider-Dan

Topics covered

• film review
• horror
• period drama
• mystery
• action
• film festival coverage

Keywords

• Brotherhood Of The Wolf
• film festival
• horror movie
• period drama
• mystery
• Bloodborne
• Ladyhawke
• Spider-Dan
• Mike Burton

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Forbidden Worlds Film Festival, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Patreon, Ko-Fi

Books & works: Brotherhood Of The Wolf, Bloodborne, Ladyhawke

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