Review of The Wolf Man (1941) by Ian G — 24 Dec 2014
A pretty stellar cast is assembled for this Universal creature feature including not just one but two horror Icons in Lon Chaney Jr and Bela Lugosi as two separate generations of the titular character.
Focusing on Lon's character coming back from abroad to his fathers estate only to be attacked shortly after his arrival by a werewolf and having its powers transfer to him, you gradually are introduced to all of the standard tropes of the beast here including the silver, wolfsbane and the like, as well as the perfect fog and Victorian like stately ground the werewolf preys in.
A must watch for all horror films and given the make up constrants of the time the cross dissolves are a great technique in assistating with the transformations. Top notch.
This review of The Wolf Man (1941) was written by Ian G on 24 Dec 2014.
The Wolf Man has generally received positive reviews.
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