The Werewolf.# 5
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This almost constitutes as a Christmas episode, where Tony Vincenzo (Simon Oakland) is about to go on a sea voyage for his Christmas break, needles to say the best laid plans and all that, so Kolchak ends up going on the cruise, and is instructed to write a piece on the swinging singles scene that these cruises attract. And I use the word attract in its loosest sense, anybody sane would throw themselves off the boat if they shared a cabin with these people. Luckily there is a werewolf on board and he is eating his way through the passengers, and to be honest he is welcome to them. I would think all those polyester Hawaiian shirts would probably of given him indigestion to say the least...In theory this is a great episode, the idea of werewolf stalking a cruise ship has some good possibilities, and up to a point it does work, that is until you see the wolfman in all his hairy glory. Obviously a mid 1970s tv show will not have the budget for state of the art effects, but even by telly standards the end result is a bit lame, luckily the episode is saved by Kolchak and fellow passenger Nita Talbot trying to find who has hairy palms..