Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
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After awakening from a four-year slumber, Larry Talbot tries to convince doctors that he is a...
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The Jungle Book (1967)
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In this classic Walt Disney animation based on Rudyard Kipling's book, Mowgli, an abandoned child...
The Wolf Man (1941)
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Lawrence "Larry" Talbot returns to his ancestral home in Wales to reconcile with his father. After...
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Awix (3310 KP) rated The Wolf Man (1941) in Movies
May 8, 2021
Solid story, decently structured; the wolf man make-up is honestly not that great, and neither is Chaney's performance, but the rest of the cast is decent and the plot rattles along. Notable as the film which established the 'rules' of lycanthropy as far as mainstream cinema is concerned. As ever, probably more interesting from a historical point of view than as a genuine piece of entertainment, but still a film which has deservedly resonated in the culture.
Connor Sheffield (293 KP) rated The Wolf Man (1941) in Movies
May 25, 2017
Heard that before in other werewolf movies, well this was it's origin. Created purely for the film, this poem even had some people believing it was an original folklore saying. If you have watched a handful of werewolf movies, then you will have noticed a lot of similarities;
- Silver bullets
- Wolfsbane
- Full Moon
- Not being able to retreat their acts from their loved ones
- Pentagrams
- Gypsies
- Gypsy Curses
- A Bite or scratch from the werewolf turns you
Some of these were originally created by the writers working on this film, and have become stereotypes that inspire many other werewolf films, TV Shows, Books, and Games etc.
The portrayal of Lawrence Talbot, by Lon Chaney Jr. is one that makes the classic Universal Monsters so special. Just like Frankenstein's Monster, the audiences of the 40's would have been frightened and horrified by these creatures, enough so that they wouldn't realise that they are in actual fact, suppose to sympathize with them, because when you watch the creatures being chased and hunted,the angry mobs fail to understand that these creatures never wanted this. Frankenstein's Monster never asked to be created, or to have the brain of a criminal mistakenly placed into his head instead of that of a civilized man. Larry Talbot never asked for the Wolf Man's curse, which he encountered whilst trying to save the life of a young female friend of his love interest.
With a great story and, at the time, revolutionary stop motion effects for the wolf man transformation, but of course the most important aspect, the beautifully crafted practical effects, the makeup that brings the creature to life, is incredible. My favourite of the classic Universal Monster Movies and one of my favourite movies of all time.
Robin Hood (Disney) (1973)
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An imaginative Disney version of the Robin Hood legend. Fun and romance abound as the swashbuckling...
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One of the most celebrated and controversial Native American medicine men of the 20th century,...