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It occurred to me some time back that I cannot name a definitive werewolf movie. We have a definitive Dracula (1931 with Bela), we have Frankenstein (1931 with Karloff), we have The Mummy with Karloff...

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I popped in The Wolf Man last night to re-watch it and I realize that it gets a tad less enjoyable with each viewing. Lon's pathetic childlike flirting scenes in the beginning totally turn me off to...

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Quote:Maybe Bela was either born on Christmas or else he had sex with Maria Ouspenskaya? ;-D The way you talk is thorny....

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<< If a child born on Christmas may become a werewolf, why weren't there thousands of other Leons commonly running around? >> I think the mythology in CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF claims that...

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Quote:Lon's pathetic childlike flirting scenes in the beginning totally turn me off to the film. . . And why is Bela a wolf-shaped werewolf and Lon a man-shaped wolfman? I've wondered about these...

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I'll go along with it being hard to believe Rains and Chaney are father and son. But other than that, no trouble with Lon flirting with Ankers. It was the early '40s and I think it works. As for Bela...

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"Lon's pathetic childlike flirting scenes in the beginning totally turn me off to the film. " Thank you. I thought I was alone on that observation. But for me, the scenes work perfectly. Think about...

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"Whatever the case, I only love THE WOLF MAN more every time I see it." I feel the same way Joe. The Wolf Man will always be the definitive werewolf, to me anyway.

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Is it possible to love both THE WOLF MAN and THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF

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Most assuredly it is, Monsterpal!

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I'll have you all know that I had an honest-to-god NIGHTMARE about The Wolf Man last night. He was chasing me around inside my childhood junior high school at night. It was scary as hell!

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Were you wearing tights and look like Dawn Richard? ... Reed

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No, I was me.

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Quote:Were you wearing tights and look like Dawn Richard? Only a miracle saved me from spewing coffee all over the computer!

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Quote:Most assuredly it is, Monsterpal! Whew! Thanks, Hal! For a little while there, I thought there was something wrong with me, since I'm a fan of both movies, despite their flaws.

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Quote:THE WOLF MAN will always be THE definitive werewolf film for me. 'nuff said...

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Quote:I know Hammer had to somewhat alter the origin, as the censor would not pass a scene that had both sex and the supernatural. In the source novel, THE WEREWOLF OF PARIS by Guy Endore, the...

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Daniel Cohen and Jeff Rovin have, by the way, called Werewolf of Paris as the closest to a werewolf book reaching the "heights" of Dracula and Frankenstein.

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ScaredyRAT wrote: Quote: There was never a definitive werewolf novel, A lot of people consider Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to be the definite werewolf story... Mr Hyde is not a werewolf, but The Movies'...

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