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The Wolf of Snow Hollow

January 01, 1970

The Wolf of Snow Hollow is a 2020 American comedy horror film about a small Utah town that is seemingly terrorized by a werewolf. It was written and directed by Jim Cummings who also stars along with Riki Lindhome, Chloe East, Jimmy Tatro, and Robert Forster. The film is dedicated to Forster, as it was the last of his career, completed shortly before his death.[4]

The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Official promotional poster
Directed byJim Cummings
Written byJim Cummings
Produced by
  • Kathleen Grace
  • Matt Hoklotubbe
  • Michael J. McGarry
  • Natalie Metzger
  • Matt Miller
  • Benjamin Wiessner
Starring
CinematographyNatalie Kingston
Edited by
  • Patrick Nelson Barnes
  • R. Brett Thomas
Music byBen Lovett
Production
companies
Distributed byUnited Artists Releasing
Release date
  • October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) (United States)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million [1]
Box office$266,963 [2][3]

It was released in limited theaters and on VOD in the United States on October 9, 2020 by United Artists Releasing.[5]

Plot edit

PJ Palfrey and his girlfriend Brianne vacation in Snow Hollow, Utah, where PJ gets into a verbal altercation with two local hunters. At their rental house that night, Brianne is attacked. PJ discovers her mangled body and a paw print in the snow.

John Marshall, a deputy sheriff struggling with anger management issues and alcoholism, is called to the murder scene. His father, Sheriff Hadley, and fellow officer Julia Robson have discovered Brianne's genitalia and other parts missing from her corpse.

A snowboarding instructor is killed next, in a struggle in which her head and an arm are torn off. Wolf fur is discovered on her body. John gets into a fight with an officer who leaks to the press that the killer could be a wolf. Under stress, John begins drinking again.

While John and Julia drive to work the next morning, someone throws a beer bottle at her car. Paranoid tips from all over the community roll in. Townie Liz Fairchild has a strange encounter with a tall man at a diner and reports it to the police. Hadley is diagnosed with a heart murmur, and John urges him to seek medical treatment. They argue, with John declaring that Hadley should work from home. Hadley refuses to go for treatment. Later that night, Liz and her three-year-old are killed.

John, growing increasingly agitated and angry, combs through the town's records to determine if there is a connection between the victims and looks up werewolf lore. While investigating, they discover the tall man called Liz's workplace asking for her. A curfew is imposed, and an active watch for the creature begins. After another cardiac event, Hadley agrees to retire and seek treatment.

At night, Jenna sneaks away to see her boyfriend. They are attacked in his SUV by the wolfman, wounding Jenna. John answers a neighbor's 911 call and shoots at the creature, which escapes. It later kills a sheriff's deputy, stuffing his body in a trash can. When John yells at Jenna for breaking curfew, she shouts that his lack of care is the reason why she is going away to college on a gymnastics scholarship. After visiting her and Hadley in the hospital, John breaks into Jenna's boyfriend's house and attacks him. Meanwhile, Hadley passes away from heart complications.

Grieving for his father and frustrated with the case, John is banned from his support group meetings at Alcoholics Anonymous. The body of a man living in a camper outside town is found dead of a heroin overdose and the police believe he is the killer due to multiple factors including his height, his knife collection, the presence of a pet wolf-dog, and the discovery of the body of a missing woman in his backyard. The coroner later insults John's intelligence and threatens to tell the press about his difficulties in finding the murderer. John deduces the coroner was responsible for the vandalism of Robson's car and fires him.

While John is out distributing evidence from the closed case back to its original owners, PJ contacts Robson and tells her that his belongings contained a seam ripper that was not his. Deducing that the ripper is for taxidermy, Robson realizes that Paul Carnury, the town's taxidermist, must be investigated, just as John stops by Paul's house. Paul seems eager for details of the case and asks John about his daughter, something he could not have known unless he was present when Jenna was attacked. John asks Paul to stand up to his actual height, revealing himself to be nearly 7 feet tall. He slams the door on John and runs. John breaks into the house, discovering a workstation containing Hannah's head. Paul stabs John in the stomach and lifts him off of the ground. Hearing sirens, he drops John, changes into a homemade wolf costume and flees into the woods. John overcomes his wounds and pursues Paul. A fight ensues until Paul is shot and incapacitated by Robson. John then shoots Paul repeatedly in the head before collapsing.

