frankenstein meets the wolf man
the climactic transformation scene from frankenstein meets the wolf man (1943). urltoken
frankenstein meets the wolf man currently holds a 25% maximum approval on rotten tomatoes .
larry grows nicely here, by the way, and frankenstein meets the wolf man is a natural progression from the wolf man. well, minus the frankenstein part .
frankenstein meets the wolf man has been made available on vhs, dvd and is a bonus feature film on the wolf man legacy collection dvd .
frankenstein meets the wolf man currently holds a 25% approval rating on rotten tomatoes. [ 5 ]
columbia' s return of the vampire was the (unauthorized) dracula meets the wolf man .
ilona massey bela lugosi lon chaney jr in movie art for the film' frankenstein meets the wolf man', 1943 .
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frankenstein meets the wolf man - this serves as the 5th in the frankenstein series and a sequel to the wolf man. don' t expect a big all - out war like freddy vs. jason or alien vs .
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the 2009 film house of the wolf man is a tribute to frankenstein meets the wolf man and universal' s other
monster mash
films and also features a climactic clash between frankenstein' s monster and a werewolf .
two hapless freight handlers find themselves encountering dracula, the frankenstein monster and the wolf man .
1961 magazine cover depicting the climactic battle between frankenstein' s monster and the wolf man .
the wolf man appeared last in his own 1941 film, the wolf man, while the frankenstein monster appeared last in ghost of frankenstein. they both appear next in the 1944 film, house of frankenstein .
fortunately for universal horror fans the wolf man and the monster live to fight another day. unfortunately for the pickier universal horror fans, frankenstein meets the wolf man slaughters continuity and hacks at the larger cycle of films .
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the opening of frankenstein meets the wolf man appears ominous. two grave robbers break into the tomb of larry talbot, the wolf man. the film follows the violent journey of the wolf man as he searches for the whereabouts of frankenstein. the wolf man discovers frozen in the ice, frankenstein' s creature, who he sets free. he meets with baroness elsa frankenstein, who leads him to frankenstein' s life work the secret of life and death. frankenstein' s secrets are revealed, and the characters prepare to continue his gruesome work .
frankenstein meets the wolf man' with lon chaney, bela lugosi, patric knowles and ilona massey
. march 6, 1943: p. 38 .
frankenstein meets the wolf man originated as a jest by curt siodmak, writer or co - writer of a few films we’ve talked about this month: the invisible man returns (1940), the wolf man (1941), and invisible agent (1942) .
the wolf man asks one of dr. frankenstein' s descendants to find a cure for lycanthropy .
further proving the importance of the wolf man to universal monster history is that in all of the 1940 sequels including 1943’s frankenstein meets the wolf man, 1944’s house of frankenstein, 1945’s house of dracula, as well as in 1948’s abbott and costello meet frankenstein, multiple actors play different versions of dracula, the mummy, frankenstein’s monster, the invisible man, etc .
lon chaney, jr. as lawrence
larry
talbot / the wolf man
ironically, frankenstein meets the wolf man began as nothing more than a joke by screenwriter curt siodmak. siodmak had just written the screenplay for universal' s mega horror hit, the wolf man, released in 1941. george waggner had produced and directed the film .
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waggner took him up on his idea and announced his new writing job was indeed to be frankenstein meets the wolf man, on the very day payment fell due for his car .
frustrating or not, the dvd version of the frankenstein: complete legacy collection included frankenstein (1931), the bride of frankenstein (1935), son of frankenstein (1939), the ghost of frankenstein (1942), frankenstein meets the wolf man (1943), house of frankenstein (1944), house of dracula (1945), and abbott and costello meet frankenstein (1948), plus extras .
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in short, this is the moment where the wolf man became the agent coulson of 1940s cinema .
frankenstein meets the wolf man: bela lugosi as frankenstein' s monster and lon chaney, jr. as the cursed wolf man collide in one of the great classic horror films of the 1940s. beginning as a moody chiller, director roy william neill sets the stage for an unforgettable clash. the resurrected wolf man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of mad scientists patric knowles, who claims he will not only rid the wolf man of his nocturnal metamorphosis but will also revive the frozen body of frankenstein' s inhuman creation .
an evil scientist and his hunchbacked assistant escape from prison and encounter dracula, the wolf man and frankenstein' s monster .
frankenstein meets the wolf man is a universal horror movie from 1943. it is a cross over sequel for both the wolf man 1941 and the ghost of frankenstein and it is universal' s first monster mash film. it is today also recognized as the film that established the first
shared universe
by establishing that the four preceding frankenstein films, along with the wolf man existed in the same universe. later universal films would also add the three dracula films and a version of the invisible man to this shared universe .
