Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Loui Blair It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

Bezenby My copy of this film may have been so worn and old it may well have been discovered in a cave next to the Dead Sea Scrolls, but I enjoyed this freaky horror comedy, mainly down to the acting talents of the always great Dean Stockwell (and some nifty werewolf makeup).Dean's a young press aide, self-exiled to Hungary after having an affair with the President's daughter. While there, he gets attacked and bitten by a werewolf, but as you would imagine he ignores the pleas of a gypsy woman and is recalled back to Washington to help out the President. It's not long before he's becoming as hirsute as Robin Williams and chomping down on various people.It's more comedy than horror, this film, but it still has its moments. Stockwell hams up the werewolf angle, panting like a dog, chewing up his room. The guy playing the President was good too, and the whole piece is played rather broadly and ends on a pretty good gag. It all looks to have been made for about six dollars but I found it to be pretty entertaining stuff.

BaronBl00d Dean Stockwell plays a White House Press secretary on assignment in Hungary when he finds himself bitten by a wolfman(werewolf - whichever you prefer)and then is asked to leave quite quickly with no investigation from the Hungarian police for the crime of murder that Stockwell claims to have performed on his assailant. Whew! Anyway, Stockwell returns to Washington and soon sees those nasty little signs that something is going horribly wrong. You know those signs - heavy hair growing on your hands, seeing a five-sided star on the hands of women with whom he will soon have a killer relationship with, and not remembering large chunks of evenings when the moon is full. The story for this film is surprisingly faithful to that of the original The Wolfman in terms of story but lacks that film's sophistication and budget. This is a cheaply-made film, a poorly directed film, an incredibly drearily written film, and, finally, acted with no real sense of purpose. The final product, though for sure going for some intended laughs at times, ends of being rather funny in spite of its ineptitude. There are some stand out scenes for this perverse pleasure of watching a cinematic car wreck. How about the phone booth scene - a real hoot and oh so terrifying! Watching the president of the United States in a cheap looking bowling alley or in a bathroom with a page or something. In fact any scenes with Biff McGuire as the president are gold. He appears so incompetent and yet conveys some realism to that role in a certain way - scary. Dean Stockwell can get worked up real good too in his scenes and the transformation scenes, when we finally get to see them, are bad. Bad. Bad. And what about the lilliputian Michael Dunn as Dr. Kiss? What was all that about? Just bizarre and ludicrous. The Werewolf of Washington is a bad picture on so many levels but is also highly enjoyable if you are a fan of le bad cinema - as I am - especially of the best decade for le bad cinema - the 1970s. You couldn't make this stuff up if you sat down right now and tried. Believe me. To even further enhance your viewing pleasure, check out the version with bosomy seductress Elvira chiming in periodically. She can be quite clever and amusing and always abreast of what is going on in the film.

lastliberal Looking at the title, I was expecting some story about a New York politician that was preying on young women in Washington. There was a prostitute that was attacked, but she appeared to be a $100 hooker, and not a $4300 one.Dean Stockwell ("Quantum Leap", Married to the Mob) must have been in dire need of a paycheck to do this film where he is sent to Budapest after an affair with the President's daughter (Jane House). He manages to get bit by a werewolf and comes back as Press Secretary. he keeps trying to quit, but the President (Biff McGuire) is just about the most clueless man I have ever seen. He kept trying to channel Nixon as he would state, "Let me make this perfectly clear." They even managed to stick another Nixon quote in at the end: "You won't have Jack Whittier to kick around anymore." As for the werewolf action, it was bloodless. He mainly pushed people down. I won't even call this a horror film; it more of a comedy.And, what was going on with this little person in the White House basement conducting some weird experiments (Oscar nominated Michael Dunn)? I never did figure what that was about.

disdressed12 what a waste of time time this woofer is.i realize it's suppose be a comedy/horror.at least i think it is.the problem is,it's funny for all the wrong reasons.one of them is the horrific dialogue,,which is rivaled by the horrid acting.plus the look of the so called werewolf is unbelievably amateurish.it just doesn't look real at all.instead of inspiring fear,it does inspire guffaws.this movie is part of Elvira's Movie Macabre series.and on this disc,there was the option of having Elvira come on and make amusing comments about the movie periodically,sort of like what they do on Mystery Science 3000.that was the only good thing about the movie.otherwise,this thing is abysmal.2/10 for Elvira.