Sometime later, Robson becomes Snow Hollow's new sheriff. She and John help Jenna move into her college dorm. John leaves Jenna condoms and his gun for protection. As he walks out of the dorm, he passes two students making sexual comments about the gymnasts in the dorm. He stops for a moment but then just walks away.

Cast edit

Production edit

Filming took place in Kamas, Utah in March 2019. Producer Matt Miller had known Robert Forster from a previous project, and sent the script to his agent. Director Jim Cummings said he "expected a polite 'no,'" but Forster chose to take the role because he viewed it as "a dramatic movie about a father-son relationship, and complications of aging and health."[6]

Release edit

In September 2020, Orion Classics acquired distribution rights to the film.[4][7][8]

The film had a limited theatrical release in the United States on October 9, 2020 by United Artists Releasing[9][10][11] and on video-on-demand the same day.[12][13][14][15]

Reception edit

Box office edit

In its opening weekend the film grossed $91,943 from 112 theaters.[16]

Critical response edit

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 89% based on 74 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critics' consensus reads: "The Wolf of Snow Hollow treads somewhat unsteadily between horror and comedy, but writer-director-star Jim Cummings' unique sensibilities make for an oddly haunting hybrid."[17] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[18]

John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Satisfying enough as a horror/slasher flick with a black-comedy aftertaste, it has some commercial appeal but doesn't represent a step forward artistically."[19] Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three-and-a-half out of four stars and wrote: "The snow-covered setting and bumbling cops, along with Cummings' deadpan sense of humor, have led to comparisons to the Coen brothers and there is a sense of 'Fargo meets Silver Bullet' in some of The Wolf of Snow Hollow, but it’s not like Cummings wears his influences as obviously as some genre filmmakers."[20]

Peter Debruge of Variety wrote: "Wolf actually does that thing we all hope second features won't: It reveals that idiosyncrasies of an unproven director's debut weren't quirks so much as weaknesses — a disappointment for those of us hoping lightning might strike twice for the Thunder Road helmer."[21]

Grant Hermanns of Comingsoon.net gave the film a 9.5 out of 10.[22] Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine awarded the film three stars out of four.[23] Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club graded the film a B.[24] Don Kaye of Den of Geek awarded the film two and a half stars out of five.[25] Vinnie Mancuso of Collider graded the film an A−.[26] Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting awarded the film three skulls out of five.[27] JimmyO of JoBlo.com gave the film a 9 out of 10.[28]

References edit

  1. ^ "Jim Cummings Talks 'The Wolf Of Snow Hollow' And Making Movie Magic On A Budget". Forbes. October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  3. ^ "The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)". The Numbers. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
  4. ^ a b D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 4, 2020). "Orion Classics Acquires 'The Wolf Of Snow Hollow' Starring Riki Lindhome And Robert Forster In His Final Film Role". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "The Wolf Of Snow Hollow: Release Date, Trailer, and More! by Shreya". November 8, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  6. ^ P. Means, Sean (October 9, 2020). "For director of 'Wolf of Snow Hollow,' filming a werewolf movie in Utah was like 'winter summer camp'". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Squires, John (September 4, 2020). "Orion Classics Picks Up 'The Wolf of Snow Hollow' for October Release in Theaters and At Home". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  8. ^ Hough, Q.V. (September 24, 2020). "Everything We Know About The Wolf Of Snow Hollow". Screen Rant. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  9. ^ Millican, Josh (September 17, 2020). "Trailer: Werewolf Horror THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW Arrives October 9th". Dread Central. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  10. ^ Kurp, Josh (September 17, 2020). "There's A Werewolf (Or A Serial Killer?) On The Prowl In The Chilly 'The Wolf Of Snow Hollow' Trailer". Uproxx. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  11. ^ Vorel, Jim (September 17, 2020). "There's a Beast on the Loose in the First Trailer for Jim Cummings' The Wolf of Snow Hollow". Paste. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  12. ^ Seddon, Dan (September 18, 2020). "First look at Robert Forster's final movie role in werewolf horror-thriller". Digital Spy. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  13. ^ Hamman, Cody (September 17, 2020). "Trailer! Werewolf Thriller The Wolf of Snow Hollow Coming in October". JoBlo.com. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  14. ^ Crow, David (September 17, 2020). "Werewolf Prowls in The Wolf of Snow Hollow Trailer". Den of Geek. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  15. ^ Collis, Clark (September 17, 2020). "Devour the trailer for horror-thriller The Wolf of Snow Hollow". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  16. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 11, 2020). "'War With Grandpa', 'Hocus Pocus' & 'Coco' Leaving Footprint With Families At Weekend Box Office". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  17. ^ "The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. October 9, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  18. ^ "The Wolf of Snow Hallow Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  19. ^ DeFore, John (October 7, 2020). "'The Wolf of Snow Hollow': Film Review; Fantastic Fest 2020". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  20. ^ Tallerico, Brian (October 9, 2020). "The Wolf of Snow Hollow". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  21. ^ Debruge, Peter (October 6, 2020). "'The Wolf of Snow Hollow' Review: Robert Forster's Last Film Awkwardly Faces the Monster Within". Variety. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  22. ^ Hermanns, Grant (October 3, 2020). "[Beyond Fest] The Wolf of Snow Hollow Review: Subversive, Offbeat & Quietly Thrilling". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  23. ^ Bowen, Chuck (October 5, 2020). "Review: The Wolf of Snow Hollow Is a Swan Song Worthy of Robert Forster". Slant Magazine. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  24. ^ Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy (October 8, 2020). "Jim Cummings' inspired werewolf movie The Wolf Of Snow Hollow has way more laughs than scares". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  25. ^ Kaye, Don (October 7, 2020). "The Wolf of Snow Hollow Review: A Quirky Werewolf Movie". Den of Geek. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  26. ^ Mancuso, Vinnie (October 7, 2020). "'The Wolf of Snow Hollow' Review: Genre-Defying Werewolf Tale Is Like a Coens Creature Feature". Collider. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  27. ^ Navarro, Meagan (October 7, 2020). "[Review] 'The Wolf of Snow Hollow' Is a Darkly Fun Werewolf Whodunit". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  28. ^ "Jim Cummings' The Wolf of Snow Hollow (Review)". JoBlo.com. October 8, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.