’s financial success repeated itself when it was released on video cassette. in new york in the fall of 1986, nearly all the new york stores sold out of their copies of frankenstein meets the wolf man .
happy birthday to frankenstein meets the wolf man. i cannot find an earlier fictional character crossover in film history. two monsters for the price of one. a colossal battle royale for the ages. sure, frankenstein may meet the wolf man, but more importantly, frankenstein' s monster battles the wolf man. the film was released seventy years ago today, march 5, 1943, and remains one of the best known and best loved of universal studios' famous monsters films .
frankenstein meets the wolfman balances its weenies with precision. the competing storylines are given almost exactly the same amount of screen time .
i really love this film, one of the best in the frankenstein and wolf man series imo. but one thing i have always wondered about is that it really isn' t dr. frankenstein who meets the wolf man, but the monster. were they calling the monster frankenstein, even though he is supposed to be nameless? the same can be said about house of frankenstein, abbott and costello meet frankenstein, and other films. i think these are reasons why a lot of people think frankenstein is the name of the monster. i suppose it does sound better than the frankenstein monster meets the wolf man, but still it can be confusing to some people. what are your opinions on this and the film in general ?
frankenstein meets the wolf man, a universal studios production, was directed by roy william neill. the film came to movie theaters in the united states on march 5th, 1943. curt sidomak completed the original screenplay as the writer .
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sounding more like comic - book japes than a serious classic monster film, frankenstein meets the wolf man is surprisingly good. anecdotal evidence from screenwriter curt siodmak suggests the idea was initially presented by him as a joke to producer george waggner as he needed a new car. “i was sitting down at the universal commissary having lunch with [ him ] and i said, ‘george, why don’t we make a picture frankenstein wolfs the meat man – er, meets the wolf man? ’”
the sound score from the wolf man, composed by charles previn, hans j. salter and frank skinner is revisited in this film and is often regarded as a de facto theme song for the wolf man .
availability: frankenstein meets the wolf man has been released numerous times on dvd; some version is available from amazon or possibly your local video store / library. the film can also be rented or purchased through the major digital services .
there are several inconsistencies in terms of continuity between this film and the next. in frankenstein meets the wolf man, the primary setting is known as vasaria and is the location of frankenstein castle. it should be noted that this is the castle estate of ludwig frankenstein, not the watchtower laboratory of henry frankenstein. in house of frankenstein, the spelling of the village is changed to visaria, but castle frankenstein has now been returned to its original location in frankenstein village. as per house of frankenstein, it is a three day journey by carriage from frankenstein village to visaria .
i really love this film, one of the best in the frankenstein and wolf man series imo. but one thing i have always wondered about is that it really isn' t dr. frankenstein who meets the wolf man, but the monster. were they calling the monster frankenstein, even though he is supposed to be nameless? the same can be said about house of frankenstein, abbott and costello meet frankenstein, and other films. i think these are reasons why a lot of people think frankenstein is the name of the monster. i suppose it does sound better than the frankenstein monster meets the wolf man, but still it can be confusing to some people. what are your opinions on this and the film in general ?
in son of frankenstein, frazzled bathrobe comes out and admits that the great unwashed have already started referring to the monster by the name, frankenstein .
promotional photo of the creature (bela lugosi) and the wolf man (lon chaney, jr .) .
desperate to entice audiences to its waning horror series, universal decided to combine two of its most popular monsters - - frankenstein' s monster and the wolf man - - thus creating one sequel for two films: the ghost of frankenstein (1942) and the wolf man (1941). inexplicably alive after having been bludgeoned to death in the wolf man, lawrence talbot (lon... read more
final verdict: ugh. the addition of lon chaney jr gives this movie a much needed boost, but overall frankenstein meets the wolf man is not nearly as fun as its title suggests. the final battle takes up literally seconds of screentime .
crossover: this was the very first occasion in which characters from two previously unconnected films had met in such a way, thereby retroactively creating a shared universe in which frankenstein 1931, bride of frankenstein, son of frankenstein, the ghost of frankenstein and the wolf man 1941 existed .
frankenstein meets the wolf man (1943) is one of the earliest and most celebrated versus movies, though the title suggests the wolf man (played for the nth time by lon chaney jr .) is simply inviting friends around for tea. they are hardly seen together at all until the castle - set finale, with the wolf man taking on an anti - hero role and defending the human characters against bela lugosi’s monster. in typical fashion, it’s an even fight, as the wolf man’s agility clashes with the monster’s pure strength until they both perish in a climactic flood. well, until house of frankenstein (1944) .
