“The Boy Who Cried Werewolf” (1973) / Z-View

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)

Director:  Nathan Juran

Screenplay: Bob Homel

Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Robert J. Wilke, George Gaynes, David S. Cass Sr., Tim Haldeman

Tagline: Possible in this day and age? Those who didn’t believe… are dead!

The Plot…

It’s Ritchie’s weekend with his dad.  They decide to camp out.  That night while walking back to the cabin, they are attacked by a werewolf.  Dad is bitten, but manages to impale the creature.  When police arrive they find a dead man on the fence.  Later when Dad starts acting strange, Ritchie knows his dad is becoming a werewolf.  Even worse no one believes him.

Thoughts (beware of spoilers)…

Like a bad 1970s tv movie, but we don’t even get the benefit of commercials.

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973) earns 1 of 5 stars.