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,
The Howling (film) horror film directors who directed other films that featured werewolves, including George Waggner, who directed "The Wolf Man" (1941). Others include R. William Neill ("Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man", 1943), Terence Fisher ("The Curse of the Werewolf", 1960), Freddie Francis ("Legend of the Werewolf", 1975), Erle Kenton ("House of Dracula", 1945, which co-stars John Carradine, who plays Kenton in "The Howling"), Sam Newfield ("The Mad Monster", 1942), Charles Barton ("Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein", 1948), Jacinto Molina ("La Marca del Hombre Lobo", 1968) and Lew Landers ("The Return of the Vampire", 1943). Dick Miller's bookstore owner Walter Paisley gets his