Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943 123movies

Watch: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943 123movies, Full Movie Online – Larry Talbot finds himself in an asylum, recovering from an operation performed by the kindly Dr. Mannering. Inspector Owen finds him there, too, wanting to question him about a recent spate of murders. Talbot escapes and finds Maleva, the old gypsy woman who knows his secret: when the moon is full, he changes to a werewolf. She travels with him to locate the one man who can help him to die – Dr. Frankenstein. The brilliant doctor proves to be dead himself, but they do find Frankenstein’s daughter. Talbot begs her for her father’s papers containing the secrets of life and death. She doesn’t have them, so he goes to the ruins of the Frankenstein castle to find them himself. There he finds the Monster, whom he chips out of a block of ice. Dr. Mannering catches up with him only to become tempted to monomania while using Frankenstein’s old equipment..
Plot: Grave robbers open the grave of the wolf man and awaken him. He doesn’t like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full so tries to find Dr. Frankenstein, in the hopes that the doctor can cure him. Dr. Frankenstein has died; however, his monster is found.
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A couple of grave-robbers get much more than they bargained for when they desecrate the tomb of Wolf-Man “Larry Talbot” (Lon Chaney Jr.) who is ultimately seeking the peace of death. Teaming up with a gypsy “Maleva” who knows his secret they set off to find the one man who can fulfil his wish – “Dr. Frankenstein”. He is long since dead but his daughter agrees to help find the papers in her late father’s derelict castle. There they stumble upon his monster (Bela Lugosi) and free it from captivity in a block of ice. It goes on the rampage and we find ourselves in the more traditional monster-hunt scenario. Dennis Hoey is again cast as the policeman (a role he played frequently in Roy William Neill’s “Sherlock Holmes” films) and Patric Knowles and Ilona Massey provide solid support in this entertaining, if predictable, short terror feature. Could have done without the song, I think, though.

I only want to die. That’s why I’m here. If I ever find peace I’ll find it here.

In an effort to revitalise their monster franchise at the box offices, Universal hit on the idea of of featuring more than one monster in a movie. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man was to be the first of many such ventures.

Lon Chaney Jr is back as Larry Talbot/The Wolf Man, who after being awoken by unsuspecting grave robbers, is once again tortured by his curse and desperately wants an end to his misery. Seeking out the Gypsy woman Maleva (Maria Ouspenskaya), the pair of them head off to find Dr. Frankenstein in the hope of finding a solution. He’s dead, though, but there’s another scientist on hand for help and as the villagers once again take unkindly to someone rekindling old nightmares, all while the Frankenstein Monster (Bela Lugosi) is found preserved in ice…

It’s in effect a sequel to both The Wolf Man and The Ghost of Frankenstein, though as would become the norm, Monster Frank is a bit part player in a film bearing his name. The film is delightfully brisk and with Chaney doing good work as the tortured Talbot – with the relationship between Maleva and himself quite touching – the story carries emotional weight. However, Lugosi doesn’t look right for the role of the monster, Patrick Knowles’ switcharoo to a mad scientist is ill thought out, while the big smack down finale is sadly all too brief.

Nobody in the film, except maybe Chaney, was done any favours in the editing and writing rooms, but it’s still a whole bunch of fun for fans of the Universal Monsters series. 6/10

Loved it when I was a kid; still love it now!
This is really as cheeky a concept as you can get for a movie: a classic literary character from the work of Mary Shelley meets a 1940s-created Hollywood werewolf! And yet, as my ten-year old self discovered, and as my older and not in the least more sophisticated adult self realises, it’s a film that really works.

For one thing, it’s wonderfully atmospheric, thanks to Roy William Neill’s moody direction, crisp cinematography and sincere performances from the actors. The opening shot is one of the best in Universal’s horror cannon, the camera dollying over a gloomy cemetery while crows hop and croak as two grave robbers make their way to the Talbot tomb. They didn’t choose the time particularly well, for it is a full moon, and all that’s needed to bring the Wolfman (Lon Chaney) back from the dead is its silver-white touch on Talbot’s dead hand.

Chaney is excellent as the tormented Talbot; unfortunately studio interference – the editing out of the monster’s (played by Bela Lugosi) dialogue and blindness (until the end) make Bela’s performance inexplicable to those not in the know. Happily we have compensations in the form of Lionel Atwill, Maria Ouspenskaya, Dwight Frye (back for a last Universal hurrah before his untimely death) and the ravishing Ilona Massey. We even have Inspector Lestrade turn up in the form of Denis Hoey. He might be called Inspector Owen in this movie, but he’s got the same overcoat and bowler Hoey wears in his Rathbone Sherlock Holmes’ movies.

Talbot escapes from an asylum and heads for Visaria, seeking the secret of Frankenstein’s unholy science. He just wants to die and end the torture of his 3 times a month transformations. After various adventures he thaws out Henry’s creation and the two quickly turn up Frankenstein’s Secrets of Life And Death diary; the monster (with Ygor’s brain inside him – see Ghost of Frankenstein) is also seeking to be restored to full power.

Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman even has a barnstorming musical song as the village celebrates the Festival of The New Wine, “For life is short and death is long” being verbal torture for Talbot. The monster comes searching for his new friend and certainly puts a dampener on things for the villagers!

The climactic fight between our titans of terror may have dated but it worked for audiences of the time and on the whole this is a film I never tire of re-watching.

To summarise, cheeky concept, excellent movie!

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 14 min (74 min)
Budget 1200000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director Roy William Neill
Writer Curt Siodmak
Actors Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Patric Knowles
Country United States
Awards 2 wins & 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Universal Studios Laboratory, USA
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm