A New York cop investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks.
Director:
Michael Wadleigh
From metacritic.com
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 | |
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Sam Gray | ... | Mayor |
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Ralph Bell | ... | Commissioner |
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Max M. Brown | ... | Christopher van der Veer |
Anne Marie Pohtamo | ... | Pauline van der Veer | |
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Sarah Felder | ... | Cicely Rensselaer |
Reginald VelJohnson | ... | Morgue Attendant (as Reginald Vel Johnson) | |
James Tolkan | ... | Baldy |
A city cop is assigned to solve a bizarre set of violent murders where it appears that the victims were killed by animals. In his pursuit he learns of an Indian legend about wolf spirits. Written by K. Rose <rcs@texas.net>
A New York cop (Albert Finney) investigates a series of brutal deaths that resemble animal attacks. Tom Noonan and his beard guest star in a key role.
The film is known for its early use of an in-camera effect to portray the subjective point of view of a wolf. Similar to thermography, the technique was later adopted by other horror films such as the "Predator" film series.
Although considered a modern werewolf classic, Roger Ebert asserted Wolfen "is not about werewolves but is about the possibility that Indians and wolves can exchange souls." Well, yeah, that is true... but it is still werewolves, even if not in the traditional sense.
Where is the proper release? This is what people want to know. Apparently the director has a preferred cut, but instead all we get is a bare bones Blu-ray with nothing more than a trailer. Surely there is much more that could be done.