It’s been forever and a day since I’ve watched this one. This is a REALLY well put together film!
The story clicks along and makes some sort of sense, the acting is above par for even the Universal horrors, and it is damned entertaining!
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
A Death Fight... Between Two Beasts!
Rating
3.5 (1)
Release Date
3/5/1943Runtime
74 minsGenres
Overview
Grave robbers open the grave of the wolf man and awaken him. He doesn't like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full so tries to find Dr. Frankenstein, in the hopes that the doctor can cure him. Dr. Frankenstein has died; however, his monster is found.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$1,200,000Revenue
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How It Feels
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A monster seeking escape from his own nature encounters another creature like himself in a collision of Universal's classic creations. The film captures the tragedy of beings cursed to cause suffering, playing the two monsters as reluctant antagonists rather than willing villains.
Mood
Dread-soakedUnsettlingMelancholic
Themes
MortalityObsessionIsolation
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Steady
Look
Black and whiteFormalist
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence
Lon Chaney Jr.
Lawrence 'Larry' Stewart Talbot / The Wolf Man
Bela Lugosi
The Frankenstein Monster
Patric Knowles
Dr. Frank Mannering
Ilona Massey
Baroness Elsa Frankenstein
Maria Ouspenskaya
Maleva the Gypsy
Dennis Hoey
Inspector Owen
Lionel Atwill
Mayor of Vasaria
Rex Evans
Vazec the Innkeeper
Dwight Frye
Rudi a Vasarian
Don Barclay
Franzec a Vasarian
Harry Stubbs
Guno a Vasaria Policeman
Cyril Delevanti
Freddy Jolly the 1st Grave Robber (uncredited)
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The Wolf Man Collection
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