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The Wolf of Snow Hollow is a 2020 American comedy horror film about a small Utah town that is seemingly terrorized by a werewolf It was written and directed by Jim Cummings who also stars along with Riki Lindhome Chloe East Jimmy Tatro and Robert Forster The film is dedicated to Forster as it was the last of his career completed shortly before his death 4 The Wolf of Snow HollowOfficial promotional posterDirected byJim CummingsWritten byJim CummingsProduced byKathleen Grace Matt Hoklotubbe Michael J McGarry Natalie Metzger Matt Miller Benjamin WiessnerStarringJim Cummings Riki Lindhome Chloe East Jimmy Tatro Robert ForsterCinematographyNatalie KingstonEdited byPatrick Nelson Barnes R Brett ThomasMusic byBen LovettProductioncompaniesOrion Classics New Form Vanishing Angle XYZ FilmsDistributed byUnited Artists ReleasingRelease dateOctober 9 2020 2020 10 09 United States Running time84 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget 2 million 1 Box office 266 963 2 3 It was released in limited theaters and on VOD in the United States on October 9 2020 by United Artists Releasing 5 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 5 Reception 5 1 Box office 5 2 Critical response 6 References 7 External linksPlot editThis article s plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this message PJ Palfrey and his girlfriend Brianne vacation in Snow Hollow Utah where PJ gets into a verbal altercation with two local hunters At their rental house that night Brianne is attacked PJ discovers her mangled body and a paw print in the snow John Marshall a deputy sheriff struggling with anger management issues and alcoholism is called to the murder scene His father Sheriff Hadley and fellow officer Julia Robson have discovered Brianne s genitalia and other parts missing from her corpse A snowboarding instructor is killed next in a struggle in which her head and an arm are torn off Wolf fur is discovered on her body John gets into a fight with an officer who leaks to the press that the killer could be a wolf Under stress John begins drinking again While John and Julia drive to work the next morning someone throws a beer bottle at her car Paranoid tips from all over the community roll in Townie Liz Fairchild has a strange encounter with a tall man at a diner and reports it to the police Hadley is diagnosed with a heart murmur and John urges him to seek medical treatment They argue with John declaring that Hadley should work from home Hadley refuses to go for treatment Later that night Liz and her three year old are killed John growing increasingly agitated and angry combs through the town s records to determine if there is a connection between the victims and looks up werewolf lore While investigating they discover the tall man called Liz s workplace asking for her A curfew is imposed and an active watch for the creature begins After another cardiac event Hadley agrees to retire and seek treatment At night Jenna sneaks away to see her boyfriend They are attacked in his SUV by the wolfman wounding Jenna John answers a neighbor s 911 call and shoots at the creature which escapes It later kills a sheriff s deputy stuffing his body in a trash can When John yells at Jenna for breaking curfew she shouts that his lack of care is the reason why she is going away to college on a gymnastics scholarship After visiting her and Hadley in the hospital John breaks into Jenna s boyfriend s house and attacks him Meanwhile Hadley passes away from heart complications Grieving for his father and frustrated with the case John is banned from his support group meetings at Alcoholics Anonymous The body of a man living in a camper outside town is found dead of a heroin overdose and the police believe he is the killer due to multiple factors including his height his knife collection the presence of a pet wolf dog and the discovery of the body of a missing woman in his backyard The coroner later insults John s intelligence and threatens to tell the press about his difficulties in finding the murderer John deduces the coroner was responsible for