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• Actors: Bobby Van, Ruta Lee, Mala Powers, James Craig, Grant Williams
• Directors: Harry Hope, Herbert J. Leder, Lee Sholem, Milton Moses Ginsberg
• Writers: Milton Moses Ginsberg, Stuart J. Byrne
• Producers: Harry Hope, Nina Schulman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Shout Factory Theatr
• DVD Release Date: September 19, 2006
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GG4XW4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,229 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Doomsday Machine / The Werewolf Of Washington (Double Feature)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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The Doomsday Machine (1972)

In an effort to further explore the galaxy, the United States is hours away from launching a manned mission to Venus. But when a Chinese plot to destroy the Earth is uncovered, the U.S. teams up with the Soviet Union to replace members of its all-male crew with women. Now, it’s up to the crew of Project Astra to keep the human race alive and thriving.

Werewolf Of Washington (1973)

While on assignment in Hungary, a young reporter (Quantum Leap’s Dean Stockwell) is attacked by a mysterious animal. But when he returns to the United States as the President’s press assistant, authorities begin to find political socialites ripped apart by a similar creature. No one is safe while The Werewolf of Washington is roaming the nation’s capital!

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Werewolf of Washington, March 23, 2010

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This review is from: Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Doomsday Machine / The Werewolf Of Washington (Double Feature) (DVD)

An unfortunate trip to Hungary is cut short after the American Press Secretary is bitten by a wolf. A gypsy woman warns him that he has inherited the Mark of the Wolf, and soon after returning to Washington, he begins transforming in the light of the moon and stalking the streets of The Capitol. The government agencies choose to ignore his new found curse, and instead attempt a cover-up to save face for The Administration. THE WEREWOLF OF WASHINGTON is an immensely entertaining B-movie take on the classic werewolf lore laid out in THE WOLF MAN. It is cleverly written ("The pentagram is responsible, not the Pentagon!") and filled with both sharp wit and biting commentary reflecting the racism and political controversies plaguing the nation in the early seventies. Bob O'Bradovich's make-up designs and lapse-dissolve sequences recall the work of Jack Pierce, while the ironic image of a werewolf in a suit and tie is strangely amusing. Dean Stockwell plays the role of the reluctant werewolf on a sympathetic and sincere note, only taking his performance over the top in a few moments of insanity as government officials intentionally overlook his condition. While THE WEREWOLF is by all standards a cheesy under grade Horror film, it proves to be a great deal of fun and well worth a view for the average genre fan.

-Carl Manes
I Like Horror Movies

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4.0 out of 5 stars Twice The Cheese For One Low Price, January 25, 2010

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This review is from: Elvira's Movie Macabre: The Doomsday Machine / The Werewolf Of Washington (Double Feature) (DVD)

"The Doomsday Machine" is a dreadful sci-fi thriller set in the future year of 1975. Essentially, the Chinese develop a nuclear weapon that can rupture all the faults of the earth. In a bit of forward thinking, the US government alters a seven man space mission to Venus to add three women to the crew, enabling continuation of the human species after nuclear Armageddon. The film is hilariously cheap: numerous completely different models represent the spacecraft; diverse stock footage portrays much of the space launch and almost all of the nuclear devastation; and most amusingly of all, Casey Casem co-stars as the Air Force officer who does the countdown (!) for the space launch. There are various subplots, including my favorite about two crewmembers who get stranded in space after a repair gone awry, who then happen to notice an abandoned Apollo capsule within floating distance. Contrary to what Douglas Adams wrote, I guess space isn't really that big after all.

The special effects are dreadful (especially the airlock induced eyeball bleeding scene), while the acting is mortifying: the reactions to the earth being destroyed are especially priceless. The conclusion is obviously tacked on...essentially the main ship just goes away, while the Apollo capsule gets a voice warning from Venus not to land and a promise that the last two humans are embarking on a new adventure, followed by more stock footage of a real rocket.

This movie has possibly the worst continuity I have ever seen (and I have seen every film made by Ed Wood) and is utterly laughable in every regard which is why it was an ideal candidate for Elvira's "Movie Macabre" series. The host segments are modestly amusing, but the real attraction is the bottom of the barrel grade-Z film itself. I highly recommend this film to connoisseurs of laughably bad movies: everyone else needs to stay far, far away.

"The Werewolf of Washington" was made by Milton Moses Ginsberg in 1973 as a weird hybrid of comedic werewolf movie and political satire. Dean Stockwell is a Presidential advisor who was infected by a werewolf during a trip to Hungary, and who brings no end of problems back to the US with him. The references to the Nixon administration are quite clear, with the evil villain being called "Dr. Kiss", Presidential bowling (a Nixon favorite), and more. The special effects budget was extremely low and the werewolf transformation is particularly ludicrous. The film is best viewed as political satire, and in that vein is modestly effective, though it's substantially more boring than "The Doomsday Machine". It has an earnest cheesiness that I like, and it lends itself to Elvira's campy host segments quite well. Overall, this is a ridiculous early 1970's offering that has some entertainment value, but is probably only worth watching once.

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2.0 out of 5 stars seeing ls believing, January 30, 2010

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