Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Well you learn something new every day. I never even considered that there was another 'wolf man' type picture before Lon Chaney's take in the 1941 classic. So imagine my surprise when I come across this 1935 film claiming it's title as the very first werewolf flick. Not only that, but it's not a bad little story built around a potential cure for 'werewolfery', a term I never heard before, but coming from Warner Oland as Chinese Professor, Dr. Yogami, it sort of sounded like there should actually be such a word. I got the biggest kick out of that.So the 'cure' turns out to be a rare flower called the mariphasa lupina lumina, and because it only blooms by moonlight, it goes by the name of the phosphorescent moon flower. Actually, as explained by Dr. Yogami, it's not really a cure, but an antidote for the werewolf afflicted for only a matter of hours. I had to do a double take when I heard the description of the plant in Dr.Glendon's (Henry Hull) book on lycantrophy - "Unless the rare flower is used, the werewolf must kill at least one human being each night of the full moon or become permanently afflicted." But wait a minute - wouldn't killing a person each night of the full moon be the very definition of permanently afflicted? Still scratching my head over that one.You know, I never understood the phrase 'going on the wagon' as it refers to someone who's an alcoholic trying to quit. But this picture clarified it for me right out of the blue when one of the characters stated that one needed to 'go on the WATER wagon'. Now that makes perfect sense, seeing as how water wagons were quite commonly used for delivery, and would have provided the necessary relief in place of booze. So this picture turned out to be educational as well. Anyway, I thought this was a fairy entertaining story that even threw in some comic relief with a couple of bickering spinsters going by the names of Mrs. Whack (Ethel Griffies) and Moncaster (Zeffie Tilbury). It was most likely their banter that contributed to the 'on the wagon' scenario, but I just can't place it for certain. I also found Dr. Yogami's contention interesting that there were two werewolves in London at the time he arrived. All the time one wonders who the second one might have been, right up until Yogami himself takes a hit of the old moon flower remedy. That was a clever way to bring the story around full circle.

For the next several days, I plan to review various movies about werewolves that I manage to find on YouTube, starting with this-the first mainstream one about them. Henry Hull travels to Tibet in search of a certain flower. While there, a creature bites into his arm. When he arrives home to England, he meets Warner Oland who claims to have met him previously in Tibet. Hull also has to deal with his wife and her friendship with an old friend who still fancies her. I'll stop there and just say this was quite a thrilling horror movie from the studio that glories in the genre: Universal. So on that note, Werewolf of London is highly recommended.

Prior to The Wolfman, Universal's first crack at a werewolf picture was Werewolf of London starring a legendary drama/romance actor named Henry Hull. Although Henry Hull is a terrific actor, his screen presence was rather timid in a horror picture that needed an exaggerated character. The film having a great introduction, couldn't manage to keep an entertaining story together and had didn't have as much werewolf screen time as it should have. The transformation of Henry Hull into the werewolf wasn't spectacular either. Looking back it may have been well received and fresh in the mid-1930s but the dull dialogue and uninteresting characters just doesn't hold up. Werewolf of London isn't a bad watch, just don't go in with high expectations.

5 years ago, I would never thought I would even try to watch black and white movie but 5 years later , I am not just watching it, I am actually really enjoy some oldies. This is another really good movie, the movie is only 75 mins long, so it'kind of short and the movie didn't not take to get started at all. I liked how the movie flowed, it's was not all action packed or anything, there were some in trusting scenes here and there.The effect in this were surprising, really good for it's time and I did found parts of it really funny, with those two old drunken ladies on stairs, they were so funny. The acting was great however I wasn't to keen on the ending, he went down too easy! 7 out of 10 from me.