the dog called “bruno” in the film is actually lon chaney jr’s dog, moose. chaney adopted the dog from the universal lot after moose played the wolf that bit him in the original “the wolf man” .
most crossover films pitting various characters from different series against each other are misleading, as they almost always ultimately favor one of the various attractions. once a bunch of commercially viable elements are bunched together for one property, so to speak, decisions of dramatic emphasis must be made. frankenstein meets the wolf man, for instance, while serving as the fifth of universal studios’ 1930s - and 1940s - era frankenstein films as well as a direct sequel to the wolf man, is really the wolf man’s movie .
frankenstein meets the wolf man (1943). universal monster team - up. stars: lon chaney jr, bela lugosi, ilona massey. director - roy william neill. moria - the science - fiction, horror and fantasy film review .
count dracula and the wolf man seek cures for their afflictions; a hunchbacked woman, a mad scientist and frankenstein' s monster have their own troubles .
final appearance of maria ouspenskaya as maleva. maleva previously appeared as the maternal figure to larry talbot in the wolf man .
frankenstein meets the wolf man is a poor follow - up to the ghost of frankenstein, the continuity of which is fragmented at times and thoroughly discarded at others. curt siodmak’s then unique premise does, however, allow for exceptional insight regarding the larry talbot character, whose journey from carefree young man to tortured soul reaches its darkest destination in this chilling installment .
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the monster begins to carry elsa away, but the wolf man attacks him, and she escapes from the castle with mannering. the wolf man and the monster then engage in a fight until they are both swept away in the flood that results when vazec dynamites the dam .
a direct sequel to the wolf man, frankenstein meets the wolf man wastes no time in establishing an eerie atmosphere. specifically, an assortment of grave markers and dead trees combine with the luminosity of a full moon, thereby encompassing the talbot mausoleum with a haunting picture of death, decay, and symbolic lunacy—all elements that serve to foreshadow the tormented existence of larry talbot following his “rebirth” via moonlight .
consequently, lugosi is onscreen literally for only a few minutes, leaving the wolf man as the film' s primary focus .
while lugosi lacked the elevated cheekbones, sunken features, and narrow jawline for which the monster is usually identified, frankenstein meets the wolf man will nonetheless appeal to fans of the latter character in its title. especially commendable is chaney’s nuanced acting, which reinforces the incredible concept of a man at war with his primal instincts—the true conflict underlying siodmak’s narrative .
larry talbot, the wolf man is back from the dead years later and is looking for a cure. talbot discovers that victor frankenstein can cure him and seeks him out, only to find frankenstein' s creation .
even the geography is a muddle since the monster resides in the vaguely swiss village of vasaria in both ghost and frankenstein meets the wolf man. and yet, when dr. niemann thaws him out ostensibly “six years later” in house of frankenstein, the village is now titled “village frankenstein, ” while niemann seeks to take larry, the monster, and the whole brood to his old lab…in vasaria .
and here plays a bit part as the mayor. lon chaney jr became famous as the wolf man in 1941, played the monster in
after being awakened, larry talbot chips frankenstein' s monster out of a block of ice. when talbot changes to the wolf man, the two creatures battle each other .
lon chaney jr. stars as the unfortunate larry talbot, who gets bitten by a werewolf and survives to carry the curse. in frankenstein meets the wolf man, larry seeks out dr. frankenstein to help him lift the curse, but encounters the doctor' s monster (bela lugosi) instead, which leads to a classic showdown .
as chaney himself indicated, the best monsters are motivated by factors beyond their control and elicit compassion from audiences as a result. frankenstein meets the wolf man contains the quintessential example of such, with one of its eponymous characters working to end his life and thus permanently kill the beast within .
bela lugosi as frankenstein' s monster and lon chaney, jr. as the cursed wolf man collide in one of the great classic horror films of the 1940s. beginning as a moody chiller, director roy william neill sets the stage for an unforgettable clash. the resurrected wolf man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of mad scientist patric knowles, who claims he will not only rid the wolf man of his nocturnal metamorphosis but will also revive the frozen body of frankenstein' s inhuman creation .
screenwriter curt siodmak claimed that during a lunch in the studio commissary he had joked to producer george waggner that he had a great title for a new film in the series (half - heartedly — he needed a down payment for a new car) :
frankenstein meets the wolfman ,
which he mispronounced as' frankenstein wolfs the meat man'. waggner, not known for a casual sense of humor, left to have his lunch; shortly thereafter, he called siodmak to his office, telling him to
go ahead, buy the car .
