MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Wadleigh
Genres: Horror
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Wolfen, a frightening horror movie based upon a novel by Whitley_Strieber, concerns Detective Dewey Wilson (Albert_Finney), who gets 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 Hines. Linda Rasmussen, Rovi


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