Nerds That Geek Movie Review – ‘Weresquito: Nazi Hunter’

Written by Scott Edwards

Medical testing is something that has been going on for many years now and there are continuous advancements being found to help the masses. But when you start to look at how some of these tests started, you get to see that this was not all done for the betterment of mankind, but to make a name for oneself. While the benefits are seen now, most of the previous test subjects were not volunteers, but people that nobody cared about and would not be missed after they died. While hopefully that is no longer the case these days, Weresquito: Nazi Hunter shows what can happen if someone who is forced into medical testing is able to escape those horrors and wants nothing more than to feel like their old self again.
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Being blown up and shot many times, Corporal John Baker has been taken to a secret Nazi lab to be tested on by Doctor Schramm. Looking to make the next batch of super soldiers for the Führer, the doctor has been experimenting with splicing DNA with other breeds to see which one will be the easiest to control so they can win the war. Not knowing what is fully happening to himself, John finds that he has a taste for blood that causes him to change into a monster that cannot be hidden. Being rescued by his fellow soldiers at the end of the war, John wants nothing more to be normal again and his hunt begins for the good doctor to turn him back into a normal man once again. 

Three years have passed, and John is still on the hunt for Schramm when he arrives in a small town that houses plenty of old German families. Entering the small diner and talking with the waitress Leisl, John is not getting the answers he is looking for but sees that he is needed. With Leisl’s ex-boyfriend entering the small shop and trying to get her to do his bidding, John is more than happy to step in and make sure the drunk man is no longer a problem. With the town not having a place for a stranger to shack up for the night, Leisl invites her new hero to sleep in her extra bedroom as he tries to formulate his next move.

Before night falls on the little town, John is woken up by Leisl’s ex once again and makes the decision to make the troubled man disappear for good. Turning into the Weresquito and feeding on the man’s life force, John feels as though he is embracing his altered talent for the betterment of the hunt. Being able to find another family whose name he has found during the hunt, he is forced to kill them off to try and get more information, but the only person that could possibly give up any details as to the whereabouts of Schramm is right under his nose. After John finds out that Leisl is a relative to another name that he is searching for, he has no idea what other secrets she might be hiding.

This is just a fun throwback to a generation of films where it did not matter about special effects, much less a storyline that could be taken seriously and that is what makes this movie fun to talk about. Taking a Nazi hunting story and adding the fact that the main character is part man and part mosquito is just too much and a joy to watch. While this may not be the greatest movie ever made, it was very entertaining, especially when you get to see a little bit of blood on screen and watch as John assumes his new form. I liked how the story played out, especially the secrets that Leisl tried to keep at the end, because it brings the whole thing around full circle. With a man/mosquito hybrid, some Nazis, a small town, questions, some blood and the drive to get to the truth, it really is just a fun movie to get into, especially if you love a good monster movie. Stay Scared.

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