Dogs (1976; Davidchannel)

Davidchannel 29 Entertaiment / 20th Century Fox / Miramax Films' movie-spoofs of Mar Vista Productions / La Quinta Partnership /Bruce Cohn Productions' 1976 live-action natural horror film *Dogs* (aka. *Slaugther*)*.*

A biology professor (potrayed by Dimitri) tries to figure out why domestic dogs are suddenly hungry for human beings.

## Plot:

Dimitri (Harlan Thompson) is the head of the biology department at Southwestern University, which seems to be a small school located in an isolated southern California town. Though he dresses casually and socializes with the students, he is frequently at odds with his fellow professors and the administrators, viewing them as shallow, elitist snobs who are more interested in status than education. However, he takes a semi-liking to a young and newly hired biology professor, Milos James Thatch (Michael Fitzgerald), and tries to stop him from being sucked into the system. The only other SU employee who Dimitri seems to have any use for is his ex-girlfriend Anastasia (Caroline Donaghue). The two have recently broken up, but remain on good terms and have not closed the door on the possibility of reconciliation.

Recently, several cows belonging to local rancher Amos Slade (Larry Ludecky) have been found dead. Dimitri suspects that they have been killed by coyotes, but rules that out upon examining the cows. Amos says that he is going to wait with a rifle and shoot the animals who have been killing his cows if they return. Disregarding a warning from Dimitri, Amos goes ahead with his plan, and is killed by a pack of dogs. Shortly afterward, dogs also kill a SU student (potrayed by Trent) and an elderly lady (potrayed by Widow Tweed) who walks outside to investigate the ruckus.

Dimitri and Milo discuss the evidence and conclude that the killings were committed by dogs, who have formed packs via Milo's theory that pheromones cause animals of a particular species to unite and act as one. It is possible that the pheromones are coming from a top secret government experiment being conducted at a linear accelerator near the school. Dimitri and Milo share their conclusion with the SU president, Gaston (Dr. Martin Koppelman), and ask him to warn people to keep their dogs home at night. Gaston, believing that Dimitri and Milo are wrong, declines their request. Dimitri says he will give them warning himself, and Gaston threatens him with firing if he does.

However, at the same time, a local kindergarten class is having a dog show, at which the dogs pack and attack the people. While no one is seriously injured, the town now becomes aware of the dog packs. Several men form a posse to hunt the dogs. Sheriff Sam Brown (Jimmy Goodman) discourages them, but they insist, and he ends up joining them.

Dimitri and Milo attempt to perform a pheromone experiment on a dog inside a plastic encasement. If it works, they plan to have a stronger pheromone sprayed into the area to stop the packs. But as they are about to start the experiment, the dog breaks through the plastic amid a nearby pack. Meanwhile, the posse is attacked by a pack, killing everyone but Sam, who flees the scene. But before he gets to his car, he is attacked also, dropping his gun. After suffering severe injuries, he stops the attack by picking up his gun and shooting the dog, but collapses and dies upon reaching his car.

Meanwhile, SU professor Prince Adam (Dr. Charles Aintry), brings fellow professor Belle (Charlotte Ingle) home from a date. He asks to go inside, but she declines, and he expresses suspicion that she does not want to see him anymore. She implies that she is not romantically interested in him and goes inside, while he leaves, feeling dejected. Then, while taking a shower, she is killed by a dog.

Dimitri and Milo arrive at the police station and find a man dead. They call Sam on the radio. Getting no response, they each grab a rifle and leave. As they pass Gaston's house, they see him being attacked by a dog. Seeing Dimitri and Milo, Gaston asks them to shoot the dog. Milo shoots, but accidentally shoots and kills Gaston. Dimitri then shoots and kills the dog. Milo is traumatized upon realizing that he killed Gaston, but Dimitri calms Milo down. The two then find Vanessa (Mrs. Koppelman) dead in the swimming pool.

Milo says that he will warn the students and tells Dimitri to check on Anya, and that Dimitri and Milo will later meet at the dorm. Dimitri tells Milo to take Gaston's car, which he does.

Dimitri arrives at Anya's house and tells her that they need to evacuate. A few seconds later, as the howling of dogs is heard in the far distance, her dog begins trembling.

