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Spending marks the beast The sequel to the massively popular movie "Twilight" hit theaters this weekend, mixing werewolves with vampires to the thrill of teenagers everywhere.

Universal Studios enjoyed so much success with its various monsters that the temptation to make endless sequels and combinations of characters proved too tempting, and movies like Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man appeared in large numbers throughout the 1930s and 1940s.

"Even a man who is pure in heart, and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms, and the autumn moon is bright." So goes the mantra that haunts The Wolf Man , and its reiteration over the course of the film reveals the spirit in which this movie is meant to be viewed.

Hollywood and Halloween will descend upon Ligonier Saturday when the retro monster movie "House of the Wolf Man" makes its Midwest premiere at the Ligonier Theatre.

Friday, October 02, 2009 05:58 PM Pat Jankiewicz Fearful Features On Thursday, October 1, 2009, a big fat full moon hung over Los Angeles.

Long gone are the days of Beach Blanket Bingo, innocence and taste. Welcome to a list of movies that are as big of flops as the big garbage dump in the ocean that's been all over the news lately.

The Wolf Man Part of the Universal Legacy Series, which suggests there'll be good extras for this creaky old creep show starring Lon Chaney Jr.

It's taken an age since I first posted the Comic-Con trailer for The Wolf Man back in July of 2008, but now the official trailer has finally arrived, and not long after the Avatar trailer went online , so it has a lot to contend with already.

It's taken an age since I first posted the Comic-Con trailer for The Wolf Man back in July of 2008, but now the official trailer has finally arrived, and not long after the Avatar trailer went online , so it has a lot to contend with already.

Four Oscar nominations, including best picture, went to this poignant 1939 adaptation of John Steinbeck's saga of George and his lumbering, mentally impaired friend Lennie , who share a dream of owning their own spread while working a ranch owned by a sadistic man with a flirtatious wife.

The Wexner Center for the Arts will open the cash bar, hand out free popcorn and screen The Wolf Man outside at sundown tonight.

So, the New Moon trailer premiere happened. And, while Taylor Lautner 's shirtless form was an undeniable feast for the eyes, we're not so hungry like a wolf for Jacob in lycanthrope mode.

Mort Abrahams, a producer for the "Route 66" television show during the 1960s, died of natural causes at age 93 at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif., reported the Hollywood Reporter .

The legendary Wolfman has been on the prowl in Greenwich after dark. Night-time shooting has been taking place this month at the Old Royal Naval College, as the finishing touches are applied to the remake of the 1941 monster movie.

Nineteen thirty-nine proved to be a vintage year for classic cinema with many of those movies still being revived on television, remembered and cherished even after 70 years.