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Werewolf

  • Video
  • 19951995
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  • 1h 39m
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1.6/10
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Werewolf (1995)
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Unscrupulous archaeologists try to take advantage of an outbreak of lycanthropy prompted by the discovery of a werewolf skeleton in the Arizona desert.Unscrupulous archaeologists try to take advantage of an outbreak of lycanthropy prompted by the discovery of a werewolf skeleton in the Arizona desert.Unscrupulous archaeologists try to take advantage of an outbreak of lycanthropy prompted by the discovery of a werewolf skeleton in the Arizona desert.
IMDb RATING
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3.8K
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  • Director
    • Tony Zarindast
  • Writers
    • Brad Hornbacher
    • Tony Zarindast
  • Stars
    • Jorge Rivero
    • Richard Lynch
    • Federico Cavalli
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  • Director
    • Tony Zarindast
  • Writers
    • Brad Hornbacher
    • Tony Zarindast
  • Stars
    • Jorge Rivero
    • Richard Lynch
    • Federico Cavalli
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    • 111User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Jorge Rivero
    Jorge Rivero
    • Yurias Yuri
    • (as George Rivero)
    Richard Lynch
    Richard Lynch
    • Noelas Noel
    Federico Cavalli
    • Paul Nilesas Paul Niles
    • (as Fred Cavalli)
    Adriana Stastny
    • Natalie Burkeas Natalie Burke
    • (as Adrianna Miles)
    Joe Estevez
    Joe Estevez
    • Joelas Joel
    Jules Desjarlais
    • Tommyas Tommy
    R.C. Bates
    • Sam the Keeperas Sam the Keeper
    Tony Zarindast
    • Security Guardas Security Guard
    Randall Oliver
    Randall Oliver
    • Billas Bill
    Heidi Biorn
    • Carrieas Carrie
    • (as Heidi Bjorn)
    Neena Belini
    • Girl in Jeepas Girl in Jeep
    Daniel Robert
    • Kid in Jeepas Kid in Jeep
    Jerry Scott
    • Taxi Driveras Taxi Driver
    Lisa Frantz
    Lisa Frantz
    • Nurseas Nurse
    Tony Bova
    • Doctoras Doctor
    Angelina
    • Receptionistas Receptionist
    Vince
    • Driveras Driver
    Mark Williams
    • Pool Playeras Pool Player
    • Director
      • Tony Zarindast
    • Writers
      • Brad Hornbacher
      • Tony Zarindast
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    • Trivia
      Director Tony Zarindast used stock footage for the car wreck which he had purchased prior to starting work on Werewolf (1995). In an attempt to make the footage match, he had the car painted the matching colour of the stock footage car.
    • Goofs
      Uri's hair color and style changes constantly throughout the film with no explanation.
    • Quotes

      Sam the Keeper: Mr. Niles, I just found out that Count Dracula was a faggot!

      Paul Niles: Huh, Is that so?

      Sam the Keeper: Hey, you don't have to believe me but that's the facts!

    • Alternate versions
      The version of this film released as "Arizona Werewolf" includes a lengthy sex scene between Natalie and Paul.
    • Connections
      Featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Werewolf (1998)

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    1/10
    Intensely stupid and incoherent, not unlike the actors
    Since capturing the MST3K version of "Werewolf" on tape years ago, I have sat down and watched it several times, trying to figure out how functional human beings could make a feature film that has a sloppier script, more continuity errors, less coherent performances and ends up making even less sense than a patchwork mess like "Space Mutiny".

    Then I happened upon 'billybrown4''s suggestion that perhaps the filmmakers kept running out of money, waiting to get some more, and then trying to resume again over the course of several years while the actors and extras and costume designers and crews kept coming and going. That would explain a lot of things: Yuri's wildly varying hairstyles, Joe Estevez disappearing after the 1st 1/3 of the film, the way the werewolf keeps appearing in totally different guises (a bear, a bat, a hand puppet, Federico Cavellini in spirit gum and floor mats, etc.), Richard Lynch's apparent loss of interest in the whole problem in the last 30 minutes, the jarring "start-stop" feel of the movie and the whole plot thread with the 2nd werewolf (the security guard) which serves no purpose except to establish Yuri as a complete *ssh*le who will stop at nothing to 'be famous beyond (his) wildest dreams'.

    Oddly, the movie is filled with physically attractive, photogenic people who nevertheless seem to have the personality of a sack of cement - this may have been caused partially by the fact that English is obviously a 2nd language for the three main leads, especially the female lead "Natalie". So your eyes are drawn to them while at the same time your ear recoils in irritation at their attempts to speak the vernacular. "Yuri" is very handsome and muscular, but chews the scenery without mercy. On the other hand (paw?), there is "Sam The Keeper" who speaks perfect English but looks like roadkill and camps it up something fierce. And there is Joe Estevez, who is an utter cornball, but still is one of the most interesting things in the movie.

    So the actors who aren't wooden marionettes in this movie are complete Shakespearean level hams, except for poor Richard Lynch, who probably took the money and ran.

    Other discordant and jarring elements in the movie:

    1) The longest transformation scene in the history of Western cinema 2)A fight scene between Yuri and the werewolf in which the two actors are never in the same shot and Yuri seems to sustain fatal damage without ever being physically touched. 3)A scene in which the female realtor is thrown over a railing by the werewolf when she visits him in the house she rented to his human form, which fall should have killed or crippled her, but she walks away without a scratch - AND SHE NEVER REPORTS IT TO THE POLICE!! 4)The scene at the benefit party in the museum where "Loud Mumbling Breaks Out", followed by the one were Yuri attacks Paul Niles with the skull of the werewolf. 5)At one point Natalie tells Paul "You're our only hope..." What? Where did THAT come from?? If the archaeological project needed more money, all they had would have to do is issue a press release about the werewolf skeleton and they would have more money and attention than they could handle. Michael Jackson alone would probably bid upwards of $5 million to keep the skeleton after they were done. 6)Most egregiously, the infamous scene where the werewolf attacks the young woman who is necking in the jeep, and she jumps OUT of the jeep and runs screaming with three voices down the middle of the road, only to trip in her pre-muddied dress and founder in a 2 inch deep puddle. Where did her boyfriend go? How did the werewolf catch her when he was writhing along the road like a snake? We may never know...

    Anyway, an invigoratingly sloppy and stupid movie. Watch this whenever you want to feel better about yourself in comparison to a bunch of clueless people who wasted thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours to make awful dreck.
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    • lemon_magic
    • Apr 16, 2005

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    • Release date
      • January 21, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Аризонский оборотень
    • Filming locations
      • Susanville, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Tozart Publishing
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    • Budget
      • $350,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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