Minor story of a werewolf loose in a small California mountain town. This werewolf doesn’t need to wait for a full moon before he can start tearing off faces, though. He can become hirsute anytime. Since this was made in America in the 1950s, this is, of course, an atomic age werewolf. It turns out to be the result of an experimental serum created by two scientists as a vaccine against radiation poisoning. The serum involved wolf’s blood somehow. Hey, this is one of thirteen films pounded out that year by Columbia Pictures’ low-budget maestro producer Sam Katzman and one of nine films that year from director Fred F. Sears (including the classic Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers). Who had time to make sure its premise made any sense?
This is ultimately more of a suspense film than a horror movie. It’s light on the frights and heavy on the scenes of police hunting for the wolf man in the mountains.