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''Late Phases'' is a 2014 horror drama film by Adrián García Bogliano and his first feature film in the English language. The film had its world premiere on March 9, 2014 at South by Southwest and stars Nick Damici as a blind war veteran that becomes the victim of a werewolf attack. ==Synopsis== Ambrose McKinley; a fiercely independent, yet blind Vietnam War veteran and his seeing eye dog German Shepherd are moved into a retirement community at the edge of a forest. Willful and adamant that he can live on his own, he and his son Will are clearly not on the best of terms. He meets three neighbor women; Gloria, Anna and Victoria, who; while at first admiring Ambrose, are quickly put off by his attitude toward them. He meets his neighbor Delores, who shares the duplex with him. That night, during a full moon, something breaks into Delores' kitchen and brutally slashes her to death. Ambrose hears the commotion and is also attacked by a massive werewolf. His dog comes to his defense as Ambrose struggles to find his gun, he manages to deter the creature, but his dog is mortally wounded. The next day, the police find him cradling his dog, and despite the destruction and his claims of the attack, it is shrugged off as a home invasion. Suspecting a werewolf is responsible for the murders and mysterious disappearances of other park residents who wander into the woods, Ambrose begins to mount a defense. He buys an immaculate tombstone for his dog and begins to slowly dig a grave for him. Meeting with the local congregation; Ambrose, who could hear a rasping in the werewolf's breathing begins to monitor the people around him for similar issues. He encounters Gloria's husband, who is encased in an iron lung, but she suspects him of trying to kill him when he accidentally disconnects the machine and throws him out. His suspicions fall on the church's pastor; Father Roger Smith, who has developed a wheeze after years of chain smoking. He suggests Ambrose visit the church, prompting him to take a local shuttle from his house, where he meets another suspect; James Griffin, who is a friend of Smith's and has a similar wheeze to his breathing. Uncomfortable with Ambrose's habits and lifestyles though, the three women convince the driver to stop picking Ambrose up for church the next week and instead have him travel by car with James. Ambrose goes to a gun shop and convinces the owner to create silver bullets. He realizes Ambrose's suspicions and crafts the bullets for him, meanwhile, the tombstone arrives and Ambrose puts it in his back yard, still digging the grave. Complaints of this and the smell of his dog's decomposition gets Ambrose observed by the police, who become concerned for his well being. Despite this, they are convinced not to interfere by Ambrose. On the day of the next full moon, Ambrose finally finishes the grave and lays his dog to rest. Meanwhile, James meticulously begins to visit with the congregation, violently biting Gloria, Anne and Victoria as well as her husband Bennet, cursing them to become werewolves as well. Ambrose goes to visit Gloria, but finds her missing and her husband viciously decapitated and runs home to arm himself. All the while, James confesses to Father Smith that he is a werewolf, Smith doesn't believe him until he transforms in front of his eyes. He tries to flee, but is viciously mauled by the wolf. Back at his home, Ambrose calls and leaves his son a voicemail, revealing that he had lost his deceased wife's ring, and he hadn't sold it, as Will suspected. He apologizes and says his goodbyes, as he believes he will not survive the night. Using his keen hearing, Ambrose begins to dispatch the werewolves descending on his property with his weapons and a series of booby traps order to trap and kill them. He kills the four new werewolves, but he is bitten by James and in the struggle, they battle into Ambrose's back yard where Ambrose finally manages to kill James and calmly sits down on his porch. Will, having heard his father's final words rushes to his house, he sees the bodies of werewolves, half-turned back into their human forms before discovering Ambrose dead; having purposefully overdosed on his medication before the battle had even begun to ensure that he will not live as a werewolf. Later, Will and his wife stand at his father's military funeral at dusk, where Will accepts the tri-folded flag and gives it to his wife. He then takes out his father's rifle, takes aim at the rising moon, and fires. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Late Phases」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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