{"id":70755,"date":"2021-03-21T14:21:48","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T21:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70755"},"modified":"2021-03-21T14:21:48","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T21:21:48","slug":"werewolf-of-washington-the-1973","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70755","title":{"rendered":"Werewolf of Washington, The (1973)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You don&#8217;t look well, Jack.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Poster-202x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-70756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Poster-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Poster-690x1024.png 690w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Poster-86x128.png 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Poster-182x270.png 182w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Poster.png 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter a trip to Hungary, a political aide (Dean Stockwell) to the U.S. president (Biff McGuire) is turned into a werewolf and starts committing vicious murders when the moon is full. Can he convince those around him &#8212; including his former girlfriend (Jane House), daughter of the president  &#8212; to keep him locked up, for everyone&#8217;s sake?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dean Stockwell Films<\/li>\n<li>Horror Films<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Political Corruption<\/li>\n<li>Werewolves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;odd blend of horror and political satire&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;concocted during [the] Watergate hysteria&#8221; &#8212; gives Dean Stockwell &#8220;another peculiar role&#8221; in &#8220;his weird career by playing the title character.&#8221; He notes that while &#8220;the film is technically erratic&#8221;, there &#8220;are a couple of inspired bits&#8221;, including &#8220;the werewolf trapping someone in a fallen telephone booth&#8221;, which is &#8220;reminiscent of Marilyn Burns sitting inside an immobile locked car while a ghoul tries to shake it open in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=13027\"><em>Night of the Living Dead<\/em><\/a> and Tippi Hedren being trapped in a phone booth in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10590\"><em>The Birds<\/em><\/a>.&#8221; It&#8217;s too bad a would-be subplot about Stockwell wandering into a secret government lab run by a concerned midget doctor (Michael Dunn) is dropped completely, since this could have added some interest to the film&#8217;s narrative: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Lab.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Lab-1024x783.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Lab-1024x783.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Lab-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Lab-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Lab-768x587.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Lab-353x270.png 353w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Lab.png 1357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead, we must rely entirely on our sympathy for poor Stockwell, who clearly knows he&#8217;s a danger to those around him but can&#8217;t manage to convince Washington to take him seriously.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dean Stockwell as Jack Whittier<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Stockwell.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Stockwell-1024x784.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"490\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Stockwell-1024x784.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Stockwell-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Stockwell-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Stockwell-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Stockwell-353x270.png 353w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Stockwell.png 1349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some effectively filmed low-budget sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Booth2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Booth2-1024x774.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"484\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-70758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Booth2-1024x774.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Booth2-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Booth2-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Booth2-768x581.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Booth2-357x270.png 357w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Werewolf-of-Washington-Booth2.png 1361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended for one-time viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070908\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-werewolf-of-washington\/review\/2030282548\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fwfr.com\/film\/?FID=8011\">Four Word Film Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You don&#8217;t look well, Jack.&#8221; Synopsis: After a trip to Hungary, a political aide (Dean Stockwell) to the U.S. president (Biff McGuire) is turned into a werewolf and starts committing vicious murders when the moon is full. Can he convince those around him &#8212; including his former girlfriend (Jane House), daughter of the president &#8212; to keep him locked up, for everyone&#8217;s sake? Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Dean Stockwell Films Horror Films &#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221; Political Corruption Werewolves&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=70755\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70755"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70763,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70755\/revisions\/70763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}