The first question you have to ask yourself is - why is Dean Stockwell even in this thing? And he's the title character no less! However as bad as this is, there are some parts that are downright hysterical, like the bowling alley scene with the President (Biff McGuire). That had Saturday Night Live written all over it! And the lapdog bit with the lab technician, Dr. Kiss (Michael Dunn). You have to wonder if the film makers were attempting to make the goofiest picture possible. It would certainly seems so, how about Jack Whittier (Stockwell) chained up in that chair to prevent another wolfman spree. If you noticed, nothing ever came of that scene, it transitioned right into something else altogether. And speaking of transitions, I really got a kick out of Stockwell's facial contortions whenever he was about to turn into a werewolf. That special effect wasn't much improved over the Lon Chaney original all the way back to 1941. Nevertheless, you can have a real good time with this flick for all the nonsense going on, and for observant viewers, the folks who made this in 1973 threw in an obvious dig at the the then current administration with a quick shot of Jack Whittier walking right past the Watergate Hotel!
Review of The Werewolf of Washington
