The guru of this film, Dr. Waggner (Patrick Macnee), preaches the dangers of repression, but practices it himself and forces it upon the other members of his commune of modern werewolves. The film pits the id of Eddie (Robert Picardo) and Marcia Quist (Elisabeth Brooks) against the civilized superego Waggner imposes. For the Quists in particular, becoming a wolf is not a curse, but a pleasure. It is an embrace of the freedom of the animal nature and a release from repression. It is no coincidence that the first transformation is also a sex scene, a combination of pleasure and pain. On the other hand, when Waggner is shot by Chris (Dennis Dugan) at the end of the film, he gasps, “oh thank God,” as he is freed from the agony of his self-contradictions.