Back at SU, Milo gathers the students in the lobby of the dorm. He tells them about the dog attacks, that he will walk them over to the library in five minutes, and that the campus will be evacuated in the morning. The students do not take Milo seriously, but grudgingly agree to his orders. One of the students named Marco Diaz (Cory) tells Milo that Marco's roommate, the overweight Soos Ramirez (Howard Kaplan), was hungry and went to the cafeteria. There, Soos finds milk and rolls, but is quickly confronted by some barking dogs. Milo arrives and tells the panicked Soos to throw the food to the dogs, which he does. Two of the dogs goes after the food and Milo attempts to shoot the another. He turns out to be out of bullets, but he disables the dog by striking it with the rifle. He and Soos leave and head for the dorm.

Back at the dorm, the students, having concluded that Milo has forgotten about them, walk to the library themselves.

Back at Anya's house, as Anya goes to get dressed, she screams. A dog walks into the living room, and is quickly shot and killed by Dimitri. However, several more dogs enter within a few seconds. Dimitri and Anya, holding her dog, exit the house.

Milo and Soos arrive back at the dorm, finding it abandoned. Meanwhile, the other students are attacked by a pack of dogs and most of them barely escape into the library.

In Anya's garage, Dimitri and Anya board the door into the house. As they get into Anya's car to leave, along with her dog, Anya realizes that she left the keys in the house. Dimitri tries to hotwire the car, but before he succeeds, the sound of the dogs stop. Dimitri and Anya go to the door from the garage to the house, but Dimitri then decides that they should not go in. A few seconds later, a dog starts to enter through a doggy door. Dimitri boards it, but then dogs try to enter through another doggy door. One of the dogs grabs Dimitri by the leg and starts to pull on him, but he is rescued by Anya and the two take refuge in the car. One of the dogs then tears through the wall and the pack enters.

Back at SU, Milo and Soos are close to the library when they find two of the students dead. Soos panics and runs toward the library. Milo warns him to watch out. Soos desperately begs the students to let him in. However, a large dog jumps on him, knocking him through the glass door, and allowing the pack to enter. They presumably kill all the students. After the dogs leave, Milo finds the dead students in and near the library and looks resigned and realizing that he failed to evacuate the students.

Dimitri and Anya are chased by the dogs but they are able to drive away. Seeing a college police car on the side of the road, they stop and see three dead bodies, one of them being Milo. And now Dimitri looks resigned too. Dimitri and Anya drive away in their car, and the man on the radio tells them that dog attacks very similar are happening in neighboring communities and that dogs were the only species in the attacks. While they are driving away, however, a cat (potrated by Tab) makes a threatening sound.

## Cast:

* Harlan Thompson - Dimitri / Dimitri Floydorovich Sudayev / Dimitry Nikolayevich Antonov (Anastasia)
* Michael Fitzgerald - Milo James Thatch (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)
* Caroline Donoghue - Anastasia / Anastasia Nikolayevna Romanov (Anastasia)
* Jimmy Goodman - Sheriff Sam Brown (Home on the Range)
* Miss Engle - Belle (Animated; Beauty and the Beast; 1991)
* Aintry - Prince Adam (Animated; Beauty and the Beast; 1991)
* Dr. Martin Koopelman - Gaston (Animated; Beauty and the Beast; 1991)
* Mrs. Louise Koopelman - Vanessa (Animated; The Little Mermaid; 1989)
* Howard Kaplan - Soos Ramirez (Gravity Falls)
* Larry Ludecky - Amos Slade (The Fox and the Hound)
* Homer - Mr. Homer Zuckerman (Charlotte's Web; 1973)
* Nichols - Mr. Arable (Charlotte's Web; 1973)
* Mike - Eugene "Flynn Rider" Fitzherbert (Tangled)
* Robert Johnson - William C. Clayton (Tarzan)
* Fremont - Shaw (Open Season)
* Dr. Taggart - Doctor (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish)
* Carl - Shawn (Total Drama)
* Dick Huber - Trent (Total Drama)
* Mrs. Mary McDougal - Widow Tweed (The Fox and the Hound)
* Robbie Pulaski - Bobby Santiago (The Loud House / The Casagrandes)
* Cory - Marco Diaz (Star Vs. the Forces of Evil)
* Annie Watson - Sissi (Simsala Grimm)
* Marilyn Holly - Fa Mulan (Animated / Mulan; 1998)
* The Pack of Dogs - Roscoe and DeSoto (Oliver & Company), John, Jerome (Ginga) and Thunderbolt (101 Dalmatians), Ruby and Cherry (HouseBroken), Pongo (Animated / 101 Dalmatians; 1961), Legend the Collie (Strange World), Paco the Collie (Ferdinand), Danny the Great Dane (Animated / 101 Dalmatians; 1961), Dug (Up), Carter (HouseBroken), Talyllyn (The Black Cauldron), Lady (Animated / Lady and the Tramp; 1955), Hannibal the Dog (The Seventh Brother) and Bruno the Dog (Cinderella; 1950)
* Larry Ludecky's Dog - Dodger (Oliver and Company)
* Cricket the Dog - Pooka (Anastasia)
* Cat in the end of the Film - Tab the Cat (Watership Down; 1978)

