1/20/2008
I’m sure that fans of “Wolf Man” were happy to see the flick last night. I always enjoyed the Wolf Man, although I did find Larry Talbot’s whining (“I WANT to die!”) a tad tiresome by the time it got to “House of Frankenstein.” I’m a fan, nonetheless-right here at my computer is a mouse pad (or, would you call it a WOLF pad?) with a picture of the 32-cent stamp that featured the Wolf Man, back when they made those Universal Horror commemorative stamps. In case you don’t remember, it’s a great color representation of Lon Chaney Jr., “paws” resting on a ledge with the Wolf Man peering over, nicely bottom-lit, with the savage underbite visible, and his eyes staring a hole in the viewer! (Of course, I do have other mouse pads that reflect my interests- a Homer Simpson pad, one with the 3 Stooges, a Big Boy mouse pad I got in Michigan, and even a Bulls basketball-shaped pad! Now, if I just had enough computers to accommodate them all…)
There certainly have been a lot of different werewolf make-ups- starting off with the one from “Werewolf of London”( I think the one that was used for Larry Talbot’s wolf face was actually based on an unused design from that film!) A lot of people remember that Hammer film “Curse of the Werewolf” with Oliver Reed as a sort of white-furred wolf man. We had a few variations on our program with “the Boy Who Cried Werewolf” and “Werewolf of Washington”-not to mention the Southwestern shape-shifting werewolves- male and female- we had in “Werewolf.” There were certainly more sophisticated transformations with stuff like “ An American Werewolf in London” and it’s semi-sequel, “An American Werewolf in Paris.” You can add the various types from “the Howling” series, including the (ahem) impressive Sybill Danning scenes from the second one (“Howling 2:Your Sister is a Werewolf!”) I guess we can’t really count the computer generated Wolf Man of “Van Helsing” since no make-up was involved but I suppose I can count the look of Lupe the Wolf Man in the old Three Stooges short, with the Wolf Man loose in the hotel where the Stooges are bellboys!(Before somebody asks, it’s called “Idle Roomers.”)
We had the werewolves and combo vampire/werewolf of the “Underworld “ series, and the list could go on and on. We could even branch out to include Eddie Munster, too, I guess…and, yes, I’m restraining myself from even mentioning Wolf Man Jack in “American Graffiti” (no, I guess I’m not…)
Also, a shout out to one of my favorite Wolf men- Bruce Wolf- who always will land on his feet. All the best, Bruce!
There certainly have been a lot of different werewolf make-ups- starting off with the one from “Werewolf of London”( I think the one that was used for Larry Talbot’s wolf face was actually based on an unused design from that film!) A lot of people remember that Hammer film “Curse of the Werewolf” with Oliver Reed as a sort of white-furred wolf man. We had a few variations on our program with “the Boy Who Cried Werewolf” and “Werewolf of Washington”-not to mention the Southwestern shape-shifting werewolves- male and female- we had in “Werewolf.” There were certainly more sophisticated transformations with stuff like “ An American Werewolf in London” and it’s semi-sequel, “An American Werewolf in Paris.” You can add the various types from “the Howling” series, including the (ahem) impressive Sybill Danning scenes from the second one (“Howling 2:Your Sister is a Werewolf!”) I guess we can’t really count the computer generated Wolf Man of “Van Helsing” since no make-up was involved but I suppose I can count the look of Lupe the Wolf Man in the old Three Stooges short, with the Wolf Man loose in the hotel where the Stooges are bellboys!(Before somebody asks, it’s called “Idle Roomers.”)
We had the werewolves and combo vampire/werewolf of the “Underworld “ series, and the list could go on and on. We could even branch out to include Eddie Munster, too, I guess…and, yes, I’m restraining myself from even mentioning Wolf Man Jack in “American Graffiti” (no, I guess I’m not…)
Also, a shout out to one of my favorite Wolf men- Bruce Wolf- who always will land on his feet. All the best, Bruce!
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