beginning 80s swept a wave of films about American Werewolf horror cinema. The big winner was the whole AMERICAN WEREWOLF by John Landis, a cult classic was, after all, Joe Dante's THE HOWLING (already presented in these pages) established. Rather less well known - perhaps because it is he is not un due to a classic werewolf film - directed by Michael Wadley, Wolf. This is likely the film world to be known mostly for its tricky directed the concert film Woodstock. Also in WOLFEN he could shine with imaginative camera work, but more on that later.
Wolf is based on the horror novel by Whitley Strieber. The writer should avid collectors of Pop culture trivia as one of the most prominent "victims" of an alleged alien abduction to be known. Strieber literary analysis of this incident and the resulting film COMMUNION in which Christopher Walken plays completely detached, could this country certainly have a certain Populariät. At the time of WOLF formation of which was not yet mentioned, and so had the novel speak for itself. This he did, as some passages were told from the perspective of the "Monster", which is an extremely interesting Narrations approach was achieved. The fact that this is not so easy in the medium of film had been TRANSFERS, Wadley clear. The director, however, found a way to here to find a replacement at least technically remarkable.
"My hair and I'll solve this case on ..." The New York police is nervous. Industrial Van der Veer (Christopher Brown), his young wife and her bodyguard were murdered in a bestial way. Police Chief Warren (Dick O'Neill) Instructs the uncomfortable Cop Dewey Wilson (Albert Finney) in order to clear up the murders. Together with the pathologist Whittington (Gregory Hines) and the lovely Rebecca psychologist (Diane Venora) Dewey discovered that apparently put no man behind the atrocities. As will turn up more bodies, believed Dewey recognize that anyone or anything could be found in the ruins on the outskirts of the Bronx. In addition, it steals the uncomfortable feeling that the Indiana Eddie Holt (Edward James Olmos), which he had taken some time behind bars, could have something to do with it ...
As mentioned earlier, the director had to struggle to herüberzuretten the characteristics of the novel in his film adequately. This is due succeeded. Although you do not get the opportunity, the events from the conceptual point of view of "evil" to experience, but for from the physical point of view. Many sequences, the viewer sees through the eyes of the beast: a mixture of negative images, false color and infrared images. This takes wolf-like special effects such as the Predator in advance. Unfortunately, this is the only thing that has to offer more sedate horror movie. Even the surprisingly graphic Metzeleffekte that work from today's perspective, a little clumsy, can not help there.
"Why run? me I drive a wolf ..." The problems begin with the characters. Albert Finney is a terrific actor, but in the role of Dewey unfortunately miscast completely (which is underlined by his impossible hair yet). His "love story" with Diane Verona is full of cliches, like the rest Action. You can basically say: All people who use drugs (cocaine, but alcohol) to be squashed too, may. It was already obsolete in the 70s. The Indian mysticism is also so horribly naive and almost insulting. The patch index finger that can be seen throughout the film like a sword of Damocles hovering over the story seems, on top, and the resolution of the story is simply stupid. After all, there are a few moments in which we are still shudder a little and mitfiebert with the main characters.
WOLF (1981) is once again as a film that is a total disappointment, but not too bad is that he would make it totally to be savaged. Horror fans and friends of typical 80-year-strips can squeeze at least some entertainment value from this hairy monster. All others should use the films mentioned in the first paragraph or turn to other things.
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