dumbfounded but pleased, the writer went to work. thus that next film was frankenstein meets the wolf man, which served as a sequel both to the wolf man and the ghost of frankenstein .
this, actually, is an extremely faithful direct sequel to the wolf man for the first half hour. once they get to frankenstein territory, then it' s something else again .
in the wolf man, larry talbot, played by the legendary lon chaney jr. (frankenstein meets the wolf man 1943, dracula vs. frankenstein 1971), returns home in llanwelly, wales; he looks to rekindle his relationship with his estranged father only to learn of his brother’s death. it is there where he falls in love with gwen conliffe, an antique shop owner, played by evelyn ankers (son of dracula 1943, the invisible man’s revenge 1944). talbot purchases a silver - headed walking stick decorated with a wolf to strike up a conversation with her. gwen tells talbot that the creature on his walking stick represents a werewolf, a man who changes into a wolf at certain times of the year .
frankenstein meets the wolf man has the skeletal structure of a really great movie. the concept is compelling, the story is solid, the cast is excellent, and the production quality is well above the “b” status the movie was given. what hamstrings this movie is the bewildering decisions made during the editing of the footage, particularly in regards to bela lugosi’s characterization of the monster .
oh, ain' t that the truth. i can recognize the faults of frankenstein meets the wolf man. i freely acknowledge that it' s not a patch on, at least, the two james whale frankenstein films. still, i think i could watch fmtwm once a week for the rest of my life and never tire of it. some of this has to
second and final horror film for hungarian actress ilona massey. she previously appeared in the 1942 movie the invisible agent. this is the second frankenstein film to feature the character of elsa frankenstein. the character was previously played by evelyn ankers in ghost of frankenstein. ankers also worked with lon chaney, jr. in the wolf man .
four years after his death in the wolf man, larry talbot (lon chaney jr) is awakened from his slumber when two vagrants open his grave. after instantly transforming into a wolf man and killing one of them, he finds himself in cardiff, wales .
after the monster lustfully carries off elsa, the wolf man attacks him, she runs out of the castle with mannering. the wolf man and the monster then engage in a fight until they both get swept away in a flood that results after the local tavern owner blows up the town dam to drown the castle' s inhabitants .
aborted arc: all references to the ending of the ghost of frankenstein were cut, which keeps the monster as the man child it was portrayed before .
up to that point, there is nothing wrong with the movie. nothing at all. matter of fact, the first third of frankenstein meets the wolf man is, i think, nearly the equal of anything universal ever made. and i’m not talking about it as a “fun” movie, but as a genuinely great piece of filmmaking .
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frankenstein meets the wolf man doesn’t quite live up to its title of two popular monster meeting for the first time, but it provides a great continuation of larry’s story with a serious look into his horrific search for an end to his torment. seriously, check this one out. you’ll be in for a pleasant surprise .
screenwriter curt siodmak claimed that during a lunch in the studio commissary he had joked to producer george waggner that he had a great title for a new film in the series (half - heartedly — he needed a down payment for a new car) :
frankenstein wolfs the meat man
. waggner, not known for a casual sense of humor, left to have his lunch; shortly thereafter, he called siodmak to his office, telling him to
go ahead, buy the car .
dumbfounded but pleased, the writer went to work; thus that next film was frankenstein meets the wolf man, which served as a sequel both to the wolf man and the ghost of frankenstein .
so very nearly a perfect film, frankenstein meets the wolf man is still infinitely better than many of its critics, at the time or since, will deign to admit. lambasted for being the first of the monster line - ups, and therefore the beginning of the end of the classic monsters, it’s hard to see where, by 1943, they were going anyway .
stuntman eddie parker is usually credited as lugosi' s sole double, but his primary stunt role was thought to be that of the wolf man .
outside, vazec decides to go through with his threat. he places a roll of dynamite at the base of the nearby dam and lights it. the explosion causes the dam to collapse and millions of gallons of water flood the valley, destroying frankenstein castle. the wolf man and the frankenstein monster are presumably killed in the flood .
after the ezboard deluge, the dam indeed is destroyed, the waters have subsided and the barest remnants of the laboratory castle remain. somewhere, perhaps frozen in ice, may be the bodies of the wolf man and the frankenstein monster. but hundreds of posts about this wonderful film have been washed away by the ezboard hacker and we must, like the villagers before us, rebuild. so let' s continue with the discussion. is there a more fun movie in all of universal' s classic canon than frankenstein meets the wolf man? i think not. david' frank! you' re making him strong again!'
