The Werewolf Hour
Seen it?1990 | 95 min | Horror, TV Movie
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at people who like to watch through their fingers. Best watched with the lights down and someone to grab.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Tense from early on, at 1 hr 35 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Russian, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you scare easily or watch alone at night.
50 year old journalist Kovalev finally gets the chance to become the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. Not wanting to tempt fate, the hero turns to the party organizer for support. And then something unexpected happens, Kovalev's ankle is bitten by a dog, and he becomes a werewolf. Turning into a terrible dog at night, Kovalev has been prowling the city ever since and instilling fear in his readers. Policeman Vasily, the son of an unfortunate journalist, is entrusted to find and neutralize the beast.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Igor Shevchenko
- Mikhail PakhomenkoGrigory Maksimovich Kovalev
- Aleksandr BaluevVasily Kovalev
- Marina StarykhTaya
- Sergey BystritskiyGena
- Larisa BorodinaClaudia
- Vyacheslav GurenkovPyotr P.
- Sergei ChetvertkovDoctor