Werewolf (1995)

Unscrupulous archaeologists try to take advantage of an outbreak of lycanthropy prompted by the discovery of a werewolf skeleton in the Arizona desert.

Director:

Tony Zarindast

Writers:

Brad Hornbacher, Tony Zarindast

Stars:

Jorge Rivero, Richard Lynch, Federico Cavalli

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jorge Rivero	...	Yuri (as George Rivero)
Richard Lynch	...	Noel
Federico Cavalli	...	Paul Niles (as Fred Cavalli)
Adriana Stastny	...	Natalie Burke (as Adrianna Miles)
Joe Estevez	...	Joel
Jules Desjarlais	...	Tommy
R.C. Bates	...	Sam the Keeper
Tony Zarindast	...	Security Guard
Randall Oliver	...	Bill
Heidi Bjorn	...	Carrie
Neena Belini	...	Girl in Jeep
Daniel Robert	...	Kid in Jeep
Jerry Scott	...	Taxi Driver
Lisa Frantz	...	Nurse
Tony Bova	...	Doctor

Storyline

A team of archaeologists with unplaceable accents unearth a skeleton at a dig in an Arizona quarry. The Native Americans on the dig instantly recognize it as the remains of a werewolf, so the team leaders immediately take it to their lab and stare at it. Natalie, one of the team members, thinks it's absolutely fascinating, but Yuri siezes on greater ambitions when one of the dig assistants, who injured themself on the remains, becomes infected and turns into a werewolf in full view of hospital personnel. Yuri then conducts an experiment infecting other people in town to see if they turn into werewolves as well. When Paul arrives at the lab to assist in analyzing the remains, Yuri infects him, too. After Paul's transformation (under a week-long full moon), Natalie tries to save him.

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Plot Keywords:

werewolf | arizona | archaeologist | skeleton | hospital | 

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Taglines:

Rest In...Beast.

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for a sex scene

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 January 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Arizona Werewolf

Filming Locations:

Bishop, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$350,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tozart Publishing

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

To help keep the film on schedule and on budget, actors R.C. Bates, Joe Estevez, and Richard Lynch performed their own stunts.

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Goofs

The full moon is shown occurring for far too long a period than is possible in nature.

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Quotes

Bill: He's bad.
Joel: How bad is he?
Bill: Bad-bad.

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Connections

Referenced in Cult Legends and Rising Stars: Cult Legends: Joe Estevez (2013)

User Reviews

Killed him with his breath, I guess

Saw this one recently with some friends who have an ironic love of truly terrible movies, and in that context, it was just the ticket. It was a double feature with "Satanik," a 1968 Italian piece of junk that was just as bad but at least had a hot Eurobabe as the killer. Both flicks were made by the absolutely untalented, and can be watched only by dedicated students of bad film.

In a "climactic" scene in "Werewolf," the title critter kills a man apparently without touching him, or even being in the same general area. We repeatedly cut back and forth between shots of the werewolf going RARRR, and of the victim crossing his arms in front of his face (again and again), in a posture of defense. Finally, the bloodied victim drops to the ground. At no time do both the werewolf AND the victim appear in this scene together. It's as though the two "actors" involved couldn't coordinate their table-waiting schedules in such a way as to be both on the set on the same day. We all looked around at each other and said, "What just happened?"

See it for laughs, if this sort of bad flickage is your idea of fun. Otherwise, flee like a Texas Democrat.