Scream of the Wolf (TV Movie 1974)

Scream of the Wolf (TV Movie 1974). Scream of the Wolf: Directed by Dan Curtis. With Peter Graves, Clint Walker, Jo Ann Pflug, Philip Carey. A big-game hunter comes out of retirement to help track down a killer wolf, and begins to suspect that it isn't a wolf but an animal that can take human form.

“From the Golden Age of the TV movie u0026quot;Scream of the Wolfu0026quot; is a time-waster from some pretty big names.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eB-movie fans knows that Peter Graves would do anything for a paycheck. So itu0026#39;s no surprise as this movie makes a swift detour towards incoherence early on. Jo Ann Pflugu0026#39;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 u0026quot;Scream of the Wolfu0026quot; 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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDan 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 itu0026#39;s really a beefed up TV movie script that somehow got wings. So with such a resume one would expect u0026quot;Scream of the Wolfu0026quot; 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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA 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 heu0026#39;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 heu0026#39;s been in.”