Dr. Olcott (Carl Schell) is a disgraced medical professional
who has taken up teaching biology at a girl’s reform school. Some of the students are quite infatuated with him,
but much of the staff have issues with his questionable past. Once victims start showing up in the woods,
apparently savaged by wolves, Dr. Olcott finds himself at the center of the
accusations. It gets worse for him when
it’s discovered that Dr. Olcott has been researching lycanthropy and it has implications
in the death of his wife years ago. One of the students, Priscilla (Barbra
Lass) is determined to uncover the truth.
The title, Werewolf in
a Girl’s Dormitory, is the film’s biggest handicap. It promises some lurid
sex and violence when the film contained is actually a densely packed mystery.
As far as protagonists go, Dr. Julian Olcott is kind of a dud. I wish the film
would have kept its focus on Priscilla, she makes a solid heroine and the story
noticeably picks-up the pace when she’s active. The black and white
cinematography sets an eerie mood and helps cover-up the obviously small
budget. Thanks to some second-rate dubbing, trying to unravel the mystery is
even more confusing than it needs to be. The werewolf itself is actually pretty
interesting looking, I’ve always preferred the wolf-man look to the more
canine-headed variety. Go into this one
expecting something more atmospheric and slightly smarter than the title would
suggest and you might be pleasantly surprised.
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