Movie

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

★ 7.3/10 · 10 votes 1999 0h 33m Released

Documentary

Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by Moonlight! explores these movies. Rick Baker explains how the make-up was done on Chaney's character. Screenwriter Curtis Siodmak took very little from earlier werewolf legends, providing his own story for some of the films. This documentary displays clips from several other movies, including "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) and "House of Dracula" (1945).

Cast

Rick Baker Self John Landis Host / Self Curt Siodmak Self Lon Chaney Jr. Self (archive footage) Claude Rains Self (archive footage) Evelyn Ankers Self (archive footage)