The Wolf Man (Original vs Remake)

The Wolf man
Original	Remake
1941	2010
Actors: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains & Evelyn Ankers	Actors: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins & Emily Blunt
Director: George Waggner	Director: Joe Johnston
Run Time: 1hour 10 minutes	Run Time: 1hour 43 Minutes
Acting: This version has a lot of well known actors and it shows.	Acting: This film has an all-star cast and almost guarantees it's success.
The gradual transformation of human to  wolf man in this film was well done (for the 1940s). Atmosphere, lighting and such were the  major effects for this film and done well.		Lighting, sets, plot, storyline & effects were all on point. This film IMO is one of the best made horror films done in the past 10+ years.
Review: Both leading men played Lawrence Talbot in different ways but both played the part extremely well and made the part their own. The reboot kept to the original wolf man makeup look which speaks volumes. Both versions are worth seeing and I would recommend seeing both. In this reviewer's eyes there is no clear winner or looser between these two.

Dark Moon Rising (2015)

Dark Moon Rising (2015)

Actors:

Eric Roberts, Stasi Esper &  Billy Banks

Director:

Justin Price

Runtime:

2h 4min

Plot:

A group of shape shifting werewolves descends upon small town in search of a girl who is reborn every 2000 years. She holds the key to their survival and all will die who stands in their way.

Trailer:

Review:

Cgi effects aren't that bad but the best in the film was the title sequence. For the most part they're not blended very well. While going off the plot it doesn't sound like a bad movie. Watching the story play out was painful. The storyline is all over the place and it takes forever to actually get to the plot.

This by far has got to be one of the most painfully bad horror movies, I have sat through.



Top 10 Werewolf makeup effects in Movies.

Top 10 Werewolf makeup effects in Movies.

(some movies will not be included due to cgi werewolves)

10. Werewolf in London (1934)

 

 9. Dog Soldiers (2002)

8.The Howling: Reborn (2011)

7. Ginger Snaps Back (2004)

 

6. Werewolf Among Us (2012)

 

5. Wolfman (1941)

 4. The Howling (1981)

 

3. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) 

 

2. Wolfman (2010) 

 

1. Wolves (2014) 

 

 

 

 

Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man (1943)

Frankenstein meets the Wolf Man (1943)

Actors:

Bella Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr. & Ilona Massey

Director:

Roy William Neill

Run time:

74 minutes

Plot:

Grave robbers open the grave of the Wolf man 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 Wolf man. 

Trailer:

Review:

A sequel to "The Ghost of Frankenstein" and "The Wolf Man", Universal's first clash of the monster films also considered to be the last great universal horror of it's time. You get the best of both Lon Chaney Jr. and Bela Lugosi in this film. The studio didn't hold back on special effects or makeup with this one. I loved the storyline in this MUST see classic.

Dog Soldiers (2002)

 Dog Soldiers (2002) 

Actors:

Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd & Laim Cunningham

Director:

Neil Marshall

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

Plot: 

A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness.

Trailer:

Review:

 Just Another Werewolf Flick? Think again!

Dog Soldiers should be on every horror movie must see list. I cannot say enough about this movie. Most everyone I know loves this movie.

I would call this an action horror. No running thru the woods with a werewolf chasing you, straight out action in a limited space (farm house), only you and your wits to beat the creaures. Dog Soldiers is considered a cult classic and for good reason.

 

An American Werewolf in Paris (1997)

 An American Werewolf in Paris (1997) 

Actors:

Tom Everett, Julie Delpy & Vince Vieluf

Director:

Anthony Waller

Runtime:
1 h 45 min

Plot:

An American man unwittingly gets involved with French werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will.

Trailer:

 Review:

Typical boy in foreign country meets and falls for girl, girl pushes him away & boy doesn't listen story with a werewolf twist. 

There are a few comical relief moments in this movie. This is techincally a sequal to "American werewolf in London" but to me its more of  rewrite. This doesn't make it a bad movie and is fairly good on its own. I also wouldn't really label it as a horror either.

Wolves (2014)

Wolves (2014)

Actors:

Jason Momoa, Lucas Till & Merritt Patterson

Director:

David Hayter

Run Time: 91 Minutes

Plot:

The coming-of-age story of Cayden Richards. Forced to hit the road after the murder of his parents, Cayden wanders, lost, without purpose... Until he meets a certifiable lunatic named Wild Joe, who sets him on a path to the ominous town of Lupine Ridge, to hunt down the truths of his history. But in the end, who's really hunting whom?   

Trailer:

Review:

This movie starts off slow but if you continue to watch you get a reward. After the first 15 or so minutes the plot and story pick up and the wolves make themselves known. Jason Momoa makes one hell of a bad guy Lycan, as he is best playing bad guys. Lucas Till plays a convincing young man who is looking for answers and comes into his own.

This is a throwback to old style movies, no cgi. It has the traditional wolfman feel makeup wise, no long snout and looks like a half man half wolf instead of an overgrown wolf on two legs. This movie was made old school and very well at that.

The problem today is that people want action and blood right from the get go in todays movies and will miss alot of good movies if you cannot sit thru a horror if it starts slow. One of the best low budget movies of this decade. I highly recommend watching Wolves.