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Sunday, 06 January 2008

Last night I was able to watch a movie for the first time in a week or so, the longest film dry spell in over a year. I was unemployed for much of 2007 and not yet a father, so I had a lot of time on my hands. 2008 is different.

The first film of 2008 was 1944's Cry of the Werewolf (a.k.a. Daughter of the Werewolf). It was okay. According to Wikipedia it's the second film ever made about a female werewolf. I would guess the filmmakers were hoping to cash in on the success of Cat People (1942). (I would bet that the same motive was behind the making of 1946's Catman of Paris.)

One notable thing about Cry of the Werewolf is that the werewolf's first victim is played by Fritz Leiber, Sr., the father of sci-fi author Fritz Leiber, Jr.