The Wolf of Snow Hollow is one of our favorite films of 2020, a deeply strange werewolf horror-comedy that defies most recommendations other than "just watch it." (Here's our full review, if you want to know more.) So, naturally, we leaped—some would say wolf-like—at the opportunity to talk to writer/director/star Jim Cummings about the movies and television series that inspired, informed, or otherwise made its mark during the creative process of Cummings' snowbound creature feature. Below, Jim Cummings walks us through four films (and one TV series!) that led to The Wolf of …

The best creature features use their beasties as stand-ins for something deeply human, a narrative quirk mined to perfection in writer/director Jim Cummings' pitch-black horror-comedy The Wolf of Snow Hollow. The werewolf carving up local women in the small, wintery Snow Hollow is the monstrous embodiment of the impossible expectations bearing down on its sheriff, John Marshall (Cummings), already juggling law-enforcement with an ailing father (Robert Forster), rebellious daughter (Chloe East), and alcoholism threatening to rear its ugly head far more often than the full moon. Add a werewolf to the mix and its no …

Orion Classics’ released the first trailer for The Wolf of Snow Hollow, a snowbound werewolf thriller with a tinge of sadness hanging over it as Oscar-nominee Robert Forster's final film role. Snow Hollow was written and directed by Jim Cummings, whose genuinely great microbudget dramedy Thunder Road took the Grand Jury Award at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival. The Wolf of Snow Hollow follows a sheriff burdened with a mounting of personal issues when a series of gruesome murders start popping up in his small town. The lawman must deal with his staunch belief that there is no …