Wolfen

1981

Action / Horror / Thriller

17
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 77% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 47% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 11423 11.4K

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Plot summary

A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.


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Top cast

Albert Finney as Dewey Wilson
Edward James Olmos as Eddie Holt
Tom Waits as Drunken Bar Owner
Diane Venora as Rebecca Neff
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990.13 MB
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1 hr 55 min
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English 2.0
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1 hr 55 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mark.waltz 8 / 10

Maybe a bit slow, but tops in giving out the creeps.

The South Bronx had a story of horrors there the year before with "Fort Apache the Bronx". You got to see the abandoned Lots where torn down houses were, and there were still some there the year later when this was made. That seems to be where the mystery lies even though the initial murders are set in Battery Park way downtown, shown slowly through the lense of whatever is doing the killing with a blurry sepia tone camera that moves around creepily, looking like a color film negative. Burnt out detective Albert Finney is set on the case and along with police psychiatrist Diane Venora tries to identity what is committing these hideous killings.

This film is more psychological horror than actual physical horror because you really see more of the action from the creature's eyes van from the victims although there are a few bloody scenes. During his investigation, did he encounters Native American Edward James Olmos indicates that someone can transform themselves into a wolf-like creature just through their own will. So while it is a wolf-like creature, it isn't a werewolf / say like in "The Howling" or "American Werewolf in London", and this sets the three films apart from each other in its entirety.

The New York location footage, even in that odd negative look, is quite unique and nostalgic, and you get to see New York in quite a different light then just too touristy places. Yes, it does take us into Central Park, and you do got shots of downtown and the World Trade Center, but utilizing what was going on in the Bronx at the time to make it part of the setting is quite interesting. There's a little bit of a relationship storyline growing between Kenny and Lenora, but mainly, their encounters focus on the investigation, not unnecessary storyline development. This is a film with a great intellect, and that gives it a more artistic feel then just something for your regular early 80's horror movie fans.

Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 8 / 10

Fresher werewolf story

WOLFEN is the third of the big werewolf films of 1981, after AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON and THE HOWLING, and yet it gets nowhere near the same level of attention as those two. I'd seen clips of it on TV as a kid but it scared me enough for me to avoid it then, but having just sat through it for the first time I'd rank it behind AMERICAN and way ahead of THE HOWLING. Despite tackling the subject of werewolves, it's much more of a detective thriller than a horror, although there's a lot of tense, spooky atmosphere and some gory attack sequences.

Albert Finney is a boozy cop investigating the slaying of a Dutch millionaire, seemingly at the hands of a wild animal. An effective backdrop of a partially-demolished New York is home to creatures that may or may not be linked to Native American legend, and origin story here is much fresher and more inventive than most hackneyed werewolf films with the old silver bullet tropes. In fact, they're not really the villains at all; this is more of a dissection of colonialism and the casualties in its wake. The cast is very good here - and nice to see Tom Noonan against type as a good guy for once - and the direction and writing complement each other nicely.

Reviewed by michaelmonson-23176 6 / 10

Exciting but corny ending

  • I like how it doesn't show the antagonist until the end. - Exciting story,that keeps you guessing, until the corny ending. - Well performed by all actors. - Top notch cinematography. - Anti-American & anti-capitalist narrative is naive. **** apparently I need more lines I was trying to write a concise review for people who want to read a brief analysis of the motion-picture in question. However instead I must continue to explain that this feature film is definitely worth watching. I would like to see a movie about the Holodomor, or the Great Potato Famine.

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