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 Man Who Laughs (1928 film) and Charles Puffy. The animal actor used for the role of Homo, the Wolf was a dog named Zimbo, who had previously appeared in the Fox Film's 1927 "Wolf Fangs". Following the success of Universal Pictures's 1923 adaptation of Victor Hugo's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", the company was eager to release another film starring Lon Chaney. A treatment adapting "The Phantom of the Opera" was prepared, but rejected by the Universal executives. In its place, Chaney was offered the lead in a film version of Hugo's "The Man Who Laughs", to be produced under its French title ("L'Homme Qui