slayrrr666 "Scream of the Wolf" is one of the more fascinating stories from the 70s.**SPOILERS**Driving along a lonely road, a man is attacked by a strange creature. Sheriff Vernon Bell, (Phillip Crane) is sent out to investigate the incident, and finds strange tracks in the woods. He goes to old friend John Wetherby, (Peter Graves) an expert tracker who just entered retirement, to get some help on the case. John agrees, and he begins to search around the area of the attack. He runs into Byron Douglas, (Clint Walker) another local animal tracker. Douglas doesn't provide any support for John, and he decides to finish investigating. Another attack brings a news report on the attacks, which brings the attention to Sandy Miller, (Jo Ann Pflug) an old friend of John's. After the creature is found to be a werewolf, it attacks Sandy in her home, forcing John to finally track down the werewolf and kill it.The Good News: I know it doesn't seem like that long of a film, but this is far more entertaining than it should be. I don't know if it's the 70's tone that it has, or if it manages to actually be that entertaining, I haven't found out yet. This is a film that I can repeatedly by on and enjoy it all the way through. Few movies can actually do that continuously, as you become more and more accustomed to them. I have even grown too actually like the design of the werewolf in here after initially hating it. The werewolf is only seen in a few quick shots, but that was enough to know that it is a pretty frightening creature. It does feature a very wolf-ish look. It also looks like a cross between the two previous werewolf classics, "The Wolf Man," and "Curse of the Werewolf," with that of a more traditional-looking wolf. There is also a lot more suspense than you would expect in the film. The best part has to be the raid the wolf has on Sandy's cabin. That is a spoiler moment, so I can't reveal too much, but it does provide a very original jump that has since been copied in just about every other werewolf film since. It may not affect too many because you have seen it many times before, but this is the oldest film I have seen with that particular jump. It is also good to see genre veteran Peter Graves in here, as he hams it up like he does in so many of his films. He plays a regular role for him, and he plays it like he normally does in lots of movies. It was a nice surprise to see him in here.The Bad News: As usual, we hardly get to see the werewolf, which I don't know why as it is a very good design for a werewolf, but they kept it limited to a few scenes at the end. Another thing that annoyed me with the film is that it is pretty short. Even for a TV movie, this is still a lot shorter than it could've been. The plot does allow for some more time to chase after the wolf.The Final Verdict: If you can ignore the fact that they have a cool wolf that is hardly used, this is another entry in that "Give-it-a-chance" category. I don't know why more people don't about this film, as it does provide some action-packed scenes and a very creepy lead wolf.Today's Rating; PG-13: Vicious Werewolf attacks, very minor gore, and a brief view of a mangled corpse

ricky roche Distributor: DollarDVD Plot: Adventure writer is called in to investigate a series of brutal murders that has investigators confused. The clues are not clear and leave no clear trail. The tracks left at the murder site appear to be of a wolf. The suspense and terror builds as danger lurks in the shadows of the night.Audio/Video: The quality of the DVD was actually better then I thought it would be considering the distributors are called Dollar DVD and the damn thing only cost a buck.Extras: Movie trivia, the only weird thing is that it is trivia from other movies.Final thoughts: ABC movies of the week were all pretty good, some were better then others. This one was an average made for TV movie. If you see it then get it. It is pretty good.

Year2889 From the Golden Age of the TV movie "Scream of the Wolf" is a time-waster from some pretty big names.B-movie fans knows that Peter Graves would do anything for a paycheck. So it's no surprise as this movie makes a swift detour towards incoherence early on. Jo Ann Pflug's appearance cinches it. And when super-hunk Clint Walker begins spewing his inane monologues (again and again) you realize all too late that you have entered Z-movie heaven. Because really no one has any business watching "Scream of the Wolf" unless they enjoy watching actors struggling in budget bondage, living in palatial homes which are clearly borrowed for the film and dicing with unseen scary stuff which turns out not to be that scary. But then we are in good hands.Dan Curtis is a master at low budget television. Dark Shadows is his masterpiece and Trilogy of Terror is still one of the most memorable shows ever on the tube. Burnt Offerings was his first run film....offering, but it's really a beefed up TV movie script that somehow got wings. So with such a resume one would expect "Scream of the Wolf" to be something other than what it is, but it is important to remember that everyone has his bad days. And in the case of co-writer Richard Matheson, this is an understatement. Matheson is not in the minor leagues with Curtis. Matheson is the fantasy-fiction master. Look him up on IMDb and find out. The creator of Omega Man would never have submitted this work as his alone.A little attention to fine details would have done wonders for this film. In the dialog, in the set design (were there any) and with the casting. A truly wooden set of performances all around. Clint Walker tries to emote passion and complexity but he looks like he's been botoxed. Jo Ann Pflug was better off showing us her stuff on Match Game P.M.. And Peter Graves? This is the Godfather compared to some of the films he's been in.

chanvat This film would have been much better if it had some balance. There were no strong supporting actors at all, with Graves and Walker providing outstanding roles and the rest just falling flat on their face.Graves worked well as the slowly weakening ex-hunter, while Walker did an amazing job portraying the evil and creepy (and still strong) wolf hunter. However, the rest of the actors (especially Graves' girlfriend and the police chief) did a horrible job with their characters.The fact that the kills really arent portrayed in a gory fashion makes the film feel like less a horror movie and more of a suspense/murder mystery, which bothered me a bit. Additionally, the ending, though a double twist (from not surprising to surprising to not surprising again) was a bit hard to swallow, that and it ends much more abruptly than I would have wished. Overall, not a high recommendation, but still a fairly good representation of low budget 70s fare 5/10.