Day 6: Werewolf of London (1935)
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Day 6: Werewolf of London (1935)

Welcome to Day 6 of 31 Days of Horror, where we'll be discussing Universal's first werewolf movie, Werewolf of London from 1935. I have to admit: Outside of that Warren Zevon song, I had never heard of Werewolf of London and had absolutely no idea there was any other werewolf film in Universal's classic monster movies, outside of The Wolf Man series. That franchise (especially the first one) is so iconic, and casts such a long shadow over every other werewolf movie ever made, that is it almost unfathomable to even consider that Werewolf of London came first (and by…
Day 1: Häxan (1922)
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Day 1: Häxan (1922)

We're officially starting this year's 31 Days of Horror with Häxan, which is a silent horror film from writer / director Benjamin Christensen. It's an interesting movie because it's sort of an enigma by seemingly being all things at once. It's a documentary and history lesson about witchcraft but it's also a fictional horror narrative with "reenactments" of the torture methods used on those found guilty of being witches. It's both very tame and approachable, yet it also could never have been released in the US at the time it was made due to the sexuality, violence and nudity on…