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Implausable holes

posted 17 years ago by bbowman-7
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So how come when Dr. Forest confronts him in the mine shaft he dosen't shoot him as he becomes the Werewolf? And when the werewolf releases the big bad bear trap it just flops open and doesn't snap shut again? Also why do the troopers wait until he makes it to the wall of the bridge before thay take a shot? He's right in front of their gunsights! I know, I know, for dramatic footage of his fall but you'd think they'd try something a bit more imaginative or realistic...wouldn't you?... Hello?

[–] grandmast-1 17 years ago

Dr Forest didn't want to kill the werewolf in the first place, and he panicked when attacked in the mine shaft and ran. When the werewolf pushed down on the two sides of the trap, he opened it and it locked in the open position again. Listen closely and you can hear the sound of the trap locking open. When on the bridge, if you listen closely, the sheriff says to the other men, 'Don't shoot, you'll hit the driver'...of the caterpiller blocking the werewolfs escape.

[–] cash_carstar 17 years ago

Caught this last night. What I wasn't clear on was how they shot him three times once in the stomach and the sheriff says unironically that he's "going home". Was he alive still, how would they know one way or the other by looking at him? I didn't watch the entire film, did I miss something?

Oh and the scene where the guy panics and threw his gun away and ran was funny. That bugged me as well.

"That's what a gym teacher once told me."

[–] REES-1 17 years ago

He's going home (to be buried?)
He's going home (to recuperate?)
He's going home (to his family?)
He's going home (to heaven?)
He's going home (to be human again, although dead?)

Like, the other members of the posse, and the audience, are supposed to read the sheriff's mind and understand what the heck he meant? Whatever he meant, the
scriptwriter should have expressed it better.

[–] cash_carstar 17 years ago

Okay, so it wasn't just me. Yeah, that ending was weak sauce.

"That's what a gym teacher once told me."

[–] preppy-3 17 years ago

Actually I thought it was pretty obvious he was dead. He gets shot THREE times, collapses and transforms back to his human form. It WAS a strange line for the sheriff to say but I got it.

[–] mysticbuzz 17 years ago

For me, the biggest "oh please" moment was when the sheriff yelled at the road scraper operator to block the bridge. The sheriff didn't yell particularly loud (it seemed), the road scraper was on the other end of the bridge AND RUNNING! and yet the driver heard the sheriff perfectly.

Still, I love this movie.

[–] Captain_Bob 16 years ago

"the biggest "oh please" moment..."

Hehe "block the bridge" the guy was about 200 yards way way out of earshot. But hey it's 1956 - who needs believability?

Thanks you added some giggles to tonight's viewing.

[–] Dream_Demon 16 years ago

I admit that the "block the bridge" moment was pretty implausible considering how far away the sheriff is when he yells to the driver.

Welcome to my Nightmare- Freddy Krueger

[–] jeff_the_dj 15 years ago

Aren't you guys being a little to critical on a low budget horror flick from the mid 50's??? Seriously now.

We can DO IT ALLLL DAY LONG, (We'll have to pay more for the light bill if we do it at night!)

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[–] lm362 9 years ago

Some of the people around the sheriff likely were told that Duncan had told his wife and son he would return to them when he was well. The sheriff was simply saying that "now he(Duncan)can go home", although not the way he or they had wanted or intended.

[–] lm362 9 years ago

Duncan had told his wife and son he would come home when he had been freed of whatever was wrong with him. After his is shot dead, the sheriff says that "now he can go home".

[–] escalera-2 15 years ago

I believe the drunk guy at the bar or the deputy said that the wolfman broke the bear trap.

[–] hondo551 15 years ago

Sound of the trap was it breaking not locking. They showed it later up close broken. That sounds a bit farfetched for a fairly human, not mythical, werewolf, but hey!

Whether or not the driver of the caterpillar hears the sheriff, he certainly can see the sheriff's posse chasing someone or something and could block the bridge on his own.

Though there are several times the posse has clear shots and shouldn't miss, running and shooting and hitting a target is damn hard. I've tried it! Sometimes you don't take the shot because you can't steady up, sometimes you take the shot and miss. And hitting a running target, human or animal, is harder than you think it would be.

Last line..."He's going home." His suffering is over, he's going home to be buried. Never took it any other way.

[–] escalera-2 15 years ago

I thought the same thing about the last line, although I did think the ending was a bit sudden. Still, it would have just dragged out if there was a scene where the Sheriff broke the news to the wife and son and had some wisenheimer explained all what happened.

It is a good monster movie.

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