Bad Wolf Down/The Finger
- Episode aired Oct 3, 2019
- TV-MA
- 44m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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A platoon of desperate American soldiers turn to an unlikely solution when trapped by Nazis; A lonely man finds a strange finger that seems to be growing.A platoon of desperate American soldiers turn to an unlikely solution when trapped by Nazis; A lonely man finds a strange finger that seems to be growing.A platoon of desperate American soldiers turn to an unlikely solution when trapped by Nazis; A lonely man finds a strange finger that seems to be growing.
David A MacDonald
- Captain Talby (segment "Bad Wolf Down")
- (as Dave MacDonald)
Kid Cudi
- Doc Kessler (segment "Bad Wolf Down")
- (as Scott Mescudi)
Nathan W. Collins
- German Soldier
- (uncredited)
Mistie Gibby
- Samantha (segment "The Finger")
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Greg Nicotero(segment The Finger)
- Rob Schrab(segment Bad Wolf Down)
- Writers
- Rob Schrab(segment Bad Wolf Down)
- David J. Schow(segment The Finger)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe names of the American soldiers reference many of the names of werewolves on film. "Talby" is a nod to "Lawrence Talbot," played by Lon Chaney Jr. in the original Universal film The Wolf Man (1941). "Quist" is a reference to Robert Picardo's character, "Eddie Quist," in The Howling (1981). "Rivers" is an homage to Michael Landon's role as "Tony Rivers" in I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957). "Doc" refers to the character "Doc," played by Stephen Rea, in Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012), which itself was released by Universal as a continuation/shared universe to the failed The Wolfman (2010) remake. (Edit) Upon viewing characters' full names, and while he's consistently only referred to as, "Doc," in the episode, the character's full name is listed as "Doc Kessler". While Stephen Rea portrayed "Doc" in the above film, this is MUCH more likely referring to "David Kessler," portrayed by actor David Naughton in American Werewolf in London outright, or potentially a compilation of both characters from both films.
- GoofsUS armed forces were not integrated until 1948, so there wouldn't have been a black soldier among them, let alone a black officer.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Harmontown: You Have Ten Seconds to Comply (2019)
Featured review
Seven fingers out of 10.
'Bad Wolf Down'. Written and directed by Rob Schrab. During WWII, a platoon of American soldiers is forced to hide from German forces inside an abandoned police station. There, they find badly mangled bodies and a distraught French woman (Kate Freund) with a deadly secret. Once they find out what her story is, they decide to use it to their advantage in order to escape the German soldiers who are closing in. Other than a typically fun performance from genre stalwart Jeffrey Combs (as a vengeance-crazed Nazi officer), this basically amounts to pretty goofy nonsense: watchable enough, but terminally silly. The gore is fine, and this viewer didn't mind the look of the werewolves too much. Most of the acting is not-so-hot, especially from a Jerk soldier named Quist (Nelson Bonilla); the name, of course, is a reference to "The Howling".
Things pick up a bit in the macabre but endearing "Man and his Highly Unusual 'Pet'" yarn 'The Finger'. Written by David J. Schow, and directed by series creator Greg Nicotero, this has a lonely but sympathetic loser, Clark Wilson (DJ Qualls) finding a severed finger during his walking tours of L.A. (The guys' main character trait is that he likes to pocket things that other people have discarded.) The finger soon grows into a full-sized creature, admittedly kind of a variation on the Xenomorphs in the "Alien" franchise, but not a full-blown imitation. Clark dubs the creature "Bob", and finds that Bob constantly displays a real loyalty to his master, nastily dispatching anyone with the capacity to cause Clark misery. (Even a debt collector!) The appealing relationship between Clark & Bob makes this an entertaining enough story to watch (Bob loves popcorn and watching soap operas), and there is more than enough splatter to keep some horror fans happy. Qualls delivers a very engaging performance, although this viewer could have done with a little less of that popular "lead character talks directly to the audience" device. The dialogue actually manages to reference "Midnight Run"!
All through the episode, there is some truly wonderful comic book art; those responsible truly need to take a bow.
Seven out of 10.
Things pick up a bit in the macabre but endearing "Man and his Highly Unusual 'Pet'" yarn 'The Finger'. Written by David J. Schow, and directed by series creator Greg Nicotero, this has a lonely but sympathetic loser, Clark Wilson (DJ Qualls) finding a severed finger during his walking tours of L.A. (The guys' main character trait is that he likes to pocket things that other people have discarded.) The finger soon grows into a full-sized creature, admittedly kind of a variation on the Xenomorphs in the "Alien" franchise, but not a full-blown imitation. Clark dubs the creature "Bob", and finds that Bob constantly displays a real loyalty to his master, nastily dispatching anyone with the capacity to cause Clark misery. (Even a debt collector!) The appealing relationship between Clark & Bob makes this an entertaining enough story to watch (Bob loves popcorn and watching soap operas), and there is more than enough splatter to keep some horror fans happy. Qualls delivers a very engaging performance, although this viewer could have done with a little less of that popular "lead character talks directly to the audience" device. The dialogue actually manages to reference "Midnight Run"!
All through the episode, there is some truly wonderful comic book art; those responsible truly need to take a bow.
Seven out of 10.
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- Hey_Sweden
- Mar 20, 2021
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- Runtime44 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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