Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943
Approved
1h 14m

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6.4/10

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Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr., Lionel Atwill, Patric Knowles, Ilona Massey, and Maria Ouspenskaya in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)

The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.

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The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the ... Read allThe resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

10K

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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total

Townsman
(uncredited)

Jack Chefe

Villager
(uncredited)

David Clyde

Llanwelly Police Sergeant
(uncredited)

Jeff Corey

Crypt Keeper
(uncredited)

Sonia Darrin

Villager at Festival
(uncredited)

Cyril Delevanti

Freddy Jolly--Graverobber
(uncredited)

George Ford

Townsman
(uncredited)

Director
- Roy William Neill
Writer
- Curt Siodmak
All cast & crew
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Trivia
When the Monster's dialogue was deleted (see Alternate Versions), also removed were any references to the Monster being blind, a side effect of Ygor's brain being implanted into the Monster at the end of The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942). As a result, Bela Lugosi's sleepwalker-like lumbering gait with arms outstretched is not explained and became the subject of ridicule. It also established the Frankenstein Monster-walk stereotype.

Goofs
The Wolf Man falls into the ice caverns beneath Frankenstein castle. Larry Talbot awakens the next morning wearing shoes, which The Wolf Man didn't have on.

Quotes
Inspector Owen: This is Inspector Owen speaking, in Cardiff. Have you got anything in your files about a man named...
Llanwelly Police Sergeant: Lawrence Talbot? Why of course, he lived here.
Inspector Owen: Well, that's all right, then. We've got him up here in our hospital.
Llanwelly Police Sergeant: I wouldn't want him in *our* hospital; he died four years ago!

Crazy credits
A scientist's hand is shown pouring a chemical into a flask, which bubbles over in vapor that coalesces into the film's title and cast names.

Alternate versions
Original screen prints of the film included Lugosi speaking dialog as the Monster. Apparently, preview audiences, consisting of Universal studio's executives and employees, found Lugosi's Hungarian accent hilarious coming from the Monster's mouth, so Lugosi's voice was deleted.

Connections
Edited from My Little Chickadee (1940)

Soundtracks
Faro-La, Faro-Li
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Curt Siodmak
Music by Hans J. Salter
Sung by Adia Kuznetzoff

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The Best of the Wartime Universal Monster Movies

"Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" (1943) is, in the opinion of this reviewer, the last of the really good Universal monster features. It is definitely not in the same league as the the early James Whale and Todd Browning classics (e.g., "Frankenstein," "The Bride of Frankenstein," "Dracula," "The Invisible Man," etc.). Nor is it quite as strong as "The Son of Frankenstein." But it easily rivals "The Ghost of Frankenstein" and far surpasses the two House Of films ("House of Frankenstein" and "House of Dracula"). Lon Chaney Jr. is even better in this film than he is in the original "Wolf Man" (1941). And Lugosi is an impressive Frankenstein's monster, despite the studio's decision to cut references from the film to his blindness (a condition suffered by the monster in "The Ghost of Frankenstein") and his dialogue (again, from acquiring the brain of Ygor in "Ghost"). The film is beautifully photographed, well acted and a unique departure from previous Universal monster fests in the way it teams up two legendary creatures. It's a splendid later entry in the Universal horror cycle. After this, the universal horror films left much to be desired, at least until the magnificent "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948). I still put "Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man" in the DVD player if I'm feeling like watching what in my opinion is the studio's finest wartime horror film.