Wolf Girl (2001) (TV)

Director:

Thom Fitzgerald

Writer (WGA):

Lori Lansens (written by)

Release Date:

16 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Beauty is only skin deep.

Plot:

Tara Talbot is afflicted with the rare genetic condition hypertrichosis-- she is covered head to toe in hair...

Plot Keywords:

Carnival | Disfigurement | Freak | Sideshow | Werewolf

Cast

Shelby Fenner	...	Krystal
Shawn Ashmore	...	Beau
Tony Denman	...	Cory
Nate Dushku	...	Whiffer
Dov Tiefenbach	...	Ryan Klein
Marcel Ungureanu	...	Miniature Orchestra
Ion Paliu	...	Miniature Orchestra
Eduard Paliu	...	Miniature Orchestra
Gheorghe Iordache	...	Miniature Orchestra
Ilie Georgica Paliu	...	Miniature Orchestra
Tim Curry	...	Harley Dune
Jordan Prentice	...	Fingers Finnian
Petruta Panait	...	Olga the Rubber Girl
Ana Maria Bazalan	...	Nadja the Rubber Girl
Scott McClelland	...	The Amazing Pin Cushion

Also Known As:

Blood Moon (Canada: English title) (video title) (USA) (DVD title)
Side Show (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, nudity and some language.

Runtime:

USA:97 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Castel Film Romania

Quotes:

Beau: Didn't you see the sign? It said "No Pets Allowed."

Movie Connections:

References Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966)

You can't turn away...

There's a saying about freak shows and movies featuring Tim Curry: You can't turn away. So it is with this movie, which features both Curry and a freak show. It's not a great movie, by any means, but you can't turn away. The plot involves an oddly attractive extra-hairy teenage girl who has lived her life in a freak show. She meets an odd boy who gives her an experimental treatment, but, as a side effect, the treatment turns her violent. In other words, there are no real surprises in the plot (though it didn't end quite the way I expected it to end), and there are a lot of "what the?" scenes. How did that character know that, why does this character do that, why was this scene in the movie at all, etc. It's an affliction common to made-for-cable movies, of course, and this one actually has less than most. But, beneath all of that, there are some great looking scenes. The scenery, costumes and photography give lots of the movie a neat, old-world sort of feel (even though it appears to take place in the present). Freak shows are an anachronism today, and the movie presents them as such. To watch the scenes around the show, you'd think that the movie took place at least a century ago, and that's to the movie's credit. It's the style that makes this movie worth watching. I've seen plenty of horror movies, made-for-cable and otherwise, that didn't even have that going for them.