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!

Monday, April 7, 2025

She-Wolf of London - 1946

Next up on our list was this movie. We suffered through the hour it took to watch it only to be outraged at the end.

There was no monster. The hag woman was pretending to be a monster to drive some girl insane. That way, her daughter, who wasn't in love with the weird barrister, could marry the barrister instead of the penniless dude she was in love with.

Also, let's just take a moment to talk about all the stalking in this thing. Once the "insane" lady was losing her marbles, there always seemed to be some guy watching the house. Sometimes two! And then I wondered why there were so many people wandering around this park in the middle of the night. Especially a young boy! What the heck was he doing there?!

Okay, so let's talk about the motive. Hag woman wants to stay in the fancy house and have her daughter marry a man she doesn't want, so she decides to murder four (I think) people to drive her niece insane. Then, she blabs her entire plot to the girl before she gets ready to kill her, so the maid can overhear. Then she falls conveniently on her knife. The end. I just think there was probably a way she could've accomplished her goal without killing innocent people.

This movie was awful, and it doesn't deserve to be anywhere near a monster movie list.


 

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