Source: YouTube
Length: 6 minutes
Number of Ratings from IMDb: 95
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Director: Tim Hope [The Wolf Man]
So, as aforementioned, this is an animated short. This is not your normal animation, however. Below are two examples of how it looks.'
It's sort of like animated cardboard cut-outs. It's unique, no doubt.
So as for the story, in a forest, we see a woman walking down a path, singing a song to herself to keep occupied.
She does not go unnoticed, though - a wolf see her, and is on the prowl.
From the wolves' point of view, the woman is attacked. But wait, what is this?
It was a movie on the telly, being watched by a bored astrologist, who wishes more than anything he could be a werewolf.
Feeling the moon calling to him, he imagines the moon singing a song to him, while he watches, memorized.
From this point on, the short is quite unclear. Apparently, he turns into a werewolf and... destroys the world. Don't believe me?
So the ending is not very clear or coherent. Perhaps it was all just in his wild imagination, which is what I am inclined to believe. His life is so boring that he would rather turn into a werewolf and destroy the world, so I feel some pity must be felt for him. Oh, and he needs help, as he's utterly insane.
The Wolf Man is an odd film. Apparently it aired on television (in the UK) quite commonly after is came out, so it has a plethora of fans out there. Just look at the YouTube video - almost 22,000 views. This is not unknown by any stretch of the imagination, it just doesn't have anywhere near that many votes on IMDb, which I feel is a shame.
It's an unique short, no doubt, whatever genre one chooses to label it. Due to the ambiguous ending, I can't say I loved it, but it was something interesting. In my opinion, you should check it out at least once, and then probably remember it fondly.
My rating: 6/10
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