Tired of Canadian movies without any bite? Never fear! “WolfCop” is here!

As you may have already guessed, the upcoming Canadian horror comedy “WolfCop” centres on a police officer who also happens to be a werewolf. He’s literally taking a bite out of crime! (Ba dum bum!) The hilariously gory first trailer for the low-budget flick was recently posted online and it looks like the movie more than lives up to its ridiculous premise.

“WolfCop” is the first movie from Big Kids (an indie film company based out of Regina, Saskatoon, and Moose Jaw) and the CineCoup Film Accelerator (a Canadian social platform designed to generate buzz and funds for independent projects). “WolfCop” won CineCoup’s $1 million funding prize in 2013 based on the strength of its pitch and campaign.

Unsurprisingly, the film’s central premise -- a lycanthropic law enforcement officer -- started as a bit of a joke.

“Honestly, I was trying to come up with an idea for a script but I couldn't decide between this monster movie I wanted to do and a cop movie," writer-director Lowell Dean told CBC. "Almost as a joke, I said maybe I should mash them together and that idea was addictive and grew in my brain and I had to do the script.”

The concept obviously struck a chord with CineCoup producers, who gave the film taglines like “Here comes the fuzz!” and “Like Dirty Harry… Only hairier!”

In an effort to expand the story, Dean and the producers have taken launched their own Indiegogo campaign to raise money for “WolfCop” extras, like an action figure and graphic novel trilogy. So far they’ve raised nearly $13,000 -- $3,000 more than their original $10,000 goal.

We won't argue the merits of the campaign one way or the other, but we'll ask one question instead: When was the last time you saw a Canadian movie that had its own werewolf action figure?

“WolfCop” howls into select Cineplex theatres on June 6, with international releases set for September.