Wolf (1994)

IMDb plot summary: Publisher Will Randall becomes a demon wolf and has to fight to keep his job.

Directed by Mike Nichols. Starring Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, and Kate Nelligan.

This is delightfully ridiculous. While the movie hardly ever winks at the camera too overtly, the premise and the way it plays out are both rife with comedy, largely because the music and the actors play it so straight, but then abruptly James Spader sniffs a woman's crotch in public or Jack Nicholson starts jumping around on all fours, and the ludicrousness of it all just set me giggling. It reminds me so much of a dramatic 1950s horror B-movie, something like the original The Fly. There weren't nearly enough of these in my trek through 100 movies from 1994, so it was delightful to watch this, particularly in the second half as it just got sillier and sillier.

How it entered my Flickchart:

Wolf > Hustle & Flow

Wolf < Jack Goes Boating

Wolf > About Elly

Wolf < The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Wolf > Sling Blade

Wolf > Porco Rosso

Wolf < The Hustler

Wolf > The Matador

Wolf > Monsters Vs. Aliens

Wolf < Evita

Wolf < A Little Night Music

Wolf > Carefree

Final spot: #1124 out of 3496, or 68%.