## Scenes Index:

1. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 1 -Opening Credits / The Party / Meets Milo James Thatch
2. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 2 - Amos Slade's Cows are Dead / Milo's Class about the Pheromones
3. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 3 - Examining the Cows / Amos Slade's Death
4. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 4 - At the Night Club / A Phone Call from Doctor / Dimitri and Anya's Talk
5. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 5 - Dogs Attack on Trent and Willow Tweed / Taking Anya to her House
6. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 6 - Dimitri and Milo's Conversation / Dimitri's Conclusion / Warning to Gaston
7. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 7 - The Kindergarden's Dog Show
8. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 8 - People Founds Out about the Dogs Pack / The Experiment / Calling the Governor
9. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 9 - The Hunting / Ambush!
10. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 10 - Belle and Adam's Conversation / Belle's Death
11. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 11 - At the Police Station / Gaston Gets Attacked / Gaston and Vanessa's Death
12. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 12 - Dimitri Warns to Anya / Going to University / Soos and the Barking Dogs
13. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 13 - Dogs Attacks Anya's House / The Chase
14. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 14 - Dimitri and Anya Trying to Escape / Dogs Kills All Studients
15. "Dogs (1976 / Davidchannel)" Part 15 - Dimitri and Anya Escapes from the Dogs / Milo's Dead / Ending Credits

## Characters Gallery:

Dimitri / Dimitri Floydorovich Sudayev / Dimitry Nikolayevich Antonov as Harlan ThompsonMilo James Thatch as Michael FitzgeraldAnastasia / Anastasia Nikolayevna Romanov as Caroline DonoghueSheriff Sam Brown as Jimmy GoodmanBelle (Animated / 1991) as Miss EnglePrince Adam (Animated; 1991) as AintryGaston LeGume (Animated; 1991) as Dr. Martin KoopelmanVanessa (Animated; 1989) as Mrs. Louise KoopelmanJesus "Soos" Ramirez as Howard KaplanAmos Slade as Larry LudeckyMr. Homer Zuckerman as HomerMr. Arable as NicholsEugene "Flynn Rider" Fitzherbert as MikeWilliam C. Clayton as Robert JohnsonShaw as FremontDoctor (Puss in Boots) as Dr. TaggartShawn as CarlTrent as Dick HuberWidow Tweed as Mrs. Mary McDougalBobby Santiago as Robbie PulaskiMarco Diaz as CorySissi as Annie WatsonFa Mulan (Animated; 1998) as Marilyn HollyRoscoe and DeSoto the Dobermans,John,Jerome,Thunderbolt the German Shepherd,Ruby,Cherry the Irish Setters,Pongo (Animated; 1961),Legend the Collie,Paco the Collie,Danny the Great Dane (Animated; 1961),Dug the Golden Retriever,Carter the Terrier,Talyllyn the Dog,Lady (Animated; 1955),Hannibal the Dog,and Bruno the Bloodhound (Animated; 1950) as the Pack of DogsDodger as Larry Ludecky's DogPooka as Cricket the DogTab the Cat as the Cat in the End of the Film
## Species Cast:

* Domestic Dog (*Canis lupus familiaris*)
* Domestic Cat (*Felis catus*)

## Another Canine Horror films:

* The Pack (1977; Davidchannel)
* Doc (Cujo; 1983)
* Man's Best Friend (Davidchannel)