[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
[FATHER SIGHS]
[EXCLAIMING IN ANNOYANCE]
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
Honey, it's family hour, there must be something on.
"DAUGHTER: Oh, wow, Candy Critters!"
[FATHER EXCLAIMS]
Oh, great. It's Monsters, our favorite show!
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
Shh, it's starting.
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
[FATHER CHUCKLES]
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR OPENING]
Another day, another disaster.
Who the hell are you and what are you doing in my office?
Buzz Hunkle, this is a pleasure.
I loved Zombie Honeymoon.
Oh, yeah? Thanks.
Now, who the hell are you and what are you doing in my office?
I'm Vicki Roamer. And I'm in your office
because your producer Leo Tandoski hired me
to collaborate with you on the script you're doing.
Yeah, right. You probably got his name off the studio directory.
No, I was in--
Don't tell me you're one of those
film students who's gonna talk your way into a film set
and get famous like Steven Spielberg.
Well, it's been done, Miss?
Vicki Miss Vicki.
Nice try. Take a hike, okay?
Hey! Where's my sliver pen award?
What happened to my silver pen award.
[SIGHS]
You know what this is?
Let me guess. The silver pen award.
That's right.
Buzz Hunkle. Most promising screenwriter.
And they say it's solid silver. Or so they tell me.
They put three 'Z's in Buzz.
Hey, it's a visual medium. You don't get extra points for good spellings.
Look, Mr Hunkle.
Buzz,
Leo Tandoski did hire me.
And Billy Mariner okay-ed it.
Billy Mariner?
He's the head of the whole damn studio.
He doesn't give a flying you know what--
If you don't believe me,
let's just get him on the phone.
Yeah, right, sure. I'll have better luck getting through to my agent.
Look,
point is,
I'm here.
We've got a werewolf movie to write.
Let's do it.
Now, according to Mr Tandoski,
he wants a script that follows his outline exactly.
The outline? You mean, his outline?
That's what he said.
Unfortunately,
I haven't been able to find the original outline.
So I was wondering if I could just take a look,
Look kid, I did read the outline.
And the only thing that's salvageable in it was the title.
Werewolf of Hollywood?
Not much of a title.
Well, Leo isn't much of a writer.
Matter of fact, it's a stretch for him to put his name on the pay roll check.
So don't you worry about Leo's outline.
I've got a lot of experience with producers.
They're children. Just like little children.
So you want to collaborate? Here.
Now, for horror movies, lesson number one,
the three 'B's, blood, bullets and broads, okay?
Now, I'm re writing the massacre in the girls locker room.
I need to pump up the--
TANDOSKI: I don't remember any girls locker room, Hunkle.
Hello, Mr Tandoski.
Ah, Miss Roamer.
And how is our little writer doing?
Our old Buzz here needs all the help he can get.
Fine, Leo. And how are you?
Lousy since I read this latest,
what do you call it? Not a script.
Consider yourself lucky I found this talented young woman.
Miss Roamer here has seen every one of my films
and knows what makes them successful.
She appreciates the Tandoski touch.
Not like some people around here.
[SIGHS]
Now, let me check my notes.
Uh ha.
Yeah, wretched.
Lousy.
Illiterate.
Dumb.
Stupid.
Dumb.
Yeah, but did you like it?
The crudity, the vulgarity, the triteness.
That, I can accept.
But you can't abandon my outline.
Leo, you know how much I respect you.
But the outline is weak. It's weak.
You're just lucky that Billy Mariner doesn't look at the ideas for
Lobo Productions around here.
Otherwise this thing never would have gotten the green light.
That's exactly the point.
None of Mariner's people have any idea what I'm doing.
They won't see it until it gets into the theaters.
That's just the way I want it.
And gets into the theaters it's gonna be my story on the screen,
And that's why yoou're not gonna touch things up.
Mr Tandoski,
what is the story anyway?
Buzz seems to have misplaced the outline.
I left it with my hopes and dreams.
And your talent.
The basic idea is simple, Miss Roamer.
A top Hollywood executive
is in fact, a predatory werewolf.
During the full moon he turns into a blood crazed beast.
Now most of the time, those closest to him,
can keep him caged up during the crucial hours.
But over the years,
he has managed to escape more than a few times
to seek it's victims in the Hollywood hills.
Sometimes even at the back lot of his old studio.
Sweet Leo.
Quiet. Then,
a courageous producer on the lot,
a young William Holden type,
who has had a dozen money making pictures,
but still hasn't been promoted like he was promised.
He stumbles on a secret.
He investigates.
And uncovers the string of brutal murders and vows
to unmask the werewolf before the next full moon.
There's gonna be a full moon tonight.
Yes.
Okay, hear me on this, alright?
Movie stars are attractive.
Plus they attain great wealth and fame
without any significant talent.
That's the American dream.
Hunkle, you're giving me a headache.
