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My favorite of the old classics. I watched it again recently. I love the creepy atmosphere with the light, shadows, & fog. Lon Chaney was great!!! The gypsy was a creepy cool character too. Great little film that's stood the test of time.
Posted By: kyle.voorhees at 12:24pm, August 20, 2009
Another landmark classic for Universal horror. The film is nearly flawless much like the other two big horror series (Dracula and Frankenstein) despite coming 10 years after the other two series launched. Lon Chaney Jr. is great as Larry Talbot, the poor soul inundated with becoming a werewolf. Claude Rains is also damned good as his father who unwittingly ends his own son's life.
the best werewolf movie! i feel for the charactors, this movie is just PURE classic. i have the wolf man collection dvd set. i have loved this movie since i was a kid. no other werewolf film can beat it!
This is the real deal, kiddies: one of the four great early monsters (the other three being Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Mummy) that would inspire and be copied for decades to come. All of the cheesy fifties drive-in flicks and modern blockbuster knock-offs combined can’t even come close to this.
The special effects were pretty damn fancy in their day: they actually depict Lon Chaney transforming into the werewolf. And although they are drastically dated by today’s standards, they still manage to be amazingly creepy and memorable in their antiquity. These transformation scenes are some of the best, most lasting moments in horror history.
Chaney is the man. No one else would ever play the famous “Wolf-Man” (or any other werewolf, for that matter) in the same way again. The role is his; no one can ever claim it. His panic and utter terror as he realizes his twisted fate is incredibly striking, and the feeling of dread as the full moon really, I believe, rubs off on the audience. When he becomes the actual wolf, Chaney’s hungry snarl and ferocious movements are absolutely vicious. The character is legitimately frightening, which is huge considering that so few characters are, and also remembering that this film is nearly 70 years old.
The thick, stage-like atmosphere that characterizes these films is out in full-force here. The foggy old streets and misty graveyards are as effective as ever.
Come on, as a horror fan, you need to see this. It’s where it all started. The innumerable sequels that were churned out during the sci-fi craze of the 40s and 50s are a mixed bag: some were surprisingly good, some were bad and didn’t make sense. Either way, none of them lived up to the original, in my opinion. You can of course get the original on any number of huge compilations with these successors. Whatever you do, just see it!
This is the real deal, kiddies: one of the four great early monsters (the other three being Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Mummy) that would inspire and be copied for decades to come. All of the cheesy fifties drive-in flicks and modern blockbuster knock-offs combined can’t even come close to this.
The special effects were pretty damn fancy in their day: they actually depict Lon Chaney transforming into the werewolf. And although they are drastically dated by today’s standards, they still manage to be amazingly creepy and memorable in their antiquity. These transformation scenes are some of the best, most lasting moments in horror history.
Chaney is the man. No one else would ever play the famous “Wolf-Man” (or any other werewolf, for that matter) in the same way again. The role is his; no one can ever claim it. His panic and utter terror as he realizes his twisted fate is incredibly striking, and the feeling of dread as the full moon really, I believe, rubs off on the audience. When he becomes the actual wolf, Chaney’s hungry snarl and ferocious movements are absolutely vicious. The character is legitimately frightening, which is huge considering that so few characters are, and also remembering that this film is nearly 70 years old.
The thick, stage-like atmosphere that characterizes these films is out in full-force here. The foggy old streets and misty graveyards are as effective as ever.
Come on, as a horror fan, you need to see this. It’s where it all started. The innumerable sequels that were churned out during the sci-fi craze of the 40s and 50s are a mixed bag: some were surprisingly good, some were bad and didn’t make sense. Either way, none of them lived up to the original, in my opinion. You can of course get the original on any number of huge compilations with these successors. Whatever you do, just see it!
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