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Sunday, November 06, 2005

"Werewolf" (1987)

Eric Cord (John J. York) gets some crazy news from his roommate. The guy claims he is a werewolf. Furthermore, he wants Eric to kill him with a silver bullet. Eric thinks it is yet another college joke, until his friend goes through changes during a full moon. Eric does shoot him, but not before he is bitten.

The adventure begins as Eric realizes he has to hunt down the head werewolf who transmitted the curse down the line. He has to stay one step ahead of Alamo Joe Rogan (Lance LeGault) who hates werewolves with a passion, and is dead set on gunning all of them down. Eric also finds it hard to control himself when the moon is full, and he is afraid of hurting innocent people.

The opening credits of this FOX Network show were great. A shot of a full moon in an otherwise clear sky. The camera panned down to a wooded area, getting deeper into the foilage, and suddenly, a werewolf would jump out and growl into the camera. TV often has a hard time getting horror right, but this was a good series. Unfortunately, horror series often don't last long on TV, either. "The Night Stalker" and "The Dark Room" come to mind.

Before the series was canceled, Eric found Janos Skorzeny (Chuck Connors), whom he believed was the top werewolf. After Skorzeny was dispatched, Eric was horrifed to find that his real quarry was Nicholas Remy (Brian Thompson), an even more dangerous werewolf, and more powerful thatn Skorzeny.

Chuck Connors had appeared in a creepy little horror film called Tourist Trap back in the 1970s. The late actor was also famous for his earlier TV work including the western, "The Rifleman".

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