So we make the werewolf a big star and the hero is
a screenwriter,
and they both fall in love with the starlet of the movie.
Excuse me, Mr Tandoski?
Maybe I'll minus a page here,
but this outline doesn't have an ending.
Yeah, well, that's it's strong point.
That outline is gonna go on screen as written.
That will make Billy Mariner sorry he ever...
[DOOR OPENS]
Well, good afternoon, Billy.
Forgive my intruding like this...
Butt, isn't it?
Buzz. With three 'Z's
Actually it was you I was looking for, Leo.
Oh, so?
In view of the exceptional grosses in your last film,
we'd like to pass on just a little token
of our appreciation.
I was expecting something like this.
Thanks, Billy.
Miss Roamer, isn't it?
How are you getting along?
Oh, just fine. I'm learning a lot from Buzz.
We will have to have a little chat sometime.
Keep up the good work, Leo.
Nice talking to you, Buzz-y
It's worse than I thought.
Bonus.
Excuse me, Mr Tandoski, but
isn't a bonus a good thing?
BUZZ: Not around here.
First a bonus and then you're out on the scrap tube.
How much is it for, Leo?
Bigger than I thought.
Oh, this is really bad.
Alright, Billy.
You wanna lay hard ball?
Leo Tandoski knows how to play hard ball.
I'll make them all sorry.
This means war.
You keep your stupid ideas off my script.
LEO: Just follow the outline.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
BUZZ: A bloated full moon dangles in the ebony sky.
We move in slowly.
A young assistant, who sits alone,
nervous at her shadow shrouded desk,
she gasps in terror.
Her impressive torso heaves,
lasciviously. Suddenly,
[SCREAMS] [SCREAMS]
Excuse me, I was just getting caught up in the vividness of my own prose.
Right.
Where'd you leave off?
About two pages before you came in.
Look, Buzz.
I know I'm new to this business,
but doesn't it seem to you that Mr Tandoski is behaving a little bit...
Look kid,
Tandoski thinks Mariner is gonna fire him
so he's working up some kind of story revenge.
But that's what I don't understand.
How can he get revenge on Billy Mariner with a werewolf movie?
Because any movie based on his nitwit outline
is gonna die an agonizing death at the box office.
I mean, look at this stuff.
Leo can't even make up his own mediocrity.
He could have stolen from the newspapers.
Chiropractor cut up and found in his backyard.
A limo driver folded over four times and found in his trunk.
These are real murders. I'm convinced of it.
And that explains why the outline reads the way it does.
The producer pokes around in old newspapers.
The producer roots through the studio file.
He even has the nerve to call the producer Leo.
I mean this guy's got toys in the attic and it's all broken.
But do you think that's all there is to it?
Is there all there is to what? I mean what are you suggesting--
I'm not suggesting anything.
You think Tandoski believes this stuff?
That's not what I said.
[WOLF HOWLING]
You think Leo found out that some studio exec is a werewolf in his spare time?
Is that what you think?
Come on, Vicki, not even Leo has that kind--
[CRASHING OUTSIDE]
What is that noise? God!
You guys want to keep it down, down there?
Some people are trying to write a screenplay, okay? Thank you.
[WOLF HOWLING]
Oh! [SIGHS AND CHUCKELS]
[FIGHTING AND GROWLING]
I think somebody is in trouble.
Probably couple of agents trying to make a deal.
[CRASHING]
I think they chased each other on to stage four.
Well, good. Let's go back to work.
[FIGHTING AND SHOUTING CONTINUES]
I'm gonna go out and take a look around.
Woah, kid,
You're not going anywhere.
Okay, Buzz, you're right. Be careful.
Are you coming with me or what?
BUZZ: Doesn't look like anybody is here.
VICKI: Do you think it really could have been a wolf we heard?
BUZZ: Don't be ridiculous. We're probably on the tail of a wounded gerbil.
[BOTH EXCLAIMING IN HORROR]
Mr Tandoski. Oh, god! [BREATHING HEAVILY]
Is he dead?
BUZZ: I don't know. It's either that or a great special effects job.
[DOOR OPENING]
[GLASS BREAKING]
I'm gonna take a look around.
Gimme that thing!
Stay here with Leo.
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[GROWLING]
[CRASHING AND RUNNING]
[NOISES CONTINUE]
[RASPY BREATHING AND GROWLING]
[GROWLING]
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[CRASHING]
[GROWLING]
[CLOTH RIPS]
[SIGHS IN RELIEF]
[BOTH SCREAM]
What was it?
What did you see?
The werewolf of Hollywood.
[RAZOR BUZZING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Guess you've seen the newspapers, huh?
Noted producer dies in car crash.
Yeah, it's the old cover up.
Studio security comes down at the scene of the crime, cleans up Loe's body,
No police, no fuss, no muss, no bother.
But why?
Why go to all that risk?
