Wolf Girl

It would seem that Tim Curry would welcome the role of a kind-hearted, singing, dancing sideshow entrepreneur, roving through the European woods in a gypsy caravan. He seems to be enjoying himself greatly being able to be the understanding father figure to the physically impaired entertainers who also seem to be enjoying their work. It is also a coming-of-age story. Most teenage girls seem to think of themselves as grotesque until love is in the air. I had a little trouble with the ending. Without giving it away I can say that, with a good character, sometimes it's best to leave well enough alone. I give it 10 points, so there.

Saw the late showing of Wolf Girl recently on USA. It was good fun, but I'm naturally biased towards most movies with Tim Curry as he is one of my faves!

On the whole, the movie was paced nicely with some good performances and some bad ones as well. Tim Curry is good as the eccentric, yet caring freak show owner, Harley. And Victoria Sanchez plays her part well also as the lonely wolf girl who just wants to be a normal teenager. She's very believable.

The other performances were solid as well, with a few exceptions, most notable the group of teenagers who harass Tara. They are horribly stereotypical, egocentric and dull. (Though the running gag with the size of their "manhood" is good for a few giggles).

The movie is filmed with a kind of washed out color feeling, similar to, but nowhere near as effective as Tim Burton's, "Sleepy Hollow" and the music is passable. Tim Curry even gets a chance to show off his singing skill in a wonderful little number about "plucking" that kind of reminds me of Frankenfurter from "Rocky Horror"

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Like the oddities and curiosities depicted in "Blood Moon", the movie succeeds because it is odd and a curiosity itself. Going against the tide of mindless slice and dice horror movies, some actual thought went into this story of a sideshow wolf girl who takes an experimental drug to try and become normal. The side effects however are rather unpleasant. One problem is that the freak show attractions are featured far too often and grind the film to a halt. Certainly an above average movie, that is somewhat diminished by the start and stop pacing. What you wind up with is part circus act, part musical, part horror film, in essence, almost three separate acts. - MERK

Only Tim Curry and Grace Jones could have pulled this one off! Never judge a DVD by its cover! The cover implies that it's a werewolf movie, but really it's a drama surrounding a VERY hairy girl. Poor thing never figured out that all she needed was some good shaving cream and a sharp razor. At the very least, this film demonstrates what it would be like to be part of a traveling freak show. It would have been MUCH more believable if it were completely set in the distant past instead of having a gypsy clan collide with a modern day town. Costumes were most excellent and the freaks were freaky, but story lines strayed far from the plot. A must see for Tim Curry or Grace Jones fans. Wolf girl becomes wolf woman and is not afraid to show us her goods, but this movie had the worst ending of all time even though wolf girl goes through a complete character change! UG!

I think a lot of people didn't understand the message that was supposed to come through. The girl was unique but wanted to be look normal so bad that she turned into what people thought she was to begin with. A wild animal. All the "normal" teenagers had something about them that was out of the norm but looked completely normal on the outside. I think it sends a good message. If you twist your self up trying to be like everybody else instead of yourself you end up killing pieces of your humanity. A lot of people watched this film and assumed they the movie makers where making fun of a very real syndrome. I truly believe that if a person pays close attention to the message in the movie that they will enjoy a fine piece of imagination.