{"id":6166,"date":"2016-02-04T05:42:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T04:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=6166"},"modified":"2016-02-23T00:54:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T23:54:25","slug":"wolfen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2016\/02\/04\/wolfen\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolfen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our current exploration of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/themes.html\">werewolves in cinema<\/a>, we take an illustrated look at Michael Wadleigh\u2019s unusual 80s Indian shapeshifters horror <i>Wolfen<\/i>. The film is out now on Blu-ray (A\/1) in the US, released by Warner Archive Collection in 2015, and on DVD in the UK.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wolfen-by-Fumio_page1_send.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[6166]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wolfen-by-Fumio_page1_send.jpg?resize=474%2C670\" alt=\"Wolfen by Fumio_page1_send\" width=\"474\" height=\"670\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wolfen-by-Fumio_page1_send.jpg?resize=594%2C840&amp;ssl=1 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wolfen-by-Fumio_page1_send.jpg?resize=300%2C424&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wolfen-by-Fumio_page1_send.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6168\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wolfen-by-Fumio_page2_send.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[6166]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wolfen-by-Fumio_page2_send.jpg?resize=474%2C670\" alt=\"Wolfen by Fumio_page2_send\" width=\"474\" height=\"670\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-6168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wolfen-by-Fumio_page2_send.jpg?resize=594%2C840&amp;ssl=1 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wolfen-by-Fumio_page2_send.jpg?resize=300%2C424&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Wolfen-by-Fumio_page2_send.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comic Strip Review by Fumio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"info\">More information on Fumio can be found <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.fumioobata.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/A>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We take an illustrated look at Michael Wadleigh\u2019s unusual 80s Indian shapeshifters horror.<br \/>\n<b><i>Comic Strip Review by Fumio<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-comic-strip-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/surUP-wolfen","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":876,"url":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/02\/01\/comic-strip-review-asian-horror-the-essential-collection\/","url_meta":{"origin":6166,"position":0},"title":"Comic Strip Review: Asian Horror: The Essential Collection","author":"VirginieSelavy","date":"February 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Asian Horror - The Essential Collection brings together three acclaimed Asian horror films, featuring Audition, The Eye and Dark Water. 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