Amazon.com: Over 10 years after first turning down the role, Bela Lugosi donned the neck bolts and platform boots to play Frankenstein's monster for the first and only time in Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman. Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr., reprising his most famous role), killed at the end of The Wolf Man, is inexplicably alive and searching for the brilliant Dr. Frankenstein but instead finds the Monster, frozen in ice beneath the castle, and an ambitious scientist (Patric Knowles) who revives the creature and promises to cure Larry. Lugosi is lurching and clumsy as the Monster, while Chaney is appropriately tortured as Larry but stiff and snarly as the Wolf Man, more man than wolf. Last-minute cuts by the studio renders much of the film incomprehensible: the monster was left blind and vocal at the end of Ghost of Frankenstein, but all references to either were deleted (which partly accounts for Lugosi's performance) and he's now sighted but mute. Roy William Neill, a talented B-movie director best known for his Sherlock Holmes films with Basil Rathbone, can't do much with the perfunctory script, but he does deliver a highly entertaining conclusion: the Wolf Man battles the Monster while a spectacular disaster (accomplished with obvious but charming models) wipes the castle off the face of the earth... at least until House of Frankenstein the next year. --Sean Axmaker
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Rating: - A fun movie despite the flaws
Before there was Freddy Vs Jason there was Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man. I suppose it was only fitting this would happen sooner or later seeing as Universal was behind the Monster movies so why not take advantage of it? This was the first of the crossover movies and quite possibly the best although this movie is far from perfect and does have its fair share of flaws.
Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein are two of the greatest horror flicks ever made due to the brilliant performance by Boris Karloff and the direction by James Whale, but after Whale left the series Son of Frankenstein ... Read More
Rating: - Universal's First Monster Mash
Slickly produced, "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" was the first of Universal's monster pairings. This 1943 sequel remains a memorable showcase for Lon Chaney Jr.'s tragic werewolf - highlighted by excellent transformation sequences. Due to post-production tampering, Bela Lugosi's portrayal of the Frankenstein Monster proved less effective (the studio eliminated all references to his blindness). Nevertheless, Bela has a priceless moment when the Monster displays a wicked smile after regaining his full power. The long-awaited "rumble in the castle" is a horror-movie classic. "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ... Read More
Rating: - THE FIRST MONSTER TEAM UP IN THE HISTORY OF FILM MAKING!
I'm sure when this film hit theaters, kids couldn't wait to go see this! Although it doesn't deliver that much in the way of the two monsters meeting, it has one of the most memorable beginnings in any of the Universal horror films. This film is actually the sequel to two films 'The Ghost Of Frankenstein' and 'The Wolfman' and the beginning of this film deals with the Wolfman. A very atmospheric graveyard scene with two grave robbers finding their way to the Talbot mausoleum. They break in and find the seemingly final resting place of Larry Talbot A.K.A. The Wolfman. This is a very chilling scene and it ... Read More
Rating: - Releasing the Monster Again
There is a full moon over a graveyard. Two men approach the TALBOT mausoleum and break in. They find the casket of Lawrence Talbot and search for a gold ring. Things go awry! Next a constable finds an injured man in the street. Taken to a hospital he quickly revives. But a full moon brings out a new side to his character, and the result is an anti-social act. Would psychoanalysis cure him? Can medical science prevent recurring bad times? The doctor consults a thick book and finds a definition that covers his delusion. The police Inspector and the doctor visit the mausoleum and find the empty casket. How ... Read More
Rating: - FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN PROMISES MUCH ----- BUT DOES IT DELIVER?
IN AN NUTSHELL: THIS FILM IS INCLUDED IN THE 'WOLFMAN LEGACY COLL' on DVD!
Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman, Directed by Roy William Neill stars both Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolfman and Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein. Screenwriter Curt Siodmak, who wrote the original Wolfman with Lon Chaney the year before, gave life back to both deceased monsters and the result was interesting and promising.
The visuals are provided mostly via the use of miniatures and remnants of the old Frankenstein set with Universal's european village backlot set thrown in for atmosphere. Though the plot is hardly ... Read More
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