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Wolfen
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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   2,939 votes
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Director:

Michael Wadleigh

Writers:

Whitley Strieber (novel)
David Eyre (screen story and screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

24 July 1981 (USA) more

Genre:

Horror | Thriller more

Tagline:

It will tear the scream from your throat. more

Plot:

A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks. full summary | add synopsis

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Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations more

User Comments:

Wonderfully creepy... more (72 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Albert Finney ... Dewey Wilson

Diane Venora ... Rebecca Neff

Edward James Olmos ... Eddie Holt

Gregory Hines ... Whittington
Tom Noonan ... Ferguson

Dick O'Neill ... Warren
Dehl Berti ... Old Indian

Peter Michael Goetz ... Ross
Sam Gray ... Mayor
Ralph Bell ... Commissioner
Max M. Brown ... Christopher van der Veer
Anne Marie Pohtamo ... Pauline van der Veer
Sarah Felder ... Cicely Rensselaer
Reginald VelJohnson ... Morgue Attendant
James Tolkan ... Baldy
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Additional Details

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (MegaSound encoding) (70 mm prints)

Certification:

Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1989) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (1987) | France:U | Australia:M | Norway:15 | UK:18 | West Germany:16 | USA:R (certificate #26425)


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Trivia:

A specific day-for-night shooting process was used to create the nocturnal point of view of the "killers". more

Goofs:

Continuity: During the night-vision scope/surveillance sequence with Dewey and Whittington, the scopes change angles and gain/lose sections from shot to shot. more

Quotes:

[about the wolves]
Old Indian: They're shiftless. They might be gods!
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Revenge of the Mooninites (#1.8)" (2002) more

Soundtrack:

Jitterbug Boy more


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12 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Wonderfully creepy..., 28 May 2000
9/10
Author: BUTCHER-5 from Poland

"Wolfen" is one of my favourite horror movies.The atmosphere is very creepy,the acting is great and the film is quite gory as well.I remember seeing this one when I was young and it scared the hell out of me.It's a shame that most of the modern horror movies can't do the same.Try to find this marvelous,eerie flick-it won't let you down.

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