This made-for-TV movie is more murder mystery than monster movie, but it is
well acted and well plotted.  A body of a local girl, Ellie, is found in the
bayou.  It appears that she's been ravaged by wild dogs, but after the town
doctor examines her, he concludes that it was murder.  The sheriff now is on
the hunt, gathering as much info as he can about the girl, and her family,
and who she associated with.  All the town's secrets come out, as he finds
out she's pregnant, and that an old flame of his has come back to town, and
the sick, elderly father of Ellie keeps screaming something in French -
"loup garou".  Of course, the sheriff doesn't get anybody who speaks French
to translate this - and even when somebody mentions they know french, he
doesn't ask them to translate!

So, the mystery is well played, with little tidbits of info coming out as it
goes.  Only the final 20 or so minutes do we actually know it's a werewolf.
The wolf makeup isn't great, but it's passible for early 70's TV.  There's
some action towards the end, but not a lot, and certainly not much in the
way of blood.  But the story doesn't really need it.

Overall, it's a decent murder mystery, not much in the way of a horror
movie, and not really providing us anything new or terribly exciting.  But
it's well done, and a decent way to spend a sleepy sunday morning.
 
 
 
 
 

Quality: 4.5  Visuals: 3.0  Intensity: 3.5 
OVERALL RATING: 3.7