that great line from Marty Feldman (EYE-gor) from Young Frankenstein leads us into the weekend of the WEREWOLF...the new movie is out Friday with Benicio Del Toro as the WOLFMAN with a cackling Anthony Hopkins...from the trailer ( I WILL KILL ALL OF YOU!!!) this one looks great..
Got me thinking about other fave werewolves over the years...beginning the all time classic "The Wolfman" with Lon Chaney Jr in 1941. I think the Wolfman met Frankenstein a time or two..Abbott and Costello may have stumbled across ol Wolfie as well...
Maybe the greatest horror/comedy flick of all time An American Werewolf in London is hard to beat..the transformation scene , even in this era of obsessive CGI effects holds up particulary well, thanks to David Naughton's pained expressions..I also like The Howling..Wolf (with Jack Nicholson) Underworld attempted a new spin on the relationship between werewolves and vampires..we are promised a werewolf theme in the upcoming True Blood season and, though I haven't seen it, the Twilight sequel apparently is heavy on werewolves.
but SOMEHOW I missed this one...WEREWOLF in a WOMEN's PRISON!!! of course the rule of thumb is that ANY movie character tagged with ..."in a women's prison" is automatically better..so now i have to track this one down!
Enjoy your weekend...watch out for the thing that lurks in the shadows...
stevens
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