The Undying Monster

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The Undying Monster (1942)

11/27/1942 (US) Horror, Mystery 1h 4m

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Overview

A werewolf prowls around at night but only kills certain members of one family. It seems like just a coincidence, but the investigating Inspector soon finds out that this tradition has gone on for generations and tries to find a link between the werewolf and the family, leading to a frightening conclusion.

John Brahm

Director
Jessie Douglas Kerruish

Novel
Lillie Hayward

Screenplay
Michael Jacoby

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Top Billed Cast

James Ellison

Robert Curtis
Heather Angel

Helga Hammond
John Howard

Oliver Hammond
Bramwell Fletcher

Dr. Jeff Colbert
Heather Thatcher

Conita 'Christy' Christopher
Aubrey Mather

Inspector Craig
Halliwell Hobbes

Walton the Butler
Matthew Boulton

Coroner (uncredited)
Harry Carter

Warren (uncredited)
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A review by John Chard

80%

Written by John Chard on July 18, 2019

Many superstitions are based on fact.

Warning: Spoilers

John Brahm's film is an adaptation of the novel written by Jessie Douglas Kerruish. Following the success for Universal with The Wolf Man a year earlier, 20th Century Fox clearly saw an opportunity to cash in on the renewed interest in Lycanthropic creatures. Brahm's film deals with one such legendary creature that is said to terrorise members of the cursed Hammond family. Roping in master photographer Lucien Ballard, Brahm sets the film up with the creepy ancestral home atop of a cliff, the sea on one side, the foggy moor on the o... read the rest.

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