tavm Continuing to review werewolf movies in chronological order of release that are uploaded on YouTube, I tried to look for the classic The Wolf Man but that was only available in highlighted segments. I did manage to find this-the sequel-though it was split into parts of which some of them were deleted. I did manage to find some of the missing scenes on that site as well as one uploaded segment with someone reading the original script which contained the dialogue of Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's monster. I think the movie would have been much improved if his lines had stayed intact. Anyway, most of what I managed to watch was good especially the atmospheric beginning when a couple of would-be grave robbers were looking inside Larry Talbot's coffin. Having yet to watch The Wolf Man, I'm glad this movie explained some of what happened there in this sequel. I had previously watched Lon Chaney Jr. in this role in Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein so I was familiar with his take on it. And much of what I saw of the rest was also good though the fight scene between the title characters seemed contrived to me. I don't know how different my attitude about this movie will change if I ever get to see the whole thing intact. For now, this movie will get a 6 from me...Update-6/26/18: I've now seen the whole thing on Internet Archive. The fight at the end is now more understandable. The rating is now raised to 7 stars...

Hitchcoc Lon Chaney, Jr. was able to reprise his Wolf Man character here and he does it very well. Once again, he is cursed to live and continue to do destruction. It must have been hard on the people in the village where Frankenstein was brought to life, because, like a flood plain, they were constantly faced with the results of Dr. Frankenstein's experiments. Bela Lugosi plays the monster and is quite convincing. He sports the same make-up and dress as Karloff did. As Larry Talbot (the wolf man) tries his best to put an end to his pain, he meets up with a descendant of Dr. Frankenstein and soon encounters the monster. What follows is a titanic struggle between the too. This could well lead to another sequel. Who knows?

LeonLouisRicci Sequel to "The Wolf Man" (1941) and Follow Up to "The Ghost of Frankenstein" (1942), War Time Audiences were Promised a Battle but were Delivered more of a Short but Energetic Encounter.The "Bela Lugosi as the Monster" Infamy, perhaps Spawns from Uninformed Viewers Unaware that the Script Originally called for Frankenstein's Creation to be Blind, a Fact Heldover from "Ghost". This Accounts for the Outstretched Gait (that ironically became synonymous with the Monster).That Information, along with "Monster Dialog" were Omitted from the Released Film (without on screen mention) and the rest is Universal Monster Movie History.Lon Chaney Jr. is Resurrected as the "Wolf Man" and burdened with even more Self-Pity along with Lycanthropy. Always with Interesting and Remarkable Casts, this Entry in the Series contains Lionel Atwill, Patrick Knowles, Ilona Massey, Maria Ouspenskaya, with Dwight Frye in a Cameo. Only the Gypsy Woman and Chaney are Reprising a Role.The Frankenstein Family Legacy is Represented by the "Baroness Elsa" (Massey) and the Doctor Succumbing to a Temptation to Play "God", is Larry Talbot's Physician, Dr. FRANK Mannering (Knowles).Overall, a Fun-Fest, the First "Monster Team-Up" (a marketing trick employed again and again), is about On Par with "Ghost" but doesn't quite have the same Impact as the Formula was Wearing Thin. More of an Injected Effort was Needed from the Studio's Serum and the Next One managed to be more Lively if Nothing Else.

Spikeopath 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, 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