Cry of the Werewolf
- August 17, 1944 (1944-08-17)
Cry of the Werewolf is a 1944 American horror film directed by Henry Levin and starring Nina Foch, Stephen Crane, Osa Massen, Blanche Yurka and Barton MacLane.[1]
Plot
A Romani princess descended from Marie LaTour has the ability to change into a wolf at will, just like her late mother. When she learns that Marie LaTour's tomb has been discovered, she decides to use her talent to kill everyone who knows the location, because it is a sacred secret that only her people are allowed to know.
Cast
- Nina Foch as Princess Celeste LaTour
- Stephen Crane as Robert 'Bob' Morris
- Osa Massen as Elsa Chauvet
- Blanche Yurka as Bianca
- Barton MacLane as Police Lt. Barry Lane
Production
The film was developed with the working title of Bride of the Vampire.[1]
Release
Cry of the Werewolf premiered in New York on August 17, 1944.[1] Cry of the Werewolf was issued theatrically as a double feature with The Soul of a Monster and continued to receive theatrical re-releases into the early 1950s.[2]
Reception
Michael R. Pitts described the film's reception as "mixed" on its initial release.[2] The New York Times stated that "[T]here is absolutely nothing original in this utterly suspenseless film" while a reviewer in The Sunday Times Signal (Zanesville, Ohio) proclaimed that "Horror fans are in for a thrill [with] the story of dread voodoo murders, horrifying tribal rites and a fantastic feast of death in which lovely and talented Nina Foch plays the woman werewolf whose mother terrorized millions and because of whose sins Nina can never marry."[2]
In 1962, Joe Dante included the film in his list of worst horror films list in Famous Monsters.[3] Dante stated the film was "a pretty dismal hunk of nonsense. Tho Nina Foch as the werewoman killed people left & right it was still a bore."[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Cry of the Werewolf". American Film Institute. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c Pitts 2014, p. 51.
- ^ a b Dante 1962, p. 17.
Sources
- Pitts, Michael R. (2014). Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786457663.
- Dante, Joe Jr. (July 1962). "Dante's Inferno". Famous Monsters. Vol. 4, no. 3. Central Publications, Inc.
External links
- Cry of the Werewolf at IMDb
- Cry of the Werewolf at AllMovie
- Cry of the Werewolf at the TCM Movie Database
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