But
Scream of the Wolf is not one of the better 1970s TV horror
films. It's not even supernatural horror. I won't spoil the
ending, but there's nothing supernatural in this "werewolf" film.
It turns out to be a suspense film.
Of course, many supernatural horror fans also enjoy suspense films
with non-supernatural "monsters" (e.g.,
Psycho). But
Scream of the Wolf is not a great suspense film. It's okay,
but very low budget. Not too surprising or original. And not very
interesting.
And this DVD leaves much to be desired. It looks struck from an
old 16mm film print, the kind distributed to TV stations. Scratch
marks show up throughout the film. There are even grease
pencil marks!
What are those? Editors would often write on film strips with
grease pencils. Notations, such as where to trim, or fix a broken
or torn film. They wrote with grease pencils, because the grease
could easily be erased afterwards.
However, this DVD's
Scream of the Wolf transfer still has those grease pencil
marks, which flash by on occasion, along with the scratches. This
is not a clean, digitally remastered print.
I've seen this film selling on Amazon -- this very same DVD -- for
over $70. Please! Save your money. It's worth a few bucks if
you're a hardcore horror/suspense film fan. Or a completist for
any of the principal creative people involved. But this is not a
seminal work in horror film history. It's hardly the best of the
genre, or even of the genre's period. Buy it for a few bucks,
otherwise wait a decent price.
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