She-Wolf of London | |
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Also known as | Love and Curses |
Genre | Horror |
Starring |
Kate Hodge Neil Dickson Scott Fults Jean Challis |
Composer(s) | Steve Levine |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company(s) | The Finnegan-Pinchuk Company HTV MCA Television Entertainment |
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Original network | Syndication |
Original release | October 9, 1990 | – April 10, 1991
She-Wolf of London was a television series produced by the Finnegan/Pinchuk Company, HTV and MCA Television Entertainment that aired in first-run syndication in the USA from October 1990 to April 1991. The first 14 episodes were filmed in England and aired under the She-Wolf title, and a second season of six episodes was filmed in Los Angeles and aired under the title Love and Curses, with a drastically reduced cast.
American graduate student Randi Wallace (Kate Hodge) travels to Britain to study mythology with Prof. Ian Matheson (Neil Dickson). She arrives expecting a stodgy old academic, but Ian is young and the two are immediately attracted to one other. Their attraction increases but a complication quickly arises when Randi spends a night on the moors and is bitten by a werewolf. She survives what the local hospital thinks was an attack by a large rabid wolf; she insists that it was not a true wolf but instead something supernatural and she seeks Ian's help. For the rest of the series, Randi and Ian investigate supernatural phenomena together while they search for a cure and he becomes her keeper during her transformations. Randi's curse draws the attention of various supernatural creatures: another werewolf, spirit possession, succubus, a possessed bookstore, a bogman, an evil carnival, a Guy Fawkes spirit, a killer horseman, in a small town, zombies who ultimately confront Randi in her werewolf form (Diane Youdale). Eventually, their search takes them from British academe to American TV, when they move back to Randi's native California and Ian becomes host of a trashy TV talk show focusing on psychic phenomena. The series was an old-style romantic comedy with a touch of horror. The romantic comedy comes from Randi and Ian's relationship, and their relationship to the Matheson family and the people she and Ian work for. Randi's transformations did not occur every episode but only during the full moon. This gave her and Ian a chance to investigate the supernatural without having to face possible lycanthropic transformations every week.
Kate Hodge – As a graduate student Randi Wallace, who after surviving a werewolf attack, fears what she will become every time there's a full moon.
Neil Dickson – As mythology professor Ian Matheson, who helps Randi (Kate Hodge), search for a cure.