Well, two reasons, number one,
mysteriously murdered producers make bad press.
But more importantly, Billy Mariner himself is the werewolf of Hollywood.
He's what?
If I can prove that Billy Mariner is a werewolf,
it'll be a tremendous boost for my career.
I know what you're thinking. Blackmail is wrong.
Okay, loose the blackmail idea.
But I didn't just see that werewolf last night.
He saw me.
And I'm gonna get some proof to convince people.
Hey, wait a minute. You know, when that thing ran by me last night,
it caught it's sleeve on a flap.
If there is some threads from one of those custom sports jackets on there,
mixed in with some werewolf hairs,
then old bill is gonna have a lot of explaining to do, isn't it?
[DEEP SIGH]
How come you got the brains of a receptionist?
Forget about the werewolf.
Nobody would blame you.
Just tell Vicki that you looked and you couldn't find it.
That's it, I mean,
I mean, I'd buy that.
[DOOR OPENS]
Have you absolutely made up your mind to go through with this?
Well, yes.
Then, I'm going too.
No, you're not. Buzz!
Vicki, don't argue with me. This could be dangerous.
And I don't want anything to happen to you.
[SIGHS]
Well, alright. If that's how you feel.
But here's something you're gonna need,
What for? I might shoot somebody!
That's the point.
A friend of mine in the prop department gave it to me.
They used it in the remake of the Masked Rider.
And look.
Real silver bullets.
Silver bullets, werewolves right. Got it, yeah.
Wait a minute, they made real silver bullets for that flop?
Buzz!
Good luck.
Watch yourself.
Yeah, well,
you shouldn't worry about me when I'm gone, okay?
I will.
MAN: I'm afraid you won't find anything.
I got here ahead of you, Bud.
Buzz.
How's that?
My name is Buzz. Not Bud.
Let me tell you something, Buzz.
A bring young man like you doesn't want to spend the rest of his life
writing grade C horror flicks.
I think we can do business.
You mean, the kind of business you did with Leo Tandoski?
Leo Tandoski was a vindictive and perverse little man.
Making a movie about my unfortunate genetic defect,
was in extremely bad taste.
And what about your other victims?
What errors of good taste did they commit?
[SIGHS DEEPLY]
When I was younger, before I took this job,
I could control the changes.
Sometimes, I can remain human through a whole cycle of the full moon.
But, let me tell you something, Buzz.
The pressures I'm under in this job and the stress,
where's the way to self control?
Sometimes it's a full moon,
someone makes me angry, I change, I kill.
[CHUCKLES]
But you're not gonna make me angry, are you Buzz?
That wasn't my plan, believe me.
I like to think of myself as a reasonable man.
You're on my team, I'm on your team.
Buzz, for the price of a little discretion,
you could be writing big pictures.
I mean, prestige productions
major stars, six figures.
Ah, seven figures!
With your talent and your ability to remain loyal,
I see you growing right to the top.
You could work your way up to producer around here.
It's not enough Billy.
Really?
I see.
And just what would make it enough?
I want to direct.
[SCREAMS]
What is it with you guys?
Everybody wants to direct!
[SHOUTING]
[GROANING]
Here's a counter offer.
I'll rip out your throat and throw your body down the Canyon.
Like we did with Tandoski.
Stand back. I've got silver bullets in this gun.
[LAUGHING MONSTROUSLY]
[GUNSHOTS FIRED]
[GROWLING]
[GUNSHOTS CONTINUE]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[GROWLING]
[GUN CLICKING]
[GROWLING LOW]
Alright, I'll take the deal.
Sorry.
Bud!
Well, I'm afraid we can't have an effective working relationship.
Not after this.
[GROWLING]
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
[GROWLING CONTINUES]
[HOWLING]
[GRUNTS]
[SHOUTING]
[GROWLING]
Okay, I'll work for scale.
Plus ten.
[HOWLING]
[GROWLING SOFTLY]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[CHUCKLES]
It really was silver.
[SIGHS]
I'll be damned.
[VICKI EXCLAIMS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Oh my god,
Are you okay?
I got concerned, so I came.
Yeah, yeah. Spare me, babe. I got you figured.
What are you talking about?
No one but you knew I was going to the sound stage tonight.
And Billy Mariner was waiting for me.
And those silver bullets?
Turns out they were regular bullets. The kind that werewolves laugh at.
Lucky for me I remembered that thing was silver.
Or it would be me lying dead on that desk.
Kid, you sold me out to Mariner for the sake of your pitiful career.
[CHUCKLES]
You're right Buzz. I did double cross you.
But not for the sake of my career.
I was trying to find out what you and Leo were upto.
Uncle Billy was getting nervous.
Uncle Billy?
Mariner?
Yeah.
And there is one thing you want to keep in mind about wolves.
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]
No.
[GROWLING]
They usually run in packs.
[GROWLING]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]