Starting with "The Wolf Man" (in 1941), Universal Studios made five movies featuring The Wolf Man, a character portrayed by Lon Chaney, Jr. Monster by Moonlight! explores these movies. Rick Baker explains how the make-up was done on Chaney's character. Screenwriter Curtis Siodmak took very little from earlier werewolf legends, providing his own story for some of the films. This documentary displays clips from several other movies, including "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948) and "House of Dracula" (1945).
David J. Skal
Writer, Director
Rick Baker
Self
John Landis
Host / Self
Curt Siodmak
Self
Lon Chaney Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Claude Rains
Self (archive footage)
Evelyn Ankers
Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi
Self (archive footage)
Edward Van Sloan
Self (archive footage)
Charles Laughton
Self (archive footage)
The Class of ‘9271%
The Cheshire Murders65%
Directed by John Ford70%
Public Speaking70%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Sherman's March67%
Night Will Fall76%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
Sidney70%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
A Plastic Ocean75%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
McQueen74%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Love, Antosha74%
Black Sheep72%
The Menendez Brothers72%
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends71%
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish67%
