The Wolf Man (1941 film) rating of 7.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A handsomely told tale with an affecting performance from Lon Chaney, Jr., "The Wolf Man" remains one of the classics of the Universal horror stable." Author and film critic Leonard Maltin awarded the film 3.5 out of 4 stars, calling it "One of the finest horror films ever made". In his review, Maltin praised the film's make-up effects, atmospheric music, and Chaney's performance. The Wolf Man is the only Universal monster to be played by the same actor in all his 1940s film appearances. Lon Chaney Jr. was very proud of this,
Wolf in Shadow who allowed Gemmell to show a contrast between Shannow, a man unhesitating in using force to combat what he saw as evil, and Broome a man who regarded the use of force as an evil unto itself. Wolf in Shadow Wolf in Shadow (first published in the United States as "The Jerusalem Man") is a 1987 post-apocalyptic heroic fantasy novel by British author David Andrew Gemmell. It is similar to Gemmell's first book "Legend" in that Legend arose from Gemmell's own illness with cancer, and "Wolf in Shadow" was written while he dealt with his mother's cancer and subsequent death.