The Wolf Man (1941)
Lon Chaney's finest performance and perhaps my favourite werewolf film. A genuine classic monster movie from Universal.
There's a beautiful foggy atmosphere throughout and the film's watchability is helped no end by Claude Rains who is on top form and Evelyn Ankers a fine actress who was one of the first scream queens, not to mention a wonderful cameo from Bela Lugosi as Bela the Gypsy.
It also features one of the great timeless quotes from the forties which along with the scripted ideas regarding werewolves went on to become pretty much the template for every werewolf film since..
Quote:
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Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.
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