I had heard many things about this film and read many reviews but had never seen it until about a year ago. It was first called to my attention because the title was mentioned in the film "The Dream Team" and I had always been curious to see it so I finally did. The story goes as follows. Dewey Wilson (Albert Finney) is in charge of investigating a gruesome and rather strange trio of murders committed in a small park in Manhattan. They are unique and draw attention because the victims are wealthy businessman Christopher van der Veere, his wife, and their former Haitian Death Squad bodyguard and they are killed by what appears to be a savage animal/dog attack. By some odd coincidence van der Veere was developing an area of Brooklyn slums for commercial purposes and some people had strenuously objected. To add more to the story several homeless people are found murdered in these projects much in the same way the first three were killed. Wilson recruits the help of Rebecca Neff (Diane Venora) a psychologist who specializes in murder and terrorism and starts digging into the lives of the van der Veere's and what they were up to. He soon begins to suspect the involvement of a group of Mohawk Indians particularly one named Eddie Holt (Edward James Olmos) who lends a air of mysticism to the case. But it goes much deeper than that. As Dewey discovers he is not up against a murderer, a terrorist, or a crazed Indian fanatic but a group of deadly enemies who see in the dark, hunt with menace, and kill anything they want and they have picked Dewey as their next target. They are the Wolfen. I am surprised that more people don't talk about this film as it is pretty good but it seems to have escaped major attention due to the Howling and An American Werewolf in London which were released around the same time frame. It is worth viewing at least once if only to say you've seen it. Based on the book by Whitley Strieber.
Review of Wolfen
