History Film / WerewolfOfLondon

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* {{Novelization}}: A surprisingly decent one by [[AwesomeMcCoolname Carl Dreadstone]] released as part of the Universal Horror Library in the 70's. It is told in the form of an extended flashback from Glendon's point of view so some characters like Paul Ames are barely present, and it has a different ending. Glendon and [[spoiler:Yogami]] try to have themselves hypnotized into not becoming werewolves. [[spoiler:It doesn't work.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: One of the victims is Alf the zookeeper, who is about cheat on his wife with his girlfriend -- before Glendon kills said girlfriend. There's no mention of what happens to [[KarmaHoudini Alf]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:"But, remember this, Dr. Glendon. The werewolf instinctively seeks to kill the thing it loves best."]]

'''''Werewolf of London''''' is a horror film released in 1935. Produced by Creator/{{Universal}}, it is the first werewolf film made in Hollywood.

'''''Werewolf of London''''' is a horror film released in 1935. Produced by {{Universal}}, it is the first werewolf film made in Hollywood.

* GratuitousLaboratoryFlasks: Glendon has a table in his laboratory (otherwise devoted to electrical equipment, his moon lamp in particular) that features among other things an enormous retort, several huge graduated cylinders, racks of test tubes with cotton swabs as stoppers, bottles of various liquids and powders, and the expected conical flasks and beakers. He never uses them.

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Simple bullets can kill them.

* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: A continual feature of the UniversalHorror films of this period. The character of Paul Ames is introduced largely for this purpose.

->''"[[FamousLastWords/{{Film}} Thanks for the bullet. It was the only way. In a... in a few moments now, I shall know why all this had to be.]]"''

%%* TragicMonster: We get two in this film, both Glendon and Yogami. The latter's characterization is oddly deep for one of these movies -- he does evil acts, and happily abandons Glendon to bouts of lycanthropic insanity, but at the same time he deeply regrets his own killings.
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* BritainIsOnlyLondon

* DyingAsYourself

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* MeaningfulName: Mrs. Whack.

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* ThisWasHisTrueForm

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* TransformationSequence

While searching for a rare plant in Tibet, wealthy botanist Wilfred Glendon is bitten by a werewolf. After the incident he returns home to find his wife, more and more estranged from her neglectful husband, turning in her loneliness to her childhood sweetheart, Paul Ames. Glendon also meets the mysterious Dr. Yogami, who wishes to see the rare plant that Glendon has found, the ''Marifasa lupina'', as its blossoms form the only cure against werewolf transformation – albeit a temporary one.
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Soon afterward, the remaining ''Marifasa'' is stolen and Glendon starts transforming on the nights of full moon. Each night people die and soon UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard is after him.

* CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds: A continual feature of the {{Universal}} horror films of this period. The character of Paul Ames is introduced largely for this purpose.

* YourCheatingHeart: One of the victims is Alf the zookeeper, who is about cheat on his wife with his girlfriend -- before Glendon kills them.
** Actually he only kills the girlfriend. There's no mention of what happens to [[KarmaHoudini Alf]].

Soon afterward, the remaining ''Marifasa'' is stolen and Glendon starts transforming on the nights of full moon. Each night people die and soon ScotlandYard is after him.

->--Dr. Wilfred Glendon, ''Werewolf of London''

Werewolf make-up was designed by the legendary Jack Pierce, who later worked on that other well-known werewolf film, ''Film/TheWolfMan''.

Werewolf make-up was designed by the legendary Jack Pierce, who later worked on that other well-known werewolf film, ''TheWolfMan''.

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