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The Werewolf of Washington

Play trailer Poster for The Werewolf of Washington PG Released Feb 20, 1973 1h 30m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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The nation's capital faces a bizarre political scandal when a top presidential aide suffers a severe personality change.

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Richard Brody New Yorker The air of authenticity is amplified by the earnest agony of Stockwell's performance as a naïve public servant increasingly tormented by guilt. Oct 12, 2020 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Mixing a Hollywood monster with a political monster is a promising idea, but this low-budget lycanthrope yarn plays like amateur hour nearly every step of the way. Rated: 1.5/4 Apr 1, 2023 Full Review David Cornelius DVDTalk.com There's nothing fun or kitschy or silly about The Werewolf of Washington. There is only badness. And not the good kind. Rated: 1/5 Sep 6, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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David W Always good to see Dean Stockwell but it's a fairly terrible, very light horror comedy. It's also very slow and overly 'talkie'. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/13/24 Full Review Steve D Cheese and surprisingly slow cheese. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/05/23 Full Review Butler C We've all said "this is the worst movie I've ever seen" but this this time I mean it. I love a good spoof, so I waited a good hour…no spoof ever came. It just continued on as the worst werewolf movie ever made! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/20/23 Full Review Gary D Quite possibly the worst movie I've seen in years. Acting, script, effects, direction are all extremely bad. Absolutely painful to watch. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/29/22 Full Review Audience Member An extremely goofy political satire. I didn't know going in it was going to be a straight up cheap comedy, made by what seems to have been a bunch of hippies on acid. That said, there's a few chuckles to be had at the absurdity. Watching the DVD with interruptions from Elvira made it infinitely more watchable. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/04/20 Full Review Audience Member Dean Stockwell stars an as American journalist working in Hungary. He's called back to the States to take a job with the President, and on the way home he's bitten by a werewolf. I suppose this is supposed to be a horror comedy, but it's a little difficult to tell. There are quite a few things in this film that are funny, but that doesn't seem to be intentional. There's also a bunch of stuff that seems like it's supposed to be funny and isn't. It's an undeniably weird film. A good 1/3 of the film takes place in public bathrooms and it's really not clear why. (A highlight of the film is the President spending a good 5 minutes of screen time trying to open the door to a bathroom stall, unawares that Stockwell is hiding in it.) The White House inexplicably has a huge basement filled with generators and Stockwell (in werewolf form) encounters a midget scientist with a Frankenstein monster ... which is never spoken of again. It's a terrible film, but I really enjoyed every minute of it. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The nation's capital faces a bizarre political scandal when a top presidential aide suffers a severe personality change.
Director
Milton Moses Ginsberg
Producer
Nina Schulman
Screenwriter
Milton Moses Ginsberg
Production Co
Diplomat Pictures Millco
Rating
PG
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 20, 1973, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 9, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
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