{"id":18542,"date":"2011-07-12T11:31:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T18:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18542"},"modified":"2021-01-26T17:07:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T00:07:27","slug":"werewolf-of-london-1935","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18542","title":{"rendered":"Werewolf of London (1935)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The werewolf instinctively seeks to kill the thing it loves best.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Poster-685x1024.jpg 685w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Poster.jpg 2009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA botanist (Henry Hull) seeking a rare flower in Tibet is scratched by a werewolf and given the &#8220;disease&#8221;; back in London, he tries to hide his secret from his wife (Valerie Hobson) and stay away from her during the full moon, so that he won&#8217;t &#8220;harm the one he loves best&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Scientists<\/li>\n<li>Werewolves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;first werewolf movie&#8221; &#8212; directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stuart_Walker_(filmmaker)\">Stuart Walker<\/a> &#8212; features &#8220;solid acting&#8221;, &#8220;was seriously, somberly made&#8221;, and &#8220;set the rule for future entries in the subgenre by having an unhappy ending&#8221;. As he points out, it&#8217;s &#8220;not a bad horror film, although it isn&#8217;t particularly frightening&#8221;, and Warner Oland&#8217;s sinister character (a mysterious Japanese &#8220;gentleman&#8221; who &#8220;pays him a visit&#8221;) isn&#8217;t given enough screentime. Peary accurately notes that &#8220;the best scenes&#8221; are the &#8220;exciting, atmospheric opening&#8221; in the Himalayas, and &#8220;when Hull transforms into a werewolf as he walks behind some columns&#8221; (a nifty, seamless piece of special effects editing). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective make-up design and transformation sequences<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Makeup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Makeup-1024x599.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Makeup-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Makeup-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Makeup-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Makeup.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Cinematography-1024x599.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Cinematography-1024x599.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Cinematography-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Cinematography-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Werewolf-of-London-Cinematography.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply for its historical importance as the first werewolf film (other than a lost 18-minute silent short). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0027194\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1935\/05\/10\/archives\/at-the-rialto.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/classic-horror.com\/reviews\/werewolf_of_london_1935\">Classic Horror Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2382&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/horror\/werewolfoflondon.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/werewolf-of-london\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The werewolf instinctively seeks to kill the thing it loves best.&#8221; Synopsis: A botanist (Henry Hull) seeking a rare flower in Tibet is scratched by a werewolf and given the &#8220;disease&#8221;; back in London, he tries to hide his secret from his wife (Valerie Hobson) and stay away from her during the full moon, so that he won&#8217;t &#8220;harm the one he loves best&#8221;. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Horror Scientists Werewolves Response to Peary\u2019s Review: As Peary notes, this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18542\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18542"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66195,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18542\/revisions\/66195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}