Claude Rains, Lon Chaney Jr, Warren William, Maria Ouspenskaya
A practical man returns to his homeland, is attacked by a creature of folklore, and imbued with a malady his disciplined mind tells him can not possibly exist.
DVD Release Date: August 28, 2001
Stats: 465 reviews
I can say in all honestly that The Wolf Man isn't a great movie. It's hokey, dated and generally flawed. But it also has a great cast and is well ahead of its time. The set design is fantastic, the photography is gorgeously eerie and for 1941 the creature design was exquisite. Un...( read more)
If you contrast Universal's The Wolf Man with Val Lewton's The Cat People you'll see two distinctly different styles that both work extremely well. Where Lewton's "evil" is conveyed in shadowy silhouettes and off-screen transformations, Universal's formula called f...( read more)
This is in my opinion the greatest of the universal cycle. It may not have the spine chilling effect of Dracula nor the character in-depth of Frankenstein but in terms of a true horror movie this rules by far. After the 1935 Werewolf Of London, Universal decided to give Lon Chan...( read more)
i'm not even gonna quote the verse of folk poem coz everybody has heard it before... for its time this isn't too bad. the best thing about this is the tension it builds and creates throughout. much better than the first frankenstein flick which was a horror abortion... nothing li...( read more)
Lon Chaney portrays psychological torment, guilt, and conflict so well in this film. These feelings are so absent in this century. Larry Talbot, in contrast to public officials and corporate executives, wants to do the right thing, and feels remorse at the suffering that he has c...( read more)
The plot is set up very well. However everything that had been establish so well comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying conclusion. It's almost as if they were over budget or were running out of film.
Even though the wolf man is sorta the shaggy dog of the Universal monsters it may be my favorite (maybe because I really like Lon Chaney Jr & have since I saw Man Made Monster). Plus this has the added bonus of Bela Lugosi (all though brief) as a gypsy & eventually a werewolf. ...( read more)
Individuals who look for special effects for rating a movie great truely do not understand what makes a movie. For its time of low budget movies, it (the WOLFMAN) was the best. The mental anguish suffered by the victim (Lon Chaney) was really what the movie was about. It is among...( read more)
"Even a man who is pure at heart, and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright"
beware of the wolf man!!!!
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