The Wolf of Snow Hollow is a 2020 American horror mystery film written and directed by Jim Cummings.
Cummings also stars along with Riki Lindhome, Chloe East, Jimmy Tatro, and Robert Forster.
While John and officer Julia Robson drive to work the next morning, someone throws a beer bottle at her car.
Townie Liz Fairchild has a strange encounter with a tall man at a diner and reports it to the police.
When John yells at Jenna for breaking curfew, she shouts that his lack of care is the reason why she is going away to college on a gymnastics scholarship.
Grieving for Hadley and frustrated with the case, John is banned from his support group meetings at Alcoholics Anonymous.
While John is out distributing evidence from the closed case back to its original owners, PJ contacts Robson, saying that his belongings contained a seam ripper that was not his.
Paul seems eager for details of the case and asks John about his daughter, something he could not have known unless he was present when Jenna was attacked.
Director Jim Cummings said he "expected a polite 'no,'" but Forster chose to take the role because he viewed it as "a dramatic movie about a father-son relationship, and complications of aging and health.
The website's critics' consensus reads: "The Wolf of Snow Hollow treads somewhat unsteadily between horror and comedy, but writer-director-star Jim Cummings' unique sensibilities make for an oddly haunting hybrid.
"[17] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
[18] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Satisfying enough as a horror/slasher flick with a black-comedy aftertaste, it has some commercial appeal but doesn't represent a step forward artistically.
"[19] Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three-and-a-half out of four stars and wrote: "The snow-covered setting and bumbling cops, along with Cummings' deadpan sense of humor, have led to comparisons to the Coen brothers and there is a sense of 'Fargo meets Silver Bullet' in some of The Wolf of Snow Hollow, but it’s not like Cummings wears his influences as obviously as some genre filmmakers.
"[20] Peter Debruge of Variety wrote: "Wolf actually does that thing we all hope second features won't: It reveals that idiosyncrasies of an unproven director's debut weren't quirks so much as weaknesses — a disappointment for those of us hoping lightning might strike twice for the Thunder Road helmer.