Reviews

Seen this at the movies in 1956! I've listed this as my favorite werewolf movie of all times (I've seen a lot them) Takes place in the Big Bear Mountain area in Calif. Filmed in the winter time with snow still on the ground. Steven Ritch gives a good performance as the poor guy who gets treated by the wrong doctors after having a car accident. This can't really be considered a horror movie since it involves radiation etc. The special affects are fine and the werewolf makeup looks good (Looks like same makeup used in "The Return of the Vampire". A couple of great scary moments - The cave scene - The scene in the police station cell - My favorite is the scene at the beginning of the movie when the werewolf comes out of the alley and confronts a little old lady (The werewolf has his back to you but scares the heck out of the lady who is facing him)! No guts or gore in this movie. Harry Lauter, always liked him, plays the main deputy. I went up to the location where the movie's finale was shot (On the bridge)! I was 9 years old when I seen this movie at our local movie house and I have the movie at home now and try to watch it a couple of times a year! Watch it if you get the chance, you just might like it!! David N.

My #1 vampire movie of all time! Seen this at the movies in 1957. Some great scary moments, soundtrack is good, fast pace, makeup was fine. This is not a "Dracula type movie". Actually more SF then horror. Doctor takes wrong pills, becomes addicted and changes him! The hero of the movie (Kenneth Tobey) also was the star of "The Thing From another World, 1951" Some of the suspense moments are, The nurse running to her home with the vampire chasing her, The vampire's daughter knocking on his bedroom door at night, The lab assistant attacked in the lab on a rainy night, The opening of a casket at the graveyard. The soundtrack of this movie was created by the same person as the soundtrack for the movie "The Return of Dracula" - Movie is in Glorious B/W!! I have this movie at home and watch it 2 or 3 times a year! Watch it someday, you may just like it! DN