Screening Log

This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.


October 2004 activity

Total Log Entries: 21

Total Comments: 14


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The Wolf Man / USA / 1941

Another classic that somehow eluded me through the years, The Wolf Man has finally fallen under my radar, and subsequently taken its rightful place among the horror films I most admire. Far from being the endless string of comical werewolf attacks I envisioned, The Wolf Man is a film about superstition, belief, and the power of the mind to influence reality. Lon Chaney’s iconic character endures because he is so much more than a guy who turns into a wolf and kills people. He is a victim of a terrible curse, an unwitting participant in a string of nefarious deeds that he would give anything to stop. The evil here is beyond anyone’s control, including Chaney’s, leading to a unique horror scenario in which even the source of the horror is terrified of what might happen next.

by Thomas Scalzo | Source: Turner Classic Movies broadcast
27 Oct 2004 12:06 AM | Submit Comment


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