dwz-1 Review of The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)

A good old fashioned relaxing horror movie

[5/10 · 9 February 2005]

I remember seeing this movie for the first time at a Saturday matinée around 1974-75 and I was about 7 or 8 years old. It scared the crap out of me at that time, especially the parts where young Jimmy was hiding from the werewolf. I can remember having dreams where I was in Jimmy's place and I must admit it is one of the few horror movies that I can deem memorable from my childhood. It is not as high tech as the horror movies of the 80's or by todays standards by any means, but it did allow the young boy watching this movie to imagine the possibility of such creatures at that time. Now as a much older person, whenever I see this movie from time to time, I still can enjoy the simplicity of the movie and not be overwhelmed with the blood and gore of our movies today. If you can just let yourself go and accept the simple effects of the time, I am sure you will enjoy this werewolf movie for what it is, good fun!