I recently acquired the DVD of this early 1970s entry through Netflix and had one of the longest hearing tests I have had in a long time. I watched this movie mainly because it was one of the movies that David Janssen appeared in that has been released on DVD and one that I have not previously had had the chance to see.
But I thought I would warn those wanting to see this on DVD. The one I saw is a very cheap copy and a poor transfer at that. There are no captions! at all to help you make out what is being said, and you will need them because the volume on this is atrocious. I tried playing it on several TVs and even with the volume all the way up! it was pretty much inaudible. I could not even enjoy the movie on a so fun it is bad level nor anything else. There have been a few no frills DVDs I have rented or purchased which provide nothing in the way of features or captions, and several even forget to give captions, but this is ridiculous. I was about to get another copy of it in case it was the DVD but I doubted it after I finished it.
Anyone who has seen this DVD--I welcome your comments on this if especially you too had a hard time with this. The DVD may be say rock bottom, but the volume does not have to be.
Other than that, I will have to give this a 4. Here Janssen is taking a break from his usual roles to play a sheriff trying to find out just who or perhaps what is killing these particular victims. And it leads to a variation on the typical werewolf story. Typical TV movie length, just long enough to divert but if expanded to theatrical release, might need to be padded out a bit in order to provide a satisfying resolution. It does have several stars like Geoffrey Lewis in a small early role, and "General Hospital" fans will note the appearance of John Beradino here playing a doctor. For soap fans he played Dr. Steve Hardy on that long-running ABC soap in the 60s and 70s.
But I thought I would warn those wanting to see this on DVD. The one I saw is a very cheap copy and a poor transfer at that. There are no captions! at all to help you make out what is being said, and you will need them because the volume on this is atrocious. I tried playing it on several TVs and even with the volume all the way up! it was pretty much inaudible. I could not even enjoy the movie on a so fun it is bad level nor anything else. There have been a few no frills DVDs I have rented or purchased which provide nothing in the way of features or captions, and several even forget to give captions, but this is ridiculous. I was about to get another copy of it in case it was the DVD but I doubted it after I finished it.
Anyone who has seen this DVD--I welcome your comments on this if especially you too had a hard time with this. The DVD may be say rock bottom, but the volume does not have to be.
Other than that, I will have to give this a 4. Here Janssen is taking a break from his usual roles to play a sheriff trying to find out just who or perhaps what is killing these particular victims. And it leads to a variation on the typical werewolf story. Typical TV movie length, just long enough to divert but if expanded to theatrical release, might need to be padded out a bit in order to provide a satisfying resolution. It does have several stars like Geoffrey Lewis in a small early role, and "General Hospital" fans will note the appearance of John Beradino here playing a doctor. For soap fans he played Dr. Steve Hardy on that long-running ABC soap in the 60s and 70s.