Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
Fairaher
The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Ariella Broughton
It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Blake Rivera
If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
tavm
Between Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein and this one-8 years later-there were no werewolf movies. When this one came out, the world was much changed as there was a Cold War going on and the public was on edge also concerning possible nuclear war. So when Sam Katzman made this one, he had included the possibility of having the creature being injected with a nitrogen that would make him even more dangerous than before. Other than that, the premise is the same-the werewolf kills somebody, people investigate, there may be hope for a cure or at least of finding out the cause, and then comes the climax. This was yet another of the obscure werewolf movies I discovered by looking at the Wikipedia list of werewolf fiction under the heading "films" before finding out it was available online and then just watching it right now. I'll just now say I was as entertained as I could be so on that note, I highly recommend The Werewolf!
JohnHowardReid
Steven Ritch (Duncan Marsh/the werewolf), Don Megowan (Jack Haines), Joyce Holden (Amy Standish), Kim Charney (Helen Marsh), Eleanore Tannin (Chris Marsh), Harry Lauter (Sheriff Clovey), Larry J. Blake (Dirgus), Ken Christy (Dr James Gilchrist), James Gavin (Fanning), S. John Launer (Dr Emery Forrest), George M. Lynn (Dr Morgan Chambers), George Cisar (Hoxie), Don C. Harvey (1st deputy), Ford Stevens (1st reporter), Marjorie Stapp (Min), Jean Charney (Cora), Jean Harvey (old woman).Director and narrator: FRED F. SEARS. U.K. release: 1 September 1956. 79 minutes. COMMENT: Most attractively photographed -- and on real locations yet -- but rather indifferently directed for the most part and rather routinely scripted. After a dramatic opening, Fred F. Sears' direction comes across as disappointingly routine. Although the special effects are effectively contrived, this particular movie could be regarded as but a minor entry in the werewolf cycle. But it does have at least two more pleasing aspects, aside from its excellent black-and-white photography and its real locations. Our heroine, Joyce Holden, for instance, comes across as a mighty attractive lass. Alas, although she appeared in quite a few TV roles, she made only a dozen movies, of which this is the second last! And it was also nice to see Harry Lauter (who really impressed us in "King of the Carnival") in a featured spot in this entry as the dull and stolid hero's deputy.
gavin6942
Duncan Marsh (Steven Ritch), a mild-mannered man, finds himself lost in a remote village called Mountaincrest. His mind is clouded, but he learns later that Emory Forrest (S. John Launer) and Morgan Chambers (George Lynn), two scientists, injected him with a special serum containing irradiated wolf's blood when he was suffering from amnesia after being in a car accident.This film, not widely known to fans today, is worthy of note for two reasons: first, it allegedly was the first film to present lycanthropy in a scientific rather than supernatural way (even if the science makes no sense). There is no full moon, silver bullets, demonic curses or anything of the sort here.Second, we have the gigantic Don Megowan as Sheriff Jack Haines, who horror and sci-fi fans should know as Gill-man in "The Creature Walks Among Us" or perhaps even "The Creation of the Humanoids". Megowan is an impressive actor physically and fits the bill nicely.
lastliberal
Supposedly unreleased on VHS or DVD until now, as part of a compilation, this is a rare werewolf film that almost looks like a Western due to its location.Fred Sears, whose Scifi/horror resume includes Earth vs. the Flying Saucers and The Giant Claw, directs a cast that includes cowboy Steven Ritch ("The Lone Ranger", "Broken Arrow", "The Rifleman", and many more), Don Megowan (The Creature Walks Among Us, and lots of Westerns), and "Miss Southern California" of 1949, Joyce Holden.Makeup and transformation were really good.This is one that should be required viewing for wolfman fans.
