The Ultimate Werewolf (40 page)

The rest of the film neatly, poignantly and sometimes powerfully interweaves the primordial werewolf stuff with David's waning human life in modern London. In one unforgettable moment we see David trying to reach his American family via a London public telephone. For David, the phone call is sort of a death-bed farewell. His problem is that he gets his wise-cracking kid sister on the line. It is a scene at once tender, hilarious, and anguished.

The special effects for this film won Rick Baker, who also worked on
The Howling
, a well-deserved Oscar.