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Post by Middoth on Jan 8, 2021 17:26:15 GMT
dem bones
Weird novel of an ancient family's curse of lycanthropy, featuring Miss Luna Bartendale, a female occult detective. Kerruish's "werewolf novel THE UNDYING MONSTER (1922) is one of the best in the genre." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 241-42. A "marginally Jamesian werewolf novel." - Pardoe, The James Gang, p. 10. The book "takes a creditable place by the side of DRACULA," not more than half a head shorter. Miss Kerruish has made a most exciting pattern out of Teutonic mythology, medieval necromancy, the Wars of the Roses, and the modern world. The horrors really horrify, and one is really concerned for the persons involved in them." - Edward Shanks. Basis for a 1942 film. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-114. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 945. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 128. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 113.
Robert Weinberg
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Post by Michael Connolly on Nov 17, 2021 13:52:55 GMT
dem bones Weird novel of an ancient family's curse of lycanthropy, featuring Miss Luna Bartendale, a female occult detective. Kerruish's "werewolf novel THE UNDYING MONSTER (1922) is one of the best in the genre." - Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 241-42. A "marginally Jamesian werewolf novel." - Pardoe, The James Gang, p. 10. The book "takes a creditable place by the side of DRACULA," not more than half a head shorter. Miss Kerruish has made a most exciting pattern out of Teutonic mythology, medieval necromancy, the Wars of the Roses, and the modern world. The horrors really horrify, and one is really concerned for the persons involved in them." - Edward Shanks. Basis for a 1942 film. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 3-114. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 945. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 128. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 113.
Robert Weinberg  The very well directed and shot film version of The Undying Monster isn't bad at all. As you can see below, it's very clearly "inspired" by the The Wolf Man. It's even got its own poem: “When stars are bright, on a frosty night, beware the bane, on the rocky lane”. The mystery is very easy to solve and there's a couple of illogical plot holes. Watch out for the single special effect at the climax. The last line is very funny (but not everyone will agree with that). This seems to be the best quality print online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKpxUBYMnbk |
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Post by Middoth on Nov 22, 2021 22:11:29 GMT
Very nice retro movie. Eh, if modern horror films had such duration After the werewolf was shown, the howling of unknown origin continued, it was definitely not a werewolf howling. At the same time, one of the characters assures that wolves in England not since the Middle Ages
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