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The Werewolf (1956)

 The Werewolf (1956)

RELEASED July 1, 1956 RUNTIME 79 mins 

DIRECTOR Fred F. Sears 

WRITERS Robert E. Kent (screenplay), James B. Gordon (story) 

STARS Don Megowan, Joyce Holden, Eleanore Tanin

COUNTRY United States LANGUAGE English 

STUDIO Clover Productions 

GENRES Science Fiction, Horror

Streaming on: Crackle




The plot: A stranger arrives in town at the onset of a bunch of murders. The town doctor and his daughter try to figure shit out. 


Random observations:

  • At the beginning of this film, the narrator states that lycanthropy is both the ability to turn into a werewolf AND the ability to turn OTHERS into werewolves? Whaaaaaaaaaat? Maybe they mean during an attack, but they made it sound like they could just walk up to anyone and be like "What's up? You're a werewolf now." 
  • Jesus, Crackle has a shit ton of commercials.
  • This werewolf rolls around on the ground a lot. 

This movie is only 79 minutes long, but because of all of the commercials on Crackle, I started it at 12:55p and it's still not over yet and it's 2:47p. I shit you not. 



0.6/1 Directing
0.7/1 Cinematography
0.5/1 Visual design
0.5/1 Editing
0.4/1 Plot 
0.5/1 Dialogue
0.5/1 Acting
0.5/1 Soundtrack/Score/Sound
0.4/1 Originality
0.4/1 Rewatchability
Total: 5/10 Binge Bones


The verdict: If you do watch this one, wait until you can stream it somewhere other than Crackle. There are many fine moments here, but with 7 ads per break and each break occurring about every 20 minutes, it's enough to wish for a werewolf to come bite my face off instead.
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