the vandalism of Robson s car and fires him While John is out distributing evidence from the closed case back to its original owners PJ contacts Robson and tells her that his belongings contained a seam ripper that was not his Deducing that the ripper is for taxidermy Robson realizes that Paul Carnury the town s taxidermist must be investigated just as John stops by Paul s house Paul seems eager for details of the case and asks John about his daughter something he could not have known unless he was present when Jenna was attacked John asks Paul to stand up to his actual height revealing himself to be nearly 7 feet tall He slams the door on John and runs John breaks into the house discovering a workstation containing Hannah s head Paul stabs John in the stomach and lifts him off of the ground Hearing sirens he drops John changes into a homemade wolf costume and flees into the woods John overcomes his wounds and pursues Paul A fight ensues until Paul is shot and incapacitated by Robson John then shoots Paul repeatedly in the head before collapsing Sometime later Robson becomes Snow Hollow s new sheriff She and John help Jenna move into her college dorm John leaves Jenna condoms and his gun for protection As he walks out of the dorm he passes two students making sexual comments about the gymnasts in the dorm He stops for a moment but then just walks away Cast editJim Cummings as John Marshall Riki Lindhome as Detective Julia Robson Chloe East as Jenna Marshall Jimmy Tatro as PJ Palfrey Robert Forster as Sheriff Hadley Will Madden as Paul CarnuryProduction editFilming took place in Kamas Utah in March 2019 Producer Matt Miller had known Robert Forster from a previous project and sent the script to his agent Director Jim Cummings said he expected a polite no but Forster chose to take the role because he viewed it as a dramatic movie about a father son relationship and complications of aging and health 6 Release editIn September 2020 Orion Classics acquired distribution rights to the film 4 7 8 The film had a limited theatrical release in the United States on October 9 2020 by United Artists Releasing 9 10 11 and on video on demand the same day 12 13 14 15 Reception editBox office edit In its opening weekend the film grossed 91 943 from 112 theaters 16 Critical response edit On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 89 based on 74 reviews with an average rating of 7 3 10 The website s critics consensus reads The Wolf of Snow Hollow treads somewhat unsteadily between horror and comedy but writer director star Jim Cummings unique sensibilities make for an oddly haunting hybrid 17 On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 13 critics indicating generally favorable reviews 18 John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review and wrote Satisfying enough as a horror slasher flick with a black comedy aftertaste it has some commercial appeal but doesn t represent a step forward artistically 19 Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert com awarded the film three and a half out of four stars and wrote The snow covered setting and bumbling cops along with Cummings deadpan sense of humor have led to comparisons to the Coen brothers and there is a sense of Fargo meets Silver Bullet in some of The Wolf of Snow Hollow but it s not like Cummings wears his influences as obviously as some genre filmmakers 20 Peter Debruge of Variety wrote Wolf actually does that thing we all hope second features won t It reveals that idiosyncrasies of an unproven director s debut weren t quirks so much as weaknesses a disappointment for those of us hoping lightning might strike twice for the Thunder Road helmer 21 Grant Hermanns of Comingsoon net gave the film a 9 5 out of 10 22 Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine awarded the film three stars out of four 23 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A V Club graded the film a B 24 Don Kaye of Den of Geek awarded the film two and a half stars out of five 25 Vinnie Mancuso of Collider graded the film an A 26 Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting awarded the film