with so much history surrounding it, what is next for the wolf man legacy now that the universal monster will be rebooted and share the same universe? well, the good news is that fans may be allegedly getting a wolf man film sometime in 2019, although, no set release date as of yet. exciting enough, there is still no substitute for the real thing, and seventy - five years later, the wolf man still reigns as a landmark piece of horror cinema .
the first of what would come to be known as the universal monster rallies, frankenstein meets the wolf man is arguably one of the stronger horror films of the genre, and certainly the best of the multi - monster mashes. with an excellent cast generally, and a superlative performance by lon chaney, the film, directed by roy william neill, is at times visually stunning and beautifully scripted .
after dracula kills his first target, neimann moves on to castle frankenstein to locate the good doctor’s records. he also finds the monster and the wolf man, frozen in ice following their battle at the end of the previous movie. he manages to revive the wolf man, but the monster remains comatose. enlisting larry talbot’s (lon chaney jr .) aid, neimann returns to his lab to commence resurrecting the monster .
complicating matters even further, the full moon rises in the night sky. larry talbot transforms into the wolf man just as the frankenstein monster breaks free of his straps. the monster approaches elsa who faints as she tries to get away. he picks her up, but the wolf man leaps upon his back, forcing the monster to drop the baroness. as the two creatures begin fighting against one another, the baroness and doctor mannering flee the castle .
disc one – frankenstein (1931) – this is exactly the same disc that was released in 2012. it includes the film in hd, along with the frankenstein files (sd – 44: 53), karloff: the gentle monster (sd – 37: 58), the monster tracks trivia track, universal horror (sd – 95: 26), frankenstein archive (sd – 9: 24), the boo! short film (sd – 9: 30), audio commentary with rudy behlmer, audio commentary with sir christopher frayling, trailers for frankenstein, the bride of frankenstein, the ghost of frankenstein, frankenstein meets the wolf man, and house of frankenstein (sd – 8: 23 in all), and 100 years of universal: restoring the classics (hd – 9: 13 )
in llanwelly village, two graverobbers break into the talbot family tomb. they crack open the casket of lawrence talbot, believing that he had been buried with large sums of money. as the coffin lid rises, the light of the full moon shines through. larry talbot is resurrected as the wolf man. the wolf man pounces on top of one grave robber, freddy jolly, as the other manages to crawl out of the tomb through a window above the vault. the wolf man escapes and goes to nearby cardiff where he kills a police constable .
siodmak had found his weenie. the monster had been killed four times at the end of four of his own films. but the frankenstein monster wanted to live. he wanted to live, as badly as the wolf man wanted to die. the monster had to find baron frankenstein, to keep him alive forever .
universal' s a - team of horror talent behind the camera was in full force for the making of frankenstein meets the wolf man. john b. goodman and martin obzina created some excellent sets, including the remarkably eerie graveyard featured in the film' s opening. george robinson provided his usual superb camerawork, with some nice use of shadows in the film' s atmospheric first half .
dark universe’s core creatives are the mummy director alex kurtzman, chris morgan (producer behind the fast and the furious franchise), christopher mcquarrie (mission: impossible rogue nation director), and david koepp (writer of 2002’s spider - man). the tom cruise - starring the mummy will be the first out of the gate, followed by bride of frankenstein and the invisible man, with the potential wolf man and van helsing film to follow .
siodmak was having lunch in the universal commissary one day, so the story goes, when he jokingly suggested frankenstein meets the wolf man as the title for a new movie to producer george waggner. waggner, who apparently didn’t have much of a sense of humor, took siodmak seriously and assigned the project to the writer. siodmak needed money for a down payment on a car and so took the job .
in this fifth film in universal' s
frankenstein
series, larry talbot, alias the wolf man, is brought back to the land of the living. the anguished talbot commiserates with gypsy lady maria ouspenskaya, who advises him that the only way he' ll stay dead is to confer with dr. frankenstein .
it was going to be difficult enough to continue the saga of his own creation, the wolf man, but he also had to find a way to integrate the frankenstein monster (in its fifth film appearance) into the story. the wolf man had ended with larry talbot' s father beating larry to death with a silver headed cane. to death. he beat him to death. larry talbot was dead .
frankenstein meets the wolf man was directed by roy william neill, who’s probably best known for this movie and for directing most of the basil rathbone and nigel bruce sherlock holmes films. all but two of the holmes pictures were b - movies, but it was hard to tell due to the immense care, love, creativity, and attention neill infused into each outing with the great detective .
