Werewolf of London

1935
PG
1h 15m

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Valerie Hobson, Henry Hull, and Warner Oland in Werewolf of London (1935)

Dark Fantasy Werewolf Horror Drama Fantasy Horror

After botanist Wilfred Glendon travels to Tibet in search of a rare flower, the Mariphasa, he returns to a London haunted by murders that can only be the work of bloodthirsty werewolves.After botanist Wilfred Glendon travels to Tibet in search of a rare flower, the Mariphasa, he returns to a London haunted by murders that can only be the work of bloodthirsty werewolves.After botanist Wilfred Glendon travels to Tibet in search of a rare flower, the Mariphasa, he returns to a London haunted by murders that can only be the work of bloodthirsty werewolves.

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6.3/10

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Trivia
Although not the first werewolf film, this is considered to be the first feature length werewolf movie. It preceded the more commercially successful The Wolf Man (1941) by six years. The first werewolf film was the 1913 short "The Werewolf". It was 18 minutes long and now considered lost as all known copies were destroyed in a warehouse fire in 1924.

Goofs
Multiple characters use the term "lycantrophobia" as the "medical term for werewolfery". The suffix "-phobia" is used to mark an irrational fear of something, so this usage actually means "a fear of turning into a werewolf". The correct term is "lycanthropy".

Quotes
Miss Ettie Coombes: My wicked worldliness has caught up with me at last! The Babu of Garoka always said it would.

Crazy credits
"A good cast is worth repeating..."

Connections
Edited into House of Dracula (1945)

Soundtracks
Music
(uncredited)
from The Invisible Man (1933)
Composed by Heinz Roemheld

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6/10

A Nice Early Werewolf Story... The First?

Whilst in Tibet searching for a rare flower, botanist Dr. Glendon (Henry Hull) is bitten by a werewolf.

Howard Maxford praises its "effective sequences", and truly, yes, the metamorphosis is decent for its time. Mike Mayo is less sympathetic (surprisingly) and believes the reason this film hasn't matched Chaney's version in fame is because, "Glendon is such a cold protagonist that it's difficult to muster up much sympathy for his predicament."

This is, of course, a Universal film, prior to their much more famous "Wolf Man". Director Stuart Walker did not go on to do much else for horror, though he did do two adaptations of Charles Dickens.

Any horror historian needs to see this, as it is not only an early werewolf tale, but really is the seed that blossomed into "Wolf Man". The same makeup was even used (though toned down last minute, unfortunately).