three skulls out of five 27 JimmyO of JoBlo com gave the film a 9 out of 10 28 References edit Jim Cummings Talks The Wolf Of Snow Hollow And Making Movie Magic On A Budget Forbes October 7 2020 Retrieved October 19 2020 The Wolf of Snow Hollow 2020 Box Office Mojo Retrieved October 31 2020 The Wolf of Snow Hollow 2020 The Numbers Retrieved October 31 2020 a b D Alessandro Anthony September 4 2020 Orion Classics Acquires The Wolf Of Snow Hollow Starring Riki Lindhome And Robert Forster In His Final Film Role Deadline Hollywood Retrieved September 25 2020 The Wolf Of Snow Hollow Release Date Trailer and More by Shreya November 8 2020 Retrieved March 19 2021 P Means Sean October 9 2020 For director of Wolf of Snow Hollow filming a werewolf movie in Utah was like winter summer camp The Salt Lake Tribune Retrieved October 20 2020 Squires John September 4 2020 Orion Classics Picks Up The Wolf of Snow Hollow for October Release in Theaters and At Home Bloody Disgusting Retrieved September 25 2020 Hough Q V September 24 2020 Everything We Know About The Wolf Of Snow Hollow Screen Rant Retrieved September 25 2020 Millican Josh September 17 2020 Trailer Werewolf Horror THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW Arrives October 9th Dread Central Retrieved September 25 2020 Kurp Josh September 17 2020 There s A Werewolf Or A Serial Killer On The Prowl In The Chilly The Wolf Of Snow Hollow Trailer Uproxx Retrieved September 25 2020 Vorel Jim September 17 2020 There s a Beast on the Loose in the First Trailer for Jim Cummings The Wolf of Snow Hollow Paste Retrieved September 25 2020 Seddon Dan September 18 2020 First look at Robert Forster s final movie role in werewolf horror thriller Digital Spy Retrieved September 25 2020 Hamman Cody September 17 2020 Trailer Werewolf Thriller The Wolf of Snow Hollow Coming in October JoBlo com Retrieved September 25 2020 Crow David September 17 2020 Werewolf Prowls in The Wolf of Snow Hollow Trailer Den of Geek Retrieved September 25 2020 Collis Clark September 17 2020 Devour the trailer for horror thriller The Wolf of Snow Hollow Entertainment Weekly Retrieved September 25 2020 D Alessandro Anthony October 11 2020 War With Grandpa Hocus Pocus amp Coco Leaving Footprint With Families At Weekend Box Office Deadline Hollywood Retrieved October 11 2020 The Wolf of Snow Hollow 2020 Rotten Tomatoes Fandango October 9 2020 Retrieved October 10 2021 The Wolf of Snow Hallow Reviews Metacritic Retrieved November 2 2020 DeFore John October 7 2020 The Wolf of Snow Hollow Film Review Fantastic Fest 2020 The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved October 9 2020 Tallerico Brian October 9 2020 The Wolf of Snow Hollow RogerEbert com Retrieved October 9 2020 Debruge Peter October 6 2020 The Wolf of Snow Hollow Review Robert Forster s Last Film Awkwardly Faces the Monster Within Variety Retrieved October 9 2020 Hermanns Grant October 3 2020 Beyond Fest The Wolf of Snow Hollow Review Subversive Offbeat amp Quietly Thrilling Comingsoon net Retrieved October 9 2020 Bowen Chuck October 5 2020 Review The Wolf of Snow Hollow Is a Swan Song Worthy of Robert Forster Slant Magazine Retrieved October 9 2020 Vishnevetsky Ignatiy October 8 2020 Jim Cummings inspired werewolf movie The Wolf Of Snow Hollow has way more laughs than scares The A V Club Retrieved October 9 2020 Kaye Don October 7 2020 The Wolf of Snow Hollow Review A Quirky Werewolf Movie Den of Geek Retrieved October 9 2020 Mancuso Vinnie October 7 2020 The Wolf of Snow Hollow Review Genre Defying Werewolf Tale Is Like a Coens Creature Feature Collider Retrieved October 9 2020 Navarro Meagan October 7 2020 Review The Wolf of Snow Hollow Is a Darkly Fun Werewolf Whodunit Bloody Disgusting Retrieved October 9 2020 Jim Cummings The Wolf of Snow Hollow Review JoBlo com October 8 2020 Retrieved October 9 2020 External links editThe Wolf of Snow Hollow at IMDb nbsp The Wolf of Snow Hollow at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Wolf of Snow Hollow amp oldid 1219217600, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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