I really like The Company of Wolves but other than that I'm really not a fan of werewolf movies. However having seen and enjoyed classics such as Dracula and Frankenstein from Universal I thought I should give this classic a chance too. I think story-wise this one beats the former two. here we have a monster that really doesn't want to be a villain but he cannot fight or escape his fate. Wolf man Larry is marvelously played by Lon Chaney Jr. I have seen some people complain about the bad make-up but I don't think it was too bad and it didn't really bother me. I think this was more than horror with some very nice psychological scenes put in, a potential love story too. Strong scene when the son accepts his sad fate and gives the cane with silver handle to his father. He says goodbye, so sad that the father didn't understand it. Nice support role from Maria Ouspenskaya as gypsy woman, she really looked authentic. Cool to have horror icon Bela Lugosi as gypsy fortune teller even if his screen time is extremely limited. If you don't know anything about werewolves this movie teaches you what you need to know.
Review of The Wolf Man
