Universal Studios Monsters 1943 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Sounding more like comicbook japes than a serious classic monster film, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man is surprisingly good. Anecdotal evidence from screenwriter Curt Siodmaksuggests the idea was initially presented by him as a joke to producer George Waggner as he needed a new car. I was sitting down at the Universal commissary having lunch with him and I said, George, why dont we make a picture Frankenstein Wolfs the Meat Man er, Meets the Wolf Man Waggner took him up on his idea and announced his new writing job was indeed to be Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, on the very day payment fell due for his car. The first of what would come to be known as the Universal monster rallies, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man is arguably one of the stronger horror films of the genre, and certainly the best of the multimonster mashes. With an excellent cast generally, and a superlative performance by Lon Chaney, the film, directed by Roy William Neill, is at times visually stunning and beautifully scripte