Williams, especially for me, was quite attractive and perfect. Likewise, Layton's more masculine chiseled features left many men swooning in the screening I attended. The townsfolk, meanwhile, once they discover that there are wolves in their midst react with obvious rage and undertake vigilante acts. There are many subtextural moments where the motivation of the male townspeople appears to be their closeted or denied homosexual feelings. The true plot of the film might be quite repulsive to lesbians.
Women play the villains here and the main antagonist of the females is quite repugnant.
There is some implied lesbianism with her character and it doesn't seem particularly nice. Still, I suppose, there must be a villain in this plotline and the actress, Rita Davies, is quite wonderful in this part. She truly does seem evil. All of the older female actresses in the film are quite great in their roles, even if their characters are quite disagreeable and crinkled. This is Gould's first film, to the best of my knowledge.