WereWolf of London (1935)

ONE WOLF AND ONE WOOF!
WEREWOLF OF LONDON is a good movie in spite of Henry Hull's hammy acting style.The direction seems stagey at times but the story moves along at a reasonable pace. The werewolf is more of an extreme Jeckyl & Hyde character than what viewers may be used to but Jack Pierce's make-up is excellent in conveying an evil, fiendish appearance. The most memorable thing for me about the movie is that I think it may have the most soulful, dramatic and effective music score of any of the old Universal horror movies, and that's saying a lot. Karl Hajos is credited with the score. If you're so inclined, check out music clips from 1930s Universal horror films at Tony LoBue's Flash Gordon web site. As for She-Wolf of London, it should be called She-WOOF of London...

ONE GOOD HORROR FILM AND ONE OK MURDER MYSTERY!
This is deceiving double bill as only one film features a werewolf and they are not related to each other. The first one 'The Werewolf Of London' is an early werewolf story and is very good. The other is a murder mystery which is OK. Both these films can be found on the Wolfman Legacy Collection DVD set included with two other werewolf films. The transfers are very good and there are some interesting extras.

Miss Lockhart alone justifies the effort.
Apart from excellent settings and costumes, not to mention the always reliable pulchritude and charm of June Lockhart, this Val Lewton wannabe is mainly a misfire.

More's the pity too, since it abounds in shadowy night scenes, fog, and much cloak and daggery, including a final act complete with tilted camera angles, and poisoned milk, (a la Hichcock's "Suspicion").

But there is no real grue and no real tension, and what we are left with is a lame, (though slickly produced) thriller whose main interest accrues from its interesting cast and glossy staging.

Still, given the paucity of Victorian melodramas at your local cineplex--you could do much worse.