

They can hear a cloud pass overhead, the rhythm of your blood. They can track you by yesterday's shadow. They can tear the scream from your throat.
A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
- Body horror
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Albert FinneyDewey Wilson
- Diane VenoraRebecca Neff
- Edward James OlmosEddie Holt
- Gregory HinesWhittington
- Tom NoonanFerguson
- Dick O'NeillWarren
- Dehl BertiOld Indian
- Peter Michael GoetzRoss
- Sam GrayMayor
- Ralph BellCommissioner
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- Michael WadleighDirector
- David EyreScreenplay
- Michael WadleighScreenplay
- Whitley StrieberNovel
- Fredric AbelesDirector of Photography
- Gerry FisherDirector of Photography
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Marshall M. BordenEditor
- Martin J. BramEditor
- Dennis DolanEditor
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