"Loup-Garou" "Loup-Garou"

Now THIS is what I'm talking about. A 70s made for TV movie that fucking rocks the cock even though it has no blood or nudity. I could not ask for a better cast... David Janssen, Bradford Dillman, Geoffrey Lewis, Royal Dano, and, my favorite, John Davis Chandler.

The story revolves around a sheriff (Janssen) who, after investigating a couple of murders, think he might have a werewolf in his midst. It takes place in Louisiana so there is a little voodoo along with some French happening.

Really, the movie is only great because of the stellar cast. It was fun watching Lewis and Janssen act in the same scene. It is very apparent they are from totally different schools of acting. If you like TV movies from this time period, this is one you should see.

Mysteries solvable within the first 20 minutes:
- Who did it?
- Did a werewolf do it?
- Is that one guy a werewolf?

Mysteries that can never be solved:
- Is David Janssen doing a Dr. John impression?
- What awful fate has befallen David Janssen's top several shirt buttons?
- Has a wealthy onscreen Louisiana family ever not lived at Oak Alley Plantation?

Me: Well I'm done with werewolf movies for the day because it's very hard to make a decent one apparently.

[reads MOON OF THE WOLF description] ...Louisiana sheriff...

Me: Shit!
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So this is a murder mystery but at the very end, we get a person in goofy werewolf makeup in a poorly staged climax so there's that. I found this one more watchable than the last two werewolf movies I tried to watch.

[To be put on the video box and commercials]

"It's watchable.'
-geoffreyjar of Letterboxd

Immediately, I thought, “hey, this looks like it’s a TV show”, and then I found out it was a made-for-tv movie. That’s not a huge problem with this movie. I think most of its problems come in the script. It’s a mystery that is almost entirely characters talking about what other characters have done. It’s exposition-heavy, not action-heavy. I don’t need Enter the Game of Death levels of action. I just need some more substance, more intrigue. This movie ain’t got it, even if the actors try their best to make you think otherwise.

The 70s and 80s featured a fair number of fantastic TV horror movies. This had it's moments but was just OK for me.

MOTW is fairly short, at just 75 minutes, but it still felt somewhat poorly paced, especially in the first 2/3rds. The fantastic cast -- led by David Janssen and nicely supported by Barbara Rush and Bradford Dillman -- kept me interested in the fairly conventional story. I particularly enjoyed seeing Geoffrey Lewis, one of the great character actors of his time. I remember him most vividly as the leader of the gang Clint Eastwood was hired to chase out of town in "High Plains Drifter". Lewis has an insane number of credits in a career that's spanned more than 50 years.

I did enjoy the film's ending. It's not much of a surprise but the film concludes on a somber and tender note featuring some beautiful acting by Barbara Rush.

Score: 5.75/10

A snoozy made-for-TV werewolf whodunit whose mystery is painfully obvious and whose amateurish-looking monster is thankfully confined to the last few minutes.

There's no real reason to recommend it, but this was nonetheless a fun enough Saturday morning flick to watch while I ate my cereal and drank my first two cups of coffee, mostly due to its competent performances and Louisiana backdrop. You can do worse!

If you manage to stay up, you’ll find yourself saying “boy oh boy did I just waste my time”

Man, this is how to do a TV movie! Excellent little small town murder mystery, with a little Creole thrown into the to get things hairy. Geoffrey Lewis does a good job as brother of the murdered girl, and suspect #1. David Janssen is excellent as the main protagonist, the town's sheriff. Nicely written, and it pulls you into the mystery and red herrings well before we get our first whiff of wolf.

"Die Stunde des Wolfs"

Die erste Stunde des Films behandelt eine Mordermittlung nach klassischem Whodunnit-Muster. Dabei bleibt die Inszenierung relativ spannungslos und schleppend. Das einzige, was den Film bis dahin zu einem Werwolf-Film macht, ist der Titel. Man sieht weder Wolf, noch Opfer, noch Blut, noch irgendeine Art von Spannungssequenz. Erst jetzt zeigt die TV Produktion ein wenig von dem, was man sich bei dieser Art Film erhofft. Der Wolf sieht allerdings relativ billig und unspektakulär aus. Ebenso unspektakulär bleibt auch der Rest des Films. Hier fehlen die Highlights und die Schauwerte.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Very dry TV werewolf movie, but I could take it whilst playing poker, and leading lady was fun, if annoying in her uppity New York socialite nature. The downbeat ending at least leaves you with a feeling of despair that I enjoy so worryingly.

What's in this gumbo?
Southern gothic drama and
Cajun-fried werewolf.

These waters roll in ageless turn of time,
A cycle done by watching eye of moon.
The bayou is a mother born of slime,
It comes to naught, it comes to it too soon.

The heat has baked the lawn of southern world,
And sipping drink, a class is kept by grace.
A gentle sort is known for manner furled,
This foreign place, this bizarre monster space.

The howling dogs have rung the night with terror,
As something gone amiss wakes sleepy land.
Found deep in swamp the body moulds by stare,
A killer turns by craft his bloody hand.

A southern home is known to have a lovely front,
Tread light where beasts of lore are known to hunt.

A snoozy made-for-TV werewolf whodunit whose mystery is painfully obvious and whose amateurish-looking monster is thankfully confined to the last few minutes.

There's no real reason to recommend it, but this was nonetheless a fun enough Saturday morning flick to watch while I ate my cereal and drank my first two cups of coffee, mostly due to its competent performances and Louisiana backdrop. You can do worse!

Haven't seen you in forever watched it on VHS while I was cooking. It's a fun movie it's not really a real horror movie though. It's mostly just this Sheriff investigating a murder and slowly figuring out that it's werewolf

A really cheap looking, '70s made for TV horror mystery that was short of horror. The werewolf was pretty disappointing once it was shown and it made me think that not only was it not worth the wait but that it would've been better if that had not shown it at all. Also, the poster on Letterboxd actually makes the werewolf look even dumber than it did in the movie so there's that.

Not very good. No gumbo

The picture quality on this VHS like stream is equally as bad as the film itself.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

The 70s and 80s featured a fair number of fantastic TV horror movies. This had it's moments but was just OK for me.

MOTW is fairly short, at just 75 minutes, but it still felt somewhat poorly paced, especially in the first 2/3rds. The fantastic cast -- led by David Janssen and nicely supported by Barbara Rush and Bradford Dillman -- kept me interested in the fairly conventional story. I particularly enjoyed seeing Geoffrey Lewis, one of the great character actors of his time. I remember him most vividly as the leader of the gang Clint Eastwood was hired to chase out of town in "High Plains Drifter". Lewis has an insane number of credits in a career that's spanned more than 50 years.

I did enjoy the film's ending. It's not much of a surprise but the film concludes on a somber and tender note featuring some beautiful acting by Barbara Rush.

Score: 5.75/10

slow, even at 75 minutes, TV movie that pits a Louisiana sheriff against a werewolf; it has some atmosphere to spare and it's nice seeing something this potentially trashy handled with reservation and economy but that doesn't keep it from mostly being boring

Solid and honest enough werewolf film set on the bayou. A good cast and some decent set ups lead to a satisying enough conclusion, even if they did show their cards with the werewolf angle very, very early on.

Probably could have done with another 10-15 minutes to pad a few more bits out, but over the piece pretty watchable for a 70's TV movie.

I think this bayou-set werewolf crime procedural movie might have used some of the same locations as 12 Years a Slave. 12 Years a Slave is a better movie.

EDIT: No it’s the house from Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte. I knew it imprinted on me from somewhere.