Though we may be a little late, with the Super Blood Wolf Moon having appeared earlier this week, we still have a feature connected to the wolf- if NOT to the full moon part of legend- as we present, for the very first time on our show- “The Werewolf”!
This 1956 bit of werewolfery begins with a man stumbling through the dark streets of small rural town Mountaincrest- and visiting a local tavern, where he seems somewhat confused and disoriented- asking the bartender Hoxie if he knows who he is- with no luck! Flashing some money as he pays for his drink, he’s followed out onto the almost deserted street by a ne’er-do-well -intent on robbing him of his cash. Things don’t quite turn out as he’d planned- as they tussle in an alley- and only one of them emerges- spotted by an old lady who lets out a shriek, as the one person- or whatever he is- hightails it out of town!
The locals investigate and find the would-be robber looks like he was attacked by a wild animal! The sheriff Jack Haines drops the body off at Dr. Gilchrist’s place- then heads out with a deputy and posse to look for whatever did such damage.
Unfortunately, the deputy ends up getting a little damage himself- and ends up at the same doctor’s office, where the doc and his nurse tend to his wounds- again, appearing to be caused by some animal. From the deputy’s description- the sheriff begins to think that it’s – a wolf man! The doctor scoffs- but seems to come around to agreeing with the lawman.
The next day- the confused fellow who fled town comes to the doctor’s office- revealing that he has no recollection of who he is- or how he got to the town. He vaguely recalls being with two doctors after an auto accident- and believes he killed a man- but, when the medical folk try to give him a sedative to calm him down- he reacts violently- not trusting them because he thinks those other two doctors did something awful to him! He runs away- and the nurse Amy calls the sheriff to fill him in on what just happened.
Sheriff Jack establishes a full-fledged posse to hunt for this man- but, meanwhile, we see the two doctors who are responsible for his condition. They’ve seen newspaper reports of the strange “animal” attacks- and conclude that the responsible party is the man who had an auto accident- that they injected with the experimental serum they are trying to perfect- “for the good of mankind” ( oh, really?) They decide that they must find the man before the authorities do- to keep their secret safe by killing their subject!
Just before they leave- they get a visit from the man’s wife- who found out her hubby-Duncan Marsh- had been at this doctor’s place. The doctors pretend they have no idea where he might be, and after she and her son leave- the two doctors head to Mountaincrest, intent on rubbing out Marsh!
Things get tense with Marsh transforming back and forth from human to a werewolf- while the Sheriff and his friends- along with the shady doctors- hunt for him. Then, his wife and son end up in town- and the fate of the werewolf teeters between humanity and destruction!
This movie is a departure from the usual werewolf lore, since it takes a science fiction tack rather than the supernatural- it’s a wolf man created by science, so- no adhering to the old “full moon” rules. The werewolf make-up may look familiar- and we’ll tell you why, as well as introducing the cast- which includes one actor you’ve seen before in the Gill Man series- though you’d never recognize him from that! We also have a new song- and a commercial for a beverage that could have you baying at the moon!
“The Werewolf” premieres tonight on MeTV at 8 pm eastern/pacific, 7 central, or, for time and channel where you are, check your local listings or at www.metv.com. We’ve been trending high nationally on Twitter again- so feel free to join the other “tweeters” posting during the show- and use the hashtag #svengoolie . Chicago area viewers get a a second date with “Dracula’s Daughter” at 11 am on WCIU, the U.
Though, with the weather in many parts of the country already providing a chill, we’ll chill you a little more with “The Werewolf” tonight!
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Another 50's movie that had a more natural-as opposed to supernatural reason-to cause unfortunate folks to morph into monsters was called Blood of Dracula. Wait, you say, isn't Dracula a supernatural creature? Well, yes, but despite the movie company's obvious attempt to, hopefully, cash in on the reference to the King of vampires, the plot of the movie has more in common with "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" that any other vampire movie, with the exception of another earlier, 50's vampire movie that I think Dale mentioned which was more like "The Werewolf."
Speaking of that movie, I found this vid on YouTube which uses a bunch of clips from the movie. It's done by a French group called Zombie Dandies to apparently promote the song in the video, which they wrote and perform, called "Werewolf Rock." I realize that the admin doesn't want us to clutter the blog up with a bunch of vids, but I promise this one is relevant to the Sven show.
that turn him into a blood-thirsty monster.
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Have a great day 🦋
seeing "Straight 🤤
Jacket"! Wondering
have I seen this one
🤔 I love seeing Joan
Crawford in any movie
have some favorites
of hers 🎬
Keep warm and stay
out of the deep ice
😨♨️😉
As for ABBOTT AND COSTELLO GI TO MARS, it is not one of the tean's better films, but IMO, even second-tiet A& C is better than some other comedians' best work.
And STRAIT JACKET? it's a campy and audacious William Castle-Joan Crawford cult favorite that's impossible to dislike.
As for THE GIANT CLAW, what else can I say, except that it's for the birds? See what I did there?
As for STRAIT JACKET, yes, this movie, along with the earlier WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE, helped revive Joan Crawford's career.
- Lao Tzu
for the news letter
great line up 📺
Looking forward to
last movie movie on the list 😊🍿🙄
See you later 👻
Keep warm!
Hope your having a
nice one ☕Rain down this way all through the weekend ☔
That "Polar Vortex" ❄sounds so scary I
can not even imagine
being in a deep 😨
freeze! Not able to go out for days and everything frozen in place🤖
The warmth is on the
way 🌅 good for them!
Have a great weekend
Lynn 😊
updt: edit typo
Good to hear that
are Eastie friends will
warm up this weekend
great news🌞 It almost looks impossible with
all that snow and ice
every where ❄⛄❄
Wish you all the best
warm up🌅🗽🌅
We are having a big storm coming in today
🌧🌬🌧 through
Monday!
Catbat I hope your antenna holds up and stays put 🌬📺🌬 for the show!
I made it through Perry
Mason last night a good
one 💼 well barely.
Looking forward to
"The Giant Claw" seen
It only once🍿📺🍿
Have a nice day 🦋
Think Spring it will
come 🌞 soon!
