Universal Legacy Series DVD Cover Art Despite Universal's apprehensions over the public's appetite for horror movies following the attack on Pearl Harbor ("The Wolf Man" was released just 5 days later on December 12, 1941), the film became one of the studio's top grossers in 1942.

If the Wolf Man was named “Rabies Man” or “Animal Virus” or anything other than using the classic title Wolf Man - would it have been a more successful film?

First try with Google photo animation. I know im not the best but I had fun and thats all that matters!

*Posting this here after it was taken down from the r/horror community for some reason.

There's been a lot of negativity around the film and I just wanted to throw out my take and put a positive review out there for it.

I was honestly surprised I enjoyed it as much as I did. Don't get me wrong, I didn't love it. It's not a great film, but I thought it was decent for the most part and an interesting take. Of the main complaints I've seen and heard...

• His appearance. I didn't hate it. Honestly, it was close enough. I mean he ran on all fours, growled and howled, had fangs, enhanced senses, razor sharp claws, an altered bone structure, and a bunch more hair than an average person, save for maybe the late Robin Williams. I mean that's basically a werewolf. They just went with less hair than we are used to.

• No changing with the moon. This is a big one and I get it. It's a big part of what we typically associate with werewolf lore. That said, being dead is a pretty major part of what makes a zombie but we still generally classify things like 28 Days Later and Resident Evil 4 as zombie media. They're enough like zombies and this was enough like a werewolf for me. Also, other aspects of, not only werewolf, but other classic monster lore have changed in various depictions. We've seen werewolves that can and can't be killed by silver bullets and that vary in size and shape. We've seen vampires that could care less about sunlight, crosses, and garlic. And we've seen LIVING "zombies" haul ass like never before. So a werewolf that doesn't change with the moon doesn't break my brain.

• The all-night transformation. I didn't mind it. I thought it was fascinating seeing him progress. They did the camera trick with how he sees his family versus how they see him maybe too often for some people but I thought each time it showed a progression of his condition and the whole thing just didn't bother me.

Overall, I think I enjoyed it enough and I thought the theme of the curses we pass down to our children played well. I also really liked the practical effects and found the suspense fairly effective.

3/5 for me.