Nick Clement brings us his thoughts on the 2020 flick The Wolf of Snow Hollow.
A stressed-out police officer struggles not to give in to the paranoia that grips his small mountain town as bodies turn up after each full moon.
Ha-ha! You’re a funny guy, Jim Cummings!
This Blu-ray showed up in the mail yesterday from Netflix (YES – movies delivered to your mailbox in the RED ENVELOPE POWER still exists!), and it was a very pleasant and offbeat surprise.
Lots of people are going to hate this movie with a passion, but I had lots of fun with it.
It’s constantly shifting tone, and, well, some folks can’t handle it when filmmakers juggle up the mood and vibe.
This is a deadpan, black-comedy horror-thriller that definitely has some juicy bite, but has also been made in the same dry-laughs vein as those recent Progressive commercials where everything is really flat-lined and direct.
Bodies start to pile up (in comically grisly fashion) near a Utah ski resort town, and a group of bumbling cops have to solve the crime, which points in the direction of a werewolf.
Cummings stars as one of the key police officers involved, and his character is wildly aggressive and angry, battling alcohol addiction, an insane ex-wife, and is frequently prone to very loud screaming outbursts which are rather hysterical to observe.
Robert Forster appears as the local Sherriff; this would be his last on-screen credit and the picture is rightfully dedicated to his memory.
Riki Lindhome steals lots of scenes with her priceless reaction shots.
I’m still wondering where the reported $2 million was spent, as this looked VERY low-budget to me, but hey, that’s not my accounting issue.
Available on Blu-ray and DVD and via various streaming providers, including EPIX HD.
The Wolf of Snow Hollow review by Nick Clement
Our Rating
Summary
Riki Lindhome steals lots of scenes with her priceless reaction shots but this is a very hit and miss film that looks much more low-budget than its budget surely intended.
