One late actor worked hard to avoid typecasting (as a monster). Lon Chaney Jr. put his stamp on The Wolf Man in the 1941 movie, then played Frankenstein’s Monster in “The Ghost of Frankenstein ...

Wolf Man has come howling into theatres and this update of the classic horror story has made quite a few changes to stand apart from older versions.

Today, we use Lon Chaney’s original film version of The Wolfman. Of all the great Universal movie monsters, my favorite is found in the 1941 film The Wolfman. Lon Chaney’s portrayal of Larry ...

Legendary horror movie actor Lon Chaney Jr’s family ... filed Monday in LA Superior Court, Chaney Entertainment alleges that Universal Studios Licensing uses the Wolf Man and Mummy and ...

“Wolf Man.” Based on the 1941 feature starring Claude Rains and Lon Chaney, Jr., Whannell’s new take on the character is a ...

Finally, in 1937, Siodmak left Europe altogether. Lugosi lost the role to Lon Chaney Jr, whose performance in The Wolf Man propelled him into stardom. Nevertheless, the former Count Dracula didn ...

From Henry MacRae's lost 1913 short The Werewolf to Universal's classic 1941 Lon Chaney Jr. starrer The Wolf Man, and from An American Werewolf In London all the way up to Leigh Whannell's hotly ...

Whannell is also writing the treatment for the movie based on his own original idea, although the project is "inspired by" the 1941 Universal Monsters classic The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney Jr ...