i' ve always liked the idea of lugosi playing the monster in this film. at the end of the ghost of frankenstein, ygor' s brain is slapped into the monster' s body. so, for the monster to physically transform and look more ygor - ish, is kind of a cool idea. even though chaney had a decent enough turn at playing the monster in the ghost of frankenstein, he truly had to play the wolf man. lon chaney jr. is lawrence talbot. he is the wolf man .
well, of course, there was a sequel - - in a basic sense, at least - - in house of frankenstein. by that point, it wasn' t so much a matter of sequels asa continuing series. frankenstein meets the wolf man was itself a sequel to both the wolf man and ghost of frankenstein. i' m sure someone at universal said ,
well, what next? let' s throw dracula into the mix too .
unfortunately (in my opinion), they didn' t
mix
at all. just made a movie in which each monster got his own separate story. bad move .
frankenstein meets the wolf man is the first of universal’s crossover monster movies, and it isn’t nearly as confident in scope or pace as the subsequent house of dracula or house of frankenstein, which sent a variety of monsters and a collection of spurned avengers and creators scuttling on a series of overlapping adventures. this film follows a cautious, uncertain narrative, evenly bifurcating its plot so that it’s theoretically half a wolf man movie and half a frankenstein movie. in the first half of the story, talbot is released from his tomb by grave robbers and captured by doctors. in the second half, he tracks down the ruins of the frankenstein castle, yearning to discover a secret to life and death that can enable him to commit suicide and end his werewolf curse .
so let' s continue with the discussion. is there a more fun movie in all of universal' s classic canon than frankenstein meets the wolf man? i think not. i agree wholeheartedly. depite its re - editing and offbeat casting of the monster, i always thought this was the highpoint of atmosphere and fun in universal' s' 40s horror films. i love the orchestration of the familiar themes as well as the original music. and - as my friend john brunas once said so well ,
it' s the wolf man' s finest hour !
it would certainly be less of a stretch, in the matter of maleva’s acquaintances and also in keeping the supernatural and the scientific in their own worlds, if the wolf man met dracula rather than the monster .
universal had high hopes that frankenstein meets the wolf man would be a blockbuster and it didn' t disappoint. the film premiered at the rialto theater on broadway, march 5, 1943 and was popular enough to run from 8: 30 am to nearly 4: 00 am. the film scored heavily at the box office in other theaters across the country and was universal' s top horror attraction of 1943 .
the movie is at its best in the beginning, with a phenomenal scene where lon chaney' s wolf man is revived from the dead, but after that it gets a little lost .
rick wrote: well, of course, there was a sequel - - in a basic sense, at least - - in house of frankenstein. by that point, it wasn' t so much a matter of sequels asa continuing series. frankenstein meets the wolf man was itself a sequel to both the wolf man and ghost of frankenstein. i' m sure someone at universal said ,
well, what next? let' s throw dracula into the mix too .
unfortunately (in my opinion), they didn' t
mix
at all. just made a movie in which each monster got his own separate story. bad move .
while mary shelley' s frankenstein takes place in the 1790' s, it can be hard to identify when the universal frankenstein films ...
the good news is, following the success of universal’s 2012 4k restorations of dracula, frankenstein, and the bride of frankenstein, the studio began restoring the sequels films in 2015 – an effort that is apparently continuing this year and next. the first fruits of this work have just been released in the form of new blu - ray disc upgrades of the frankenstein: complete legacy collection and the wolf man: complete legacy collection (see our review of the latter set here) .
the first of universal’s monster mashups, this is a solid sequel to the wolf man, but an underwhelming entry in the frankenstein saga. despite the fact that a good deal of the movie takes place at casa de frankenstein, and we get introduced to another of the doctor’s progeny in baroness elsa frankenstein, this movie is pretty uneven for a team - up (btw do any of these siblings know each other exist ?) .
siodmak apparently had little interest in the films predecessor, the ghost of frankenstein, choosing to ignore that movie' s ludwig in favor of the original henry frankenstein from the original classic, thus creating an inconsistency that would plague the succeeding frankenstein sequels for the rest of the series .
the last outing for the frankenstein monster was, the ghost of frankenstein. through a devious plan, ygor (bela lugosi) had his brain placed into the body of the frankenstein monster (played by lon chaney jr .) by one of dr. frankenstein' s sons, ludwig. the frankenstein - ygor - monster was then quickly dispatched in a burning building. the frankenstein monster, it should be noted, was blind and spoke with ygor' s voice at the end of the film .
