Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Horrorfest 2019: She-Wolf of London


Directed by Jean Yarbrough, written by George Brickner
Starring June Lockhart and Don Porter
1946

On the eve of her wedding, a young woman becomes increasingly convinced her family’s legendary curse has befallen her. Mysterious murders are happening near her family home each night and she begins to believe that she might be responsible, transforming into a werewolf, stalking the night, then waking up the next day with fuzzy memories of what happened.

You’d think with a title like SHE-WOLF OF LONDON, this would be a sequel to the lesser-known Universal werewolf movie, WEREWOLF OF LONDON. Well, it’s not! You’d also think maybe it features an actual werewolf (or she-wolf as the case may be). Well, it doesn’t! Spoiler alert: the secret to the mystery – our heroine’s being gaslit. Notably she’s played by June Lockhart. Who would have guessed Lassie’s mom was up to such hijinks in the 40s.

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