1981·Horror·1h 55m
7.0
★
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.
Directed by Michael Wadleigh
new york city
based on novel or book
wolf
transformation
investigation
werewolf
murder investigation
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Cast
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
Anne Pohtamo
Pauline van der Veer
Reginald VelJohnson
Morgue Attendant
James Tolkan
Baldy
John McCurry
Sayad Alve
Crew
Michael Wadleigh
Director
Michael Wadleigh
Screenplay
James Horner
Original Music Composer
Chris Lebenzon
Editor
Gerry Fisher
Director of Photography
Alan King
Executive Producer
Michael Wadleigh
Producer
James Bryan
Sound Editor
Michael Wadleigh
Screenstory
John Roesch
Foley Supervisor
James Horner
Conductor
David Chapman
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
24 reviews
Jonas Garland
84/100
84/100
Lasse Jørgensen
6.5★ · 10/24/25
#27. Quite different from your normal werewolf film, this feels more modern in a way. But I don't love it. I like the detective stuff, but overall I just don't love this, it's just a good film.
#27. Quite different from your normal werewolf film, this feels more modern in a way. But I don't love it. I like the detective stuff, but overall I just don't love this, it's just a good film.
Matt LunePRO
7.0★ · 08/28/25
35/100 Horror Movies in 92 Days 2025
I've seen multiple movies where a cop is a werewolf, but this is the first wolf-based (werewolf adjacent) cop procedural.
It's really well done, Albert Finney is capital H Haunted by the end, and it's fascinating to see how far down the rabbit hole he has to go to find the truth.
Not slow, per se, but thoughtfully paced.
I've seen multiple movies where a cop is a werewolf, but this is the first wolf-based (werewolf adjacent) cop procedural.
It's really well done, Albert Finney is capital H Haunted by the end, and it's fascinating to see how far down the rabbit hole he has to go to find the truth.
Not slow, per se, but thoughtfully paced.
35/100 Horror Movies in 92 Days 2025
I've seen multiple movies where a cop is a werewolf, but this is the first wolf-based (werewolf adjacent) cop procedural.
It's really well done, Albert Finney is capital H Haunted by the end, and it's fascinating to see how far down the rabbit hole he has to go to find the truth.
Not slow, per se, but thoughtfully paced.
I've seen multiple movies where a cop is a werewolf, but this is the first wolf-based (werewolf adjacent) cop procedural.
It's really well done, Albert Finney is capital H Haunted by the end, and it's fascinating to see how far down the rabbit hole he has to go to find the truth.
Not slow, per se, but thoughtfully paced.
Leo
5.0★ · 06/19/25
interesting wolfen vision but it does induce motion sickness pretty heavily </3
while there were a lot of aspects i enjoyed about this movie it was hard to really care about anything that was going on?
while there were a lot of aspects i enjoyed about this movie it was hard to really care about anything that was going on?
interesting wolfen vision but it does induce motion sickness pretty heavily </3
while there were a lot of aspects i enjoyed about this movie it was hard to really care about anything that was going on?
while there were a lot of aspects i enjoyed about this movie it was hard to really care about anything that was going on?
Rich
8.0★ · 01/17/24
the first half hour had me thinking this was gonna be boring but this ended up actually being fire. also this had to of inspired predator in some capacity, right?
the first half hour had me thinking this was gonna be boring but this ended up actually being fire. also this had to of inspired predator in some capacity, right?