in order to put the wolf man and the monster through further film adventures, scripter curt siodmak has to resurrect the former from a tomb, and the frankenstein creation from the ruins of the castle where he was purportedly killed. but he delivers a good job of fantastic writing to weave the necessary thriller ingredients [ … ]
reading from the journal, they determine that both the frankenstein monster and the wolf man are effectively immortal. however, if they could bleed off the electrical energy from the creature' s body, they might succeed in destroying it. talbot hopes that perhaps this same process might also work on him .
the period 1931 - 41 was a great era of horror. during this period, universal created a body of classic monsters  frankenstein, dracula, the invisible man, the mummy and the wolf man. however, by the mid 40s, the war had forced cutbacks in terms of budget and personnel shortages and universal compensated by churning out a series of sequels featuring their famous monsters and then, beginning with
it is all so unapologetically absurd in its quest for audience appeal and entertainment (and money) that it’s a wonder the crossovers only were relegated to frankenstein, dracula, and the wolf man. strangely, the mummy never showed up in these pictures, nor the invisible man. purportedly, the invisible man and the ape woman were set to appear in house of frankenstein when it was originally entitled the devil’s brood, however it seems that even in 1943, there were concerns with overstuffing a film with too many characters. perhaps marvel should take notes after that second avengers .
however, what it lacks in nutrition, son of frankenstein makes up for in fat globs of sweet cheese. the opening scene where the mayor of frankenstein meets with the mob is hilariously matter of fact, lugosi chews all the scenery he can, the monster kills plenty of people and smashes a lot of furniture, and the climax puts the bang in slam - bang .
patric knowles, who plays the role of doctor frank mannering in this film, also played the part of chaney' s romantic foil, frank andrews in the wolf man. this was knowles' final horror film .
power, whether in super strength or knowledge, maintains a great role within the film, frankenstein meets the wolf man. the first instance of power occurs with talbot, or the wolf man. his super strength and curse seem supernatural within the narrative. his ability of immunity proves the greatest of strengths. the creature also maintains a supernatural power of immunity and super strength. the creature becomes unleashed by talbot in the old ruins of frankenstein' s fortress; talbot frees the creature from a block of ice. once dr. mannering reads into frankenstein' s life work, the secret of life and death, he obtains a secret knowledge that explains the supernatural powers from the two monsters. he reads in frankenstein' s book that energy may be transferred from an indestructible force. he learns that frankenstein' s creation may have the life of more than a 100 men. dr. mannering abuses this power. when mannering experiments with the transfer of power between the two monsters, he goes against his word because he doesn' t want to destroy frankenstein' s creation without experiencing its most powerful state. he decides to super charge frankenstein' s creation. the two monsters then fight, but the film never explicitly shows the victor .
as ultimately edited and released, frankenstein meets the wolf man is told in two almost equal parts. the opening scenes tell the story of talbot' s resurrection, killing spree, hospitalization, and escape across europe. much time is spent with a secondary policeman, inspector owen, and on scenes with a desperate talbot hospitalized by dr. mannering. the discovery of the monster and pursuit of dr. frankenstein' s scientific notes do not begin until thirty - five minutes into the film. the second half introduces the monster, elsa, and the village of vasaria and its inhabitants .
baroness elsa frankenstein and a distressed larry are the special guests at a vasaria festival .
frankenstein meets the wolf man was the first universal monster movie i ever saw. i think i was in the 3rd grade at the time. somehow, i kept missing all the great monster movies that all the other kids were seeing. i' d show up at school the next day and find out from the other kids that i' d missed frankenstein or dracula or the mummy the day before. the movies were always the hot topic of conversation on the playground the next day. i knew who all the monsters were, of course. monsters were big in the 1960' s and you could find them in toy departments everywhere. well, i came home from school one day and i was the only one home. i guess my mom was out shopping or something. i turned on the tv and what should come on but... frankenstein meets the wolf man! i was in monsterkid heaven! fmtwm was creepy and cool! and i still have a soft spot in my heart for it. naturally, i love them all but, this particular movie remains
special .
