Werewolf

I liked WEREWOLF and remember watching the entire season. Cool FX (esp for it's day on TV), solid acting and writing. It did make me think: Incredible Hulk meets The Wolfman. I was disappointed it didn't return for another season. It was one of the shows that got me watching FOX when it premiered as a network. Ah, the 80s. Good times. I keep saying it but TV Land should do a "lost shows weekend" and run all episodes! Or perhaps, Fox should do it themselves during the summer slump... run the old shows that put them on the map... like a retro-tribute... and show WEREWOLF, DUET, TRACEY ULLMAN, etc. In any case, a DVD wouldn't sink the studio, would it?

When the FOX network started they had a lot of quirky, interesting shows. One of them was Werewolf, which unfortunately, didn't last beyond its first season. The opening credits to this show was great, showing a full moon in the sky before panning down to a werewolf hidden in the bushes. Chuck Connors was great as a malevolent werewolf who gave the impression that he could control when and where he transformed into one, unlike the hero of the show. Connor's character was killed off near the end of the show's run, I believe. However, the main character discovered that there was another werewolf more powerful than Connor's character that had to be dispatched as well before the curse could be broken. That plotline had much potential, but FOX didn't stick with it.

I watched Werewolf as a young boy, and was fascinated with it, wholly. It was a great show, featuring make up and special effects by monster master, Rick Baker. The story was a re-tread of Bill Bixby's Incredible Hulk, but wherein that beast was a heart of gold, in lies Eric Cord's chest beats the heart of a beast. Cord journeys to find the malevolent sea captain, Janos Skorzeny, portrayed by the late, great Chuck Connors, who was responsible for his transformation. Connors' metamorphosis into his lycanthrope form is second only to An American Werewolf In London. Alas, Werewolf died after only 28 episodes, not the victim of a silver bullet or blade, but the pen stroke of wary Fox executives, who decided Married With Children is better Sunday night fare.

I remember this show from my youth. I remember being pretty into it. The werewolf transformations were incredibly well done... the work by Baker fantastic. I also remember Skorzeny scaring the crap out of me as an impressionable youngster. Really, really creepy character. A shame the show didn't last longer.

After recently discovering a short-lived show called "Wolf Lake", I began reminiscing about the best werewolf show that I can remember as a series on television. I miss this show "Werewolf". I remember watching this show on USA on Friday or Saturday nights. It was either preceded by or followed by another great show called "The Hitchhiker". These two shows made for one heck of a night of television watching for not only a young teenage boy (me), but for anybody who enjoys supernatural monsters (i.e. werewolves) and thrilling tales of fantasy. I thought the werewolves on this show were the most vicious, coolest looking werewolves that I had seen yet. And while the pentagram on the palm doesn't go with traditional folklore, I like it. This is definitely a show that I yearn to see as reruns on cable t.v, or better yet, picked up by a network and continued where it left off.