I had forgotten what a terrible film this was. Just re-watched it, and in the beginning, I thought maybe I was wrong, but halfway through the wheels fall off. Werewolf movies all generally tend to suck from a technical point, and frankly I can't believe anyone is commenting good or bad, when you consider, the trainwreck of a screenplay, along with the usual mediocre performances of Pheiffer and Spader. Let's give them both more roles that could go to actual actors, if we keep casting them they'll have to learn to act at some point.
I see in the trivia that they had to re-shoot the third act. I have to wonder how bad could it have been? I always assumed that at least 3 directors worked on this. I can't believe it was one director.
I feel sorry for Jack, who seemed be having a midlfe need to re-visit the world of Roger Corman. Had he only know that he still had quite a few great performances left.
The moral of the story: If you want to revisit Corman, then revisit Corman..himself. Don't try and do camp with Mike Nichols. And truly, there is only one role suited for Spader, the re-make of the Prisoner, because no matter what the role, Spader does Patrick MacGoohan in the Prisoner. It's all he can do. The pinheads have remade every other TV show...
I see in the trivia that they had to re-shoot the third act. I have to wonder how bad could it have been? I always assumed that at least 3 directors worked on this. I can't believe it was one director.
I feel sorry for Jack, who seemed be having a midlfe need to re-visit the world of Roger Corman. Had he only know that he still had quite a few great performances left.
The moral of the story: If you want to revisit Corman, then revisit Corman..himself. Don't try and do camp with Mike Nichols. And truly, there is only one role suited for Spader, the re-make of the Prisoner, because no matter what the role, Spader does Patrick MacGoohan in the Prisoner. It's all he can do. The pinheads have remade every other TV show...