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Directed by Stuart Walker

Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller

Though not the grand spectacle of horror that the later Wolf Man would be, The Werewolf of London still stands out as a fine effort from Universal. Then again, what 1930s Universal chiller doesn't qualify as a classic?

World-renowned botanist Dr. Wilfred Glendon (Henry Hull) has a bit of a problem. While searching for a rare plant in the Tibetan mountains he gets bitten by a werewolf. Back in London, the mysterious Dr. Yogami (Warner Oland) warns Glendon in a roundabout way that at the first beams of the full moon, he will turn to a werewolf, and kill the thing he loves most, in this case Glendon's wife Lisa (Valerie Hobson, Bride of Frankenstein). The only antidote known for this particular brand of lycanthropy are the flowers from a rare plant found in the Tibetan mountains, a sample of which Glendon brought back from his journey. However, when the full moon strikes, the plant's flowers go missing, and he begins a nightmarish cycle of wolfishness.

The Werewolf of London has the usual solid Universal production values behind it, making it at least a good B-movie. The acting is excellent, with Hull (who sounds like Claude Rains at some points) and Oland leading a strong cast. No single performance is weak; additionally, the transformation effects by John P. Fulton are excellent, and in some ways better than the ones in later lycanthrope pictures.

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