When this flick came out in Belgium it immediately was banned due the Nazi symbolism used and references towards the adoration of Nazism. The courthouse in Brussels banned it and in fact De Aardwolf never got a proper release, even back then it was hard to find a copy at your local rental shop. So it rather became one of those notorious hard to find flicks just like The Antwerp Killer (1983). And being directed by controversial director Rob Van Eyck it was a must have in a lot of collections.
2009 already had rumours that De Aardwolf would get a proper release but there were problems of course with the rights owned with the score and some of the actors being involved would do anything to delay the release. One of them was in fact the main lead here, Kurt Van Eeghem. He was very popular back then with the cult program Hitring and was then called Rafael Goossens. This was in fact his only full feature he made but he did appear in a lot of series. Still today you can catch him on Belgian's radio.
There are other names that are worth seeing like Dora Van Der Groen and Nellie Rosiers among others, they all became big names in the dutch era's.
But the demand was so big that in 2013 it was confirmed that an official release would be available online. Finally it did, still, it's to watch in 4:3 format and hasn't been digitally upgraded. So it still has it's VHS look. Funny to see The Scabs playing a song. Strange to see that the Nazism is so low on today's standards. There's nothing controversial to see nowadays in De Aardwolf. But it's worth seeing for so many reasons and for a Rob Van Eyck flick I was surprised that it looked rather tame and wasn't offending (except for the SS signs) like he used to do with other flicks. And Kurt hasn't to be ashamed for his acting abilities here to see. The overall look was surely eighties, a must have if you collect Belgian flicks. Let's hope that The Antwerp Killer finally will see it's proper release after all those years.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 0/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5
2009 already had rumours that De Aardwolf would get a proper release but there were problems of course with the rights owned with the score and some of the actors being involved would do anything to delay the release. One of them was in fact the main lead here, Kurt Van Eeghem. He was very popular back then with the cult program Hitring and was then called Rafael Goossens. This was in fact his only full feature he made but he did appear in a lot of series. Still today you can catch him on Belgian's radio.
There are other names that are worth seeing like Dora Van Der Groen and Nellie Rosiers among others, they all became big names in the dutch era's.
But the demand was so big that in 2013 it was confirmed that an official release would be available online. Finally it did, still, it's to watch in 4:3 format and hasn't been digitally upgraded. So it still has it's VHS look. Funny to see The Scabs playing a song. Strange to see that the Nazism is so low on today's standards. There's nothing controversial to see nowadays in De Aardwolf. But it's worth seeing for so many reasons and for a Rob Van Eyck flick I was surprised that it looked rather tame and wasn't offending (except for the SS signs) like he used to do with other flicks. And Kurt hasn't to be ashamed for his acting abilities here to see. The overall look was surely eighties, a must have if you collect Belgian flicks. Let's hope that The Antwerp Killer finally will see it's proper release after all those years.
Gore 0/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 0/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5
