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luisj40	WEREWOLF OF LONDON	Lead	[-]
Posts: 2876 (10/31/06 15:26:25) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Since we have been discussing the Top Ten Werewolf movies in "The World of Horror" forum I was wondering if anyone knew if Universal's WEREWOLF OF LONDON was the first movie on the subject of werewolves?
Howling Beast	Re: WEREWOLF OF LONDON	#1	[-]
Posts: 2252 (10/31/06 15:32:34) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	*Quote:* I was wondering if anyone knew if Universal's WEREWOLF OF LONDON was the first movie on the subject of werewolves? I believe there was a silent werewolf film from around the 1910 era. I can't remember exactly what it was called (it may have simply been THE WEREWOLF). If I remember correctly, it is a lost film. I'm thinking there may have also been another werewolf film from the 20's, obviously silent as well. No clue about a title or any exact info on that one. Brant
Cushing	Re:WEREWOLF OF LONDON	#2	[-]
Posts: 611 (11/03/06 18:19:12) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have always like the makeup from Werewolf of London. I don't think it is better or less than Chaney's from the Wolfman. I think Hull's has a more sinister look to it.
Howling Beast	Re: Re:WEREWOLF OF LONDON	#3	[-]
Posts: 2252 (11/03/06 18:31:29) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	*Quote:* I have always like the makeup from Werewolf of London. I don't think it is better or less than Chaney's from the Wolfman. I Hull's has a more sinister look to it. I read somewhere (that escapes me now) that the original makeup for this film was supposed to be more like the one that was ultimately seen on Lon Chaney JR in THE WOLFMAN, but Hull was claustrophobic and couldn't handle it. I seem to remember seeing a still of Jack Pierce applying a wolf-like snout to Hull, which obviously was never used. I like the way the final makeup ended up too, almost a Mr. Hyde type of look. Brant
HombreLobo44	Re: Re:WEREWOLF OF LONDON	#4	[-]
Posts: 1832 (11/04/06 02:58:58) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Werewolf of London has grown on me over the years. I didn't like it much as a kid since Hull basically does more of a Jekyll and Hyde take on lycanthrope than a full blown wolf transformation. he even has the presence to don a coat and hat before going out for a bite! Now I find the film to be a lot of fun and that attack seen on the prostitute at the zoo is actually quite unnerving. i have always found the werewolf that bit Henry Hull to be quite creepy at the beginning. The first werewolf film came out in 1917 according to IMDB and was culled from the american indian mythology of shape shifting to a wolf. I believe it is a female werewolf too, out to avenge her husband's death. Simple dissolves were used to simulate her transformation into a real wolf. Oh and the tilte was indeed, The Werewolf and the film ran a mere 18 minutes. Also it is indeed a lost film having been destroyed in a fire. Bummer. HombreLobo44
luisj40	Re: Re:WEREWOLF OF LONDON	#5	[-]
Posts: 2876 (11/05/06 13:31:37) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks for the info Hombre Lobo. Now you won't get mad if I call WEREWOLF OF LONDON the granddaddy werewolf movie of the talking era?
Joe Karlosi	Re: Re:WEREWOLF OF LONDON	#6	[-]
Posts: 92 (09/24/07 15:59:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I like WEREWOLF OF LONDON well enough, but it'll always be sort of a "so-so" entry in the Universal series for me. I love the understated werewolf makeup.... I think Warner Oland is good as Yogami..... Hull plays a rather unlikable lycnathrope, but I guess at least it's different from poor Talbot. I can take or leave Lester Matthews... and Valerie Hobson has never been one of my favorites, though she's not as "over the top" here as she is in BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN. ---------------------- "It's MORE ... than a hobby!"
Cinema Bill.monsterkidclass...		#7	[-]
Posts: 1 (05/05/08 13:37:44) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I have always found the Werewolf of London to be fine example of early Universal monster movie making. The acting was very "stage oriented" but the story and special effects were very innovative. Hull Moving from pillar to pillar and changing as he moves was a terrific effect. True His character was not very sympathetic but that was alright. Chaney's Talbot was a man at the wrong place at the wrong time. Hull was a scientist looking for an answer and willing to test fate to get it. But in the end, both were victims of fate.
Koukol 5		#8	[-]
Posts: 1707 (05/05/08 13:50:25) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Last time I watched WoL I was a little bored. I liked the makeup, which I agree is a little more evil looking than Chaney's, I also liked the early scene where Hull gets bit. But then it kinda drags for me.
Latarnia		#9	[-]
Posts: 11180 (05/05/08 14:41:16) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Welcome to the forums, Cinema Bill! Mirek
Cinema Bill.monsterkidclass...		#10	[-]
Posts: 3 (05/05/08 15:19:29) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thank you, Latarnia. I'm very happy to be here.

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