Uriah43 When a couple of people are killed in the woods by what appears to be a very large animal a retired hunter by the name of "John Wetherby" (Peter Graves) is asked by the local sheriff, "Vernon Bell" (Philip Carey) to lend his expertise. What he discovers is that the large wolf tracks start off with 4 footprints and then mysteriously dwindle to 2 footprints and then disappear. Additionally, the tracking dogs lose the scent at this point as well. Feeling quite baffled John goes to visit an extreme hunting guide named "Byron Douglas" (Clint Walker) to ask for his help. Surprisingly, Byron refuses even though they are very good friends. Meanwhile, the killings continue and soon there is talk of a werewolf running around which terrorizes the entire town. Now, rather than give away anymore of the story and risk ruining the film for those who haven't seen it, I will just say that this was a fair made-for-television production which manages to keep the mystery and suspense going throughout most of the movie. The acting was decent with Peter Graves probably giving the best performance of all. Again, while it's certainly not a blockbuster by any means it's decent enough and I rate it as average.

slayrrr666 "Scream of the Wolf" is one of the more fascinating stories from the 70s.**SPOILERS**Driving along a lonely road, a man is attacked by a strange creature. Sheriff Vernon Bell, (Phillip Crane) is sent out to investigate the incident, and finds strange tracks in the woods. He goes to old friend John Wetherby, (Peter Graves) an expert tracker who just entered retirement, to get some help on the case. John agrees, and he begins to search around the area of the attack. He runs into Byron Douglas, (Clint Walker) another local animal tracker. Douglas doesn't provide any support for John, and he decides to finish investigating. Another attack brings a news report on the attacks, which brings the attention to Sandy Miller, (Jo Ann Pflug) an old friend of John's. After the creature is found to be a werewolf, it attacks Sandy in her home, forcing John to finally track down the werewolf and kill it.The Good News: I know it doesn't seem like that long of a film, but this is far more entertaining than it should be. I don't know if it's the 70's tone that it has, or if it manages to actually be that entertaining, I haven't found out yet. This is a film that I can repeatedly by on and enjoy it all the way through. Few movies can actually do that continuously, as you become more and more accustomed to them. I have even grown too actually like the design of the werewolf in here after initially hating it. The werewolf is only seen in a few quick shots, but that was enough to know that it is a pretty frightening creature. It does feature a very wolf-ish look. It also looks like a cross between the two previous werewolf classics, "The Wolf Man," and "Curse of the Werewolf," with that of a more traditional-looking wolf. There is also a lot more suspense than you would expect in the film. The best part has to be the raid the wolf has on Sandy's cabin. That is a spoiler moment, so I can't reveal too much, but it does provide a very original jump that has since been copied in just about every other werewolf film since. It may not affect too many because you have seen it many times before, but this is the oldest film I have seen with that particular jump. It is also good to see genre veteran Peter Graves in here, as he hams it up like he does in so many of his films. He plays a regular role for him, and he plays it like he normally does in lots of movies. It was a nice surprise to see him in here.The Bad News: As usual, we hardly get to see the werewolf, which I don't know why as it is a very good design for a werewolf, but they kept it limited to a few scenes at the end. Another thing that annoyed me with the film is that it is pretty short. Even for a TV movie, this is still a lot shorter than it could've been. The plot does allow for some more time to chase after the wolf.The Final Verdict: If you can ignore the fact that they have a cool wolf that is hardly used, this is another entry in that "Give-it-a-chance" category. I don't know why more people don't about this film, as it does provide some action-packed scenes and a very creepy lead wolf.Today's Rating; PG-13: Vicious Werewolf attacks, very minor gore, and a brief view of a mangled corpse

Michael DeZubiria Anyway, the overlying problem with The Scream of the Wolf is that it hints in a certain direction and then goes exactly in that direction, rendering the entire movie a tired exercise in horror movie making which takes you where you knew all along it was going to go. The film starts with a brutal murder, and the cops investigating dance around the solution, which the audience has been yelling at the screen and which would be ridiculously obvious to them if they knew they were in a horror film. The movie is not scary even for a second, but that doesn't really matter because there's exactly a single movie made in the 1970s that's still scary. What matters is that there is a character named Byron, the prime suspect through most of the movie, who does not serve the purpose that it is imperative his character serve.(spoilers) Byron is what you might call the obvious answer. The suspect who simply can't be guilty just because of the fact that his guilt is so obvious. That would be like if Shephard was the real killer in Twisted. Byron's purpose in this movie is to distract the audience and, more importantly, the cops, from the real solution by acting cocky and guilty (which he does every second he's onscreen) in order to throw us, and the cops, off the right track. What Byron is NOT supposed to do is run around acting guilty because he is. Not only is there no twist whatsoever in this movie (an absolutely essential element in a horror mystery), but the real killer is not even a werewolf, which the title implies, but nothing more than a dog trained to kill by an obsessed hunter. Was THAT the twist?? I really hope it wasn't, because it's not the kind of twist that leaves you slapping your forehead because you hadn't already guessed it, it's the kind of twist that leaves you slapping your forehead because you just spent 80 minutes watching this movie.

CatTales It's no surprise this movie looks and sounds like "Night Stalker" since it was made by the same director. Non-actors Peter Graves and Clint Walker manage to rise to the occasion as the two male leads but the real hero of the film is the fairly scary "kill" scenes which work through to the end when we find out it was really all a "Hound of the Baskervilles" plot which turns into "Most Dangerous Game" for the finale. Definitely worth a look.