The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

AKA: The Wolfman

Film details

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Year1961
CountryUK
TypeMovie
Runtime93m
CastClifford Evans, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain, Catherine Feller, Anthony Dawson, Josephine Llewellyn, Richard Wordsworth, Hira Talfrey, Justin Walters, John Gabriel
KeywordsGothic

Review

"Lon Chaney, Jr.'s Wolf Man may be cinema's most famous lycanthrope, but there can be little doubt that this 1960 film from Hammer Productions is the best werewolf movie ever made. It features all of the studio's classic virtues: beautiful sets, effective music, colorful photography, solid scripting, memorable performances, and a muscular directorial approach that relishes depicting horror for the maximum emotional impact." - Steve Biodrowski, Cinemafantastique

Ranking history

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