- gjs
the original cut of the film included dialogue scenes of the frankenstein monster, speaking with larry talbot in the glacial cave beneath the castle .
yeah, a better sequel would have been dracula vs. the wolf man. then i could have dealt with house. as long as lugosi was in all of them. oh, well .
horror films. neill' s superb staging of the opening graveyard sequence, talbot' s first transformation scene, and the wolf man' s murder of the constable rank among the very best moments in all the universal classics. given his outstanding direction on
during larry talbot' s first transformation into the wolf man, he goes from wearing light - colored night clothes to a dark shirt and pants. when he awakens the next morning, he' s back wearing the pajamas .
frankenstein actually felt like an extra in this movie, which was a bit of a shame if i' m honest... i have always considered him universals top monster! as a whole it was decent but compared to frankenstein' s prior movie efforts and the original wolf man, this just doesn' t hold a candle to them !
and now returns to play the wolf man again. chaney was a big, lugubrious, hulking actor who only ever came across as dim - witted. as the nominal hero here, he seems simple - minded .
through all those changes, the wolf man was always played by lon chaney jr. he always felt proud of the character, sometimes even saying that the role was his baby. so proud of the character, chaney jr. would eventually return to reprise his role even while severely ill at the time of 1971’s dracula vs. frankenstein. despite never getting another standalone film, it definitely helped give some consistency to the character and it gave fans something to latch on to, but most of all, it gave the wolf man a much more genuine arc .
in order to put the wolf man and the monster through further film adventures, scripter curt siodmak has to resurrect the former from a tomb, and the frankenstein creation from the ruins of the castle where he was purportedly killed. but he delivers a good job of fantastic writing to weave the necessary thriller ingredients into the piece, and finally brings the two legendary characters together for a battle climax .
enjoyable old universal studios sequel with lon chaney, jr. reprising his role as larry talbot (aka the wolf man). bela lugosi is less than spectacular as frankenstein' s monster but that may have more to do with boris karloff' s absence than lugosi' s presence .
luckily, the aftermath was siodmak and chaney’s creation taking an even more central focus as the star of the movie, and soon the universal shared cinematic universe. and no matter what, there’s also not a person alive who cannot grin at frankenstein meets the wolf man ’s grand finale when these mutual masters of malevolence have their much hyped combat in the castle—throwing lab equipment and each other around like a prophecy of wwe shenanigans to come. for matching the sheer gonzo joy of this epic brawl, the ball is in your court, zack snyder .
the opening scene of frankenstein meets the wolf man is the stuff of pure traditional gothic horror films. excellent camerawork by george robinson gives us a single panning shot of llanwelly cemetery as vagrants cyril delevanti and tom stevenson break into the talbot crypt to steal a valuable ring from the corpse of lawrence talbot (chaney), who died some fours previously. they discover the lycanthrope’s body to be strangely preserved, and as the full moon rises and shines through a window, talbot returns to life, murdering one of the grave - robbers as the other frantically flees .
looking at the future of werewolves in horror cinema, the definitive style of the modern werewolf can all look back on the wolf man all these years later. ranging from 1981’s an american werewolf in london, to the howling series, to 1985’s silver bullet, and beyond, there are all touches of the wolf man inside all of them. additionally, all these films have some sort of heartbreak wrapped around there stories where the werewolf ends up meeting death, otherwise they will kill the one they love .
subscribe to trailers: urltoken subscribe to coming soon: urltoken subscribe to classic trailers: urltoken like us on facebook: urltoken follow us on twitter: urltoken frankenstein meets the wolf man trailer - directed by roy william neill and starring patric knowles, lionel atwill, bela lugosi, dennis hoey, don barclay. graverobbers open the grave of the wolfman and awake him. he doesn' t like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full, so he tries to find dr. frankenstein, in the hopes that the dr. can cure him, but frankenstein is dead and only his monster is alive and this one wants to live, not to die like the wolfman. universal - 1943
frankenstein meets the wolf man is a 1943 american monster horror film produced by universal studios starring lon chaney , jr. as the wolf man and bela lugosi as frankenstein 's monster . this was the first of a series of " ensemble " monster films combining characters from several film series . this film , therefore , is both the fifth in the series of films based upon mary shelley 's frankenstein , directly after the ghost of frankenstein , and a sequel to the wolf man . 
frankenstein meets the wolf man is a 1943 american monster horror film produced by universal studios starring lon chaney, jr. as the wolf man and bela lugosi as frankenstein's monster. this was the first of a series of " ensemble " monster films combining characters from several film series. this film, therefore, is both the fifth in the series of films based upon mary shelley's frankenstein, directly after the ghost of frankenstein, and a sequel to the wolf man.
frankenstein meets the wolf man is a 1943 american monster horror film produced by universal studios starring lon chaney, jr. as the wolf man and bela lugosi as frankenstein's monster. this was the first of a series of " ensemble " monster films combining characters from several film series. this film, therefore, is both the fifth in the series of films based upon mary shelley's frankenstein, directly after the ghost of frankenstein, and a sequel to the wolf man.