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Name: Wolfen
Released: 1981-7-24
Cast: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan

Wolfen

R
1h 50m
1981

77%

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A New York detective investigating a series of baffling, grisly murders gradually realizes the killings are the work of super wolves that live in a ruined church in the South Bronx and savagely police the neighborhood, killing all undesirables.

Director:

Michael Wadleigh

Producer:

Rupert Hitzig, Alan King

Writer:

David Eyre, Michael Wadleigh, Whitley Strieber

Cast:

Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan, Dick O'Neill, Whitley Strieber

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

77%

Critics Consensus: Police procedural meets werewolf flick in Wolfen, a creepy creature feature with a surprisingly profound side.

Reviews

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Eddie Harrison

…a big, meaty studio film with lots to say about how the worship of money turns us against each other…

Wolfen is not a werewolf movie. Exactly what it is I'm not sure, but don't let my uncertainty put you off what is, for the most part, an enjoyable film.

A crime-thriller-style plot with elements of a police procedural that makes a statement about the plight of Native Americans specifically in big urban centres.

The werewolf movie was revived and reworked with a vengeance in 1981 and Wolfen (1981) was a far more radical take on the genre than An American Werewolf in London or The Howling, though not as popular as either.

October 6, 2017

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Chuck O'Leary

The often muddled, but scary Wolfen tops The Howling and An American Werewolf in London as the best of 1981's three worthwhile lupine thrillers.

June 21, 2017