Scream of the Wolf (TV 1974)

A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take human form.

Director:

Dan Curtis

Writers:

Richard Matheson (teleplay), David Case (story)

Stars:

Peter Graves, Clint Walker, Jo Ann Pflug

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Graves	...	John Wetherby
Clint Walker	...	Byron Douglas
Jo Ann Pflug	...	Sandy Miller
Philip Carey	...	Sheriff Vernon Bell
Don Megowan	...	Grant
Brian Richards	...	Deputy Crane
Lee Paul	...	Student
Jim Storm	...	Boy (as James Storm)
Dean Smith	...	Lake
Randy Kirby	...	Brian Hammond
Vernon Weddle	...	Newsman
Bill Baldwin	...	Reporter (as William Baldwin)
Orville Sherman	...	Coroner
Bonnie Van Dyke	...	Girl
Grant Owens	...	Deputy Bill

Storyline

A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take human form.

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Plot Keywords:

hunter | retirement | big game hunter | convertible | abc movie of the week | 

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 January 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Hunter

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metromedia Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Minor TV horror flick with a twist

Only the most die hard werewolf movie fans (or bottom feeders who like to see bad films as a sort of self-inflicted pleasure-pain) will want to endure this. Even they may be disappointed. Silver fox Graves (who drives a hip car and has a hip house while hip music blares) stars as a former hunter turned writer who, after a series of grisly attacks on local residents, decides to hunt down the predator personally. The killings are the standard "hapless victim looks into camera and screams while growls are heard then blackout". This gets tiresome very quickly. One extended attack on Grave's ladyfriend Pflug (in a pedestrian performance) has a certain amount of edge to it. (Hilariously, though, this single woman lives in a house that appears to have more rooms than Monticello!) Pflug suspects Walker, an old buddy of Graves who lives in a mansion up in the woods and does a lot of odd philosophizing about human nature. Walker, still attractive and virile, gives an unusual performance full of dopey expressions and strange vocal inflections. His relationship with Graves has a homoerotic twinge, not unlike the Stephen Boyd/Charlton Heston dynamic in "Ben-Hur". Sheriff Carey rounds out the male trio of tall actors. The film aspires to a level of intellect that it's budget cheapens more than a little. Still, it's not the worst TV horror movie ever made. At least someone tried to write something with a little irony and mystery to it. One scene between Graves, Pflug and Walker takes place in a restaurant that must have a sign on the door, "No one attractive allowed!" Soap opera veteran Storm appears briefly as a victim.