Best Prologue Ever ~ Frankenstein 1931

Wow was I impressed with this intro. It totally created the atmosphere of fright and set the tone for the horrors yet to come. I loved it! Genius!













How do you do? Mr. Carl Laemmle feels it would be a little unkind to present this picture without just a word of friendly warning. We are about to unfold the story of Frankenstein, a man of science who sought to create a man after his own image without reckoning upon God. It is one of the strangest tales ever told. It deals with the two great mysteries of creation - life and death. I think it will thrill you. It may shock you. It might even - horrify you. So if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now's your chance to - uh, well, we warned you.

Wolfen 1981

Directed by Michael Wadleigh
Written by: David Eyre, Eric Roth uncredited
Novel by: Whitley Strieber
Orion

The movie Wolfen came out back in 1981. While the movie wasn't that great. There were many great things about it.

1- The legend regarding the Indians and the Wolves being persecuted and almost completely extinguished is a beautiful one. According the movie they unite into a shape shifting creature living off the discards of modern society.

2 - The actors were great: Albert Finney, Gregory Hines and Edward James Olmos

3 - The film is known for its early use of an in-camera effect to portray the subjective POV of a werewolf. Similar to thermography, the technique was later adopted by other horror films such as the Predator series. The effect is no big deal for us today. But I'll tell you the effects in the movie I loved the most was when hands and heads went flying across the place after an attack. Cracked me up good!

4- My favorite part of the movie was seeing actual wolves. They used the real animals leaving to audience to absorb what gorgeous, magnificent creatures they really are.

Here's the trailer: