The Werewolf (1956)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Fred F. Sears

Writers:

James B. Gordon (story)
Robert E. Kent (writer)

Release Date:

July 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror

Tagline:

You see it happen!

Plot:

Two scientists come across an auto accident, and find an unconscious man in the wreck. They take him...

Plot Keywords:

Serum | Werewolf | Footprint | Sheriff | Mugger

Cast

Steven Ritch	...	Duncan Marsh
Don Megowan	...	Sheriff Jack Haines
Joyce Holden	...	Amy Standish
Eleanore Tanin	...	Mrs. Helen Marsh
Kim Charney	...	Chris Marsh
Harry Lauter	...	Deputy Ben Clovey
Larry J. Blake	...	Hank Durgis
Ken Christy	...	Dr. Jonas Gilchrist
James Gavin	...	Mack Fanning
S. John Launer	...	Dr. Emery Forrest
George Lynn	...	Dr. Morgan Chambers
George Cisar	...	Hoxie, the bartender
Marjorie Stapp	...	Min, the tall blond
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fred F. Sears	...	Narrator

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

Clover Productions

Trivia:

When first released, this movie played as the bottom half of a double bill with Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956).

Quotes:

Dr. Emery Forrest: But to take a stranger, a man injured in an accident, and give him a full inoculation of that serum.
Dr. Morgan Chambers: Yes, I'd almost forgotten about him. So much could fail if he should remember and tell someone what he knows about us. There's nothing else left but to-...
Dr. Emery Forrest: You're not going to kill him!
Dr. Morgan Chambers: You think he still wants to live after what he's become? It would be an act of charity.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Wolfman Chronicles (1991)

Overlooked

Interesting horror film about a man who becomes a werewolf because of science. A man is recovered from a car crash. A scientist injects him with a serum to fight radiation poison. A side effect causes him to (occasioanlly) turn into a werewolf. No full moon or silver bullets are involved here.

This might be the first horror film to have a person becoming a werewolf through scientific means! The performances are good (especially Steven Ritch as the werewolf), the scenery is beautiful, there are some nice directorial touches and the people talk and act like real people. The makeup is awful and I wasn't really scared, but I was never bored. Sadly, this isn't available on video. Well worth catching on TV.