The Wolf Man (1941) directed by George Waggner
I have to admit, I picked this Universal horror movie to watch mostly because the trailer for the remake gave me a taste for it. That, and all the cool kids are watching Universal horror movies this Halloween. You've gotta love Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot in this movie. He's just this damned nice guy who has some really rotten luck. All Larry wants to do is reintegrate into his old home town and get to know the folks living there. Instead, he's almost immediately bit by a werewolf and accused of murder, causing the whole town to hate and fear him. In the end, his dad has to beat him to death with a silver-tipped cane. Pretty grim stuff. I think it's a law that werewolf movies can never end well for the werewolf, no matter how likable. (7/10)
14 October 2009
6WH: October 14th
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ReplyDeleteHey I'm one of the clue kids!
Revisiting many of the films this year, it's sort of surprising how dark the Universal movies could. "The Black Cat" is amazingly twisted for a flick made in the early thirties.
Friday, October 16, 2009, 00:48:16