What's this about?

Lately, it seems like many of the movies/shows are just a rehash or reboot of things that have already been done. And so I started to dive into the past. It's been fun, but I find myself losing track of which ones I’ve seen and whether or not I enjoyed them. Sometimes the titles themselves just don't tell me enough to remember.

I wouldn’t have voluntarily watched a lot of these movies when I was younger. It’s strange how interests change. That goes for what I read, too. I have another blog that explores books. I’m mostly reading older fiction and memoirs, and some of the books have led me to movies/shows and vice versa. In those cases, I may post the book review over here as well.

There will be spoilers, which is different than my book reviews. That’s mostly because I want to have enough information to help me remember what I’ve seen. I’m getting older. The brain doesn’t cooperate like it used to. What can I say? The gray hairs are catching up with me!

Sunday, April 14, 2024

Werewolf of London - 1935

It was a double feature of craziness last night! It's the next movie in our Universal Monsters list.

So, again we have some botanists in Tibet. It reminded me of The Snow Creature with the whole "let's go find a rare plant" but in this case, they find the plant. The one guy finds a werewolf as well, but he just shakes off the whole getting bit thing. It also seems like they were attacked by something invisible. His partner somehow disappeared, and I'm not sure if the young man they showed later was his lost partner or not. The movie doesn't address it.

Back in London, the doctor is secretly performing experiments on the plant. He has a minion, Hawkins, that wears a straw boater hat indoors for some reason. It just bothered me. He treats his wife like trash, so when an old love shows up, he decides to get jealous.

In the meantime, he's approached by a guy who tells him there's going to be murders by a werewolf. He wants the blooms from the plant since they prevent a werewolf from turning during the full moon.

Ok, so this movie was weird. The thought process of the second werewolf guy was weird. He was the one who infected Wilfred/Rupert in the first place. I kept hearing his wife call him both names, but I think his name was actually Wilfred. Anyway, there are two blooms, and they only work for one night. What is the point of destroying the flower? There are more than 2 nights of the full moon, and it's not like the full moon is a once every five years. The thought process was just weird. And why do werewolves want to attack the person they love the most?

Beside that, I did enjoy some of the effects. He actually changed while moving on screen and it looked pretty good. Other times, it looked like he had a pig nose. I wanted to see him climb up a wall or something, but I was robbed of that glory. I guess this was the frustrating one for me (see the review for Terror Squad for Mom's frustrating movie). I just couldn't understand what the master plan was. The whole "let's destroy the one plant that could provide an antidote" does NOT make any sense. Oh, and someone should have killed that lady singing at the concert. I'm on the fence with this one.



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