Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

January. 01,1999

Rating：

6.8

Genre：

Documentary

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Trailer Synopsis Cast

Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by Moonlight! explores these movies. Rick Baker explains how the make-up was done on Chaney's character. Screenwriter Curtis Siodmak took very little from earlier werewolf legends, providing his own story for some of the films. This documentary displays clips from several other movies, including "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) and "House of Dracula" (1945).

Rick Baker as Self

John Landis as Host / Self

Curt Siodmak as Self

Lon Chaney Jr. as Self (archive footage)

Claude Rains as Self (archive footage)

Evelyn Ankers as Self (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi as Self (archive footage)

Edward Van Sloan as Self (archive footage)

Charles Laughton as Self (archive footage)

Henry Hull as Self (archive footage)

Reviews

Solemplex

1999/01/01

To me, this movie is perfection.

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Pluskylang

1999/01/02

Great Film overall

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Brenda

1999/01/03

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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Guillelmina

1999/01/04

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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