This terrifying and horrifyng movie deals with a man called Larry Talbot : Lon Chaney Jr, goes back to his homeland - named Talbot Castle-, after eighteen years, there he meets his father John Talbot : Claude Rains . There is a small village near Talbot Castle which still claims to have had gruesome experiences with a supernatural creature. Later on, Larry is attacked by a strange night creature of traditional folklore and he is infected by a horrible disease.
Classic wolfman movie with drama, suspense, and horror with mysterious touches. The picture has the classy canon to follow lots of remakes, reboots, sequels, copies and imitations . It packs an excellent scenario plenty of fog, sinister setting and adequate makeup. The film talks about Lycanthropy or Werewolfism as a disease of the mind in which human beings imagine they are wolfmen. According to an old legend which persists in certain localities, the victims actually assume the physical characteristics of the animals and the sign of the werewolf is a five-pointed star, a pentagram, enclosing a circle. The cast is pretty good, displaying acceptable interpretations. As Lon Chaney Jr, son of the great Lon Chaney, The man of thousand faces, . Chaney Jr plays appropriately the unfortunate young who is bitten during an attack transformed by the full moon into a wolfman, undergoing a hirsute change, and he bears a magnificent makeup by Jack Pierce. While Evelyn Ankers as an antiques shop owner is his love interest who is also in love for Patrick Knowles. Claude Rains as John Talbot interprets perfectly his father . Warren William plays a doctor, while Ralph Bellamy plays a police inspector. Special mention for Maria Ouspenskaya giving a creepy and eerie acting as a mysterious Zingara. While Bela Lugosi as a suspicious gypsy fortune teller delivers a brief but astounding performance. The motion picture with interesting and well-knit script by Curt Siodmak was compellingly directed by George Waggner.
After The Wolfman 1941 went on a series of films about this creature, though before being directed in 1935 Werewolf of London by Stuart Walker with Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson. Following : I was a teenage werewolf by Gene Fowler Jr with Michael Landon. The curse of werewolf 1961 by Terence Fisher with Oliver Reed, Clifford Evans, Yvonne Romain. The American werewolf in London 1981 by John Landis with David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter. An American werewolf in Paris 1997 with Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy. The modern remake : The wolfman 2010 by Joe Johnston with Benicio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, David Schofield. And in Europe outstanded Paul Naschy or Jacinto Molina who played and directed a lot of wolfman movies as Waldemar Daninsky.
Classic wolfman movie with drama, suspense, and horror with mysterious touches. The picture has the classy canon to follow lots of remakes, reboots, sequels, copies and imitations . It packs an excellent scenario plenty of fog, sinister setting and adequate makeup. The film talks about Lycanthropy or Werewolfism as a disease of the mind in which human beings imagine they are wolfmen. According to an old legend which persists in certain localities, the victims actually assume the physical characteristics of the animals and the sign of the werewolf is a five-pointed star, a pentagram, enclosing a circle. The cast is pretty good, displaying acceptable interpretations. As Lon Chaney Jr, son of the great Lon Chaney, The man of thousand faces, . Chaney Jr plays appropriately the unfortunate young who is bitten during an attack transformed by the full moon into a wolfman, undergoing a hirsute change, and he bears a magnificent makeup by Jack Pierce. While Evelyn Ankers as an antiques shop owner is his love interest who is also in love for Patrick Knowles. Claude Rains as John Talbot interprets perfectly his father . Warren William plays a doctor, while Ralph Bellamy plays a police inspector. Special mention for Maria Ouspenskaya giving a creepy and eerie acting as a mysterious Zingara. While Bela Lugosi as a suspicious gypsy fortune teller delivers a brief but astounding performance. The motion picture with interesting and well-knit script by Curt Siodmak was compellingly directed by George Waggner.
After The Wolfman 1941 went on a series of films about this creature, though before being directed in 1935 Werewolf of London by Stuart Walker with Henry Hull, Warner Oland, Valerie Hobson. Following : I was a teenage werewolf by Gene Fowler Jr with Michael Landon. The curse of werewolf 1961 by Terence Fisher with Oliver Reed, Clifford Evans, Yvonne Romain. The American werewolf in London 1981 by John Landis with David Naughton, Griffin Dunne, Jenny Agutter. An American werewolf in Paris 1997 with Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy. The modern remake : The wolfman 2010 by Joe Johnston with Benicio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, David Schofield. And in Europe outstanded Paul Naschy or Jacinto Molina who played and directed a lot of wolfman movies as Waldemar Daninsky.