Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man and Kong. The 2009 film "House of the Wolf Man" is a tribute to "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man" and Universal's other "monster mash" films and also features a climactic clash between Frankenstein's Monster and a werewolf. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man is a 1943 American horror film produced by Universal Studios starring Lon Chaney, Jr. as the Wolf Man and Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's monster. This was the first of a series of "ensemble" monster films combining characters from several film series. This film, therefore, is both the fifth in the series of films
The Wolf Man (1941 film) was photographed and his outline drawn on panes of glass in front of the camera. Chaney then went to makeup man Jack Pierce's department, where Pierce, using grease paint, a rubber snout appliance and a series of wigs, glued layers of yak hair to Chaney's face. Then Chaney would return to the set, line himself up using the panes of glass as reference and several feet of film were shot. Then Chaney would return to the make-up department, a new layer was applied, showing the transformation further along, then returned to the sound stage. This was done about a half-dozen