What makes it different from others?

Absolutely the worst movie.

The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This is the first time in Hollywood where a werewolf is created by radiation! Yes, scientists in an attempt to cure a man, turn him into a werewolf. Unlike regular ones... well that would be telling. As usual with most werewolves, he does garner a lot of audience sympathy. After all, he didn't want to become a werewolf!

It's a pity that actor Steven Ritch disappeared from the scene in 1962 as his very affecting performance as Duncan Marsh, the accident victim who is victimized in more ways than one indicated a talent that was waiting to be discovered but sadly was not. Eschewing the hokey full moon/silver bullets thing, THE WEREWOLF is a neat combination of sci-fi/horror that is nicely augmented with a few film noirish touches. The story, while a little trite revolves around Marsh, who is rescued from an auto accident only to be subsequently violated by a couple of misguided scientists who shoot an experimental serum into him with the predictable, tragic results. Filmed in glorious black and white at Bear Lake, the difficult terrain and looming mountains in the background not only add visual splendor to the film, they also represent notworthy metaphors for the tough moral and ethical struggles of the local sheriff, doctor, nurse, victim's wife, son and, above all, the victim himself. And given that, THE WEREWOLF might just tear at your heart a little, a not very common reaction to 'B' enterprises such as this.Happily now available in a two DVD/four title set, THE WEREWOLF was originally released as the lower-half to the talky yawner EARTH VS FLYING SAUCERS. However, I have just finished watching it as the top half of a double bill that concluded with THE CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN, an admittedly more routine, far less moving chiller that does nevertheless make for an excellent duo and is also included in the two DVD package. (The other titles are the ridiculous THE GIANT CLAW and the surprisingly effective ZOMBIES OF MORA TAU.) Bottom line? WEREWOLF is definitely VERY highly recommended as is seeing it in tandem with ATOM BRAIN.

In the 1950's, our fear of the atomic age meant that we rewrote everything in a way to reflect that. So it was with "The Werewolf", where a couple of mad atomic scientists inject a man with serum so they can avoid mutating in the upcoming nuclear war. He develops amnesia, and then gets about terrorizing a small town.The thing is, I'm not sure if the movie wants us to feel sorry for the guy or not. He eventually kills three people, one a thug trying to rob him and the other the two wacky scientists who made him this way and were trying to finish him off. So it's not his fault.But the angry town of rednecks after hounding him and setting out bear traps for him, kill him in a fusillade of bullets at the end, with the white male lead feeling pretty good about himself.If they made it today, it'd be genetic engineering, lots of CGI and gore, and less character development, so enjoy this gem from the past.

Supposedly unreleased on VHS or DVD until now, as part of a compilation, this is a rare werewolf film that almost looks like a Western due to its location.Fred Sears, whose Scifi/horror resume includes Earth vs. the Flying Saucers and The Giant Claw, directs a cast that includes cowboy Steven Ritch ("The Lone Ranger", "Broken Arrow", "The Rifleman", and many more), Don Megowan (The Creature Walks Among Us, and lots of Westerns), and "Miss Southern California" of 1949, Joyce Holden.Makeup and transformation were really good.This is one that should be required viewing for wolfman fans.