Movies:
Wolfen
DVD Release
- Release Date: 2002
- Languages: English & Français
- Subtitles: English, Français, Español, Português, Chinese, Bahasa, Thai & Korean
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- Rating:
- Genre: Horror
- Movie Type: Police Detective Film, Monster Film
- Themes: When Animals Attack, Werewolves
- Director: Michael Wadleigh
- Main Cast: Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan
- Release Year: 1981
- Country: US
- Run Time: 120 minutes
- MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Wolfen, a frightening horror movie based upon a novel by Whitley Strieber, is an absorbing update on the werewolf legend. Detective Dewey Wilson (Albert Finney) is assigned to investigate the strange murder of a millionaire and his wife in a downtown park. Wilson and his friend, city coroner Whittington (Gregory Hines), aided by criminal psychologist Rebecca Neff (Diane Venora) connect the killing to those of several others, primarily winos, drug addicts and derelicts, all of whom seem to have been mutilated by wild animals. Their search leads them to a group of Native Americans led by Edward James Olmos who tell them of a legend of a superior species that once roamed the area, but now are living and hunting in the slums of New York. The film is engrossing, frightening and intelligent, with sensational special effects. Director Michael Wadleigh uses these effects to great advantage, frequently showing the movements of the characters through the eyes of the "Wolfen." This film is also the screen debut of Gregory Hines. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie GuideCast
- 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; Frank Adonis - Scola; Victor Arnold - Roundenbush; Ralph Bell - Commissioner; Roy Brocksmith - Fat Jogger in Park; Max M. Brown - Christopher Vanderveer; Corey Burton - ESS Voices; Burr de Benning; E. Brian Dean - Fouchek; Sarah Felder - Cicely Rensselaer; Linda Gary; Sam Gray - Mayor; Charles Howerton; Reginald VelJohnson - Morgue Attendant; John McCurry - Sayad Alve; Richard Minchenberg - Policeman; Robert Moberly; Caitlin O'Heaney; Anne Marie Photamo - Pauline Vanderveer; Tommy Ryan - Detective; Ray Serra - Detective; Donald Symington - Lawyer; Rino Thunder - Native American; James Tolkan - Baldy; Jery Hewitt - Victim; Michael Wadleigh - Terrorist Informer; Tom Waits; Mel Welles; Annie Gagen; Jeff Ware - Interrogation Operator; Robert Louis King; Dan Sturkle; Cullen Oliver Johnson; David Connell - Victim
