the blog of nathan loding

I grew up on the orig­i­nal Clash of the Titans (1981). It’s corny by some of today’s stan­dard, but the movie still holds up over­all. The story sticks remark­ably close to it’s myth­i­cal roots, though it does take it’s own cre­ative embell­ish­ments along the way. Ray Harryhausen’s effects work is still amaz­ing to me. I can watch the orig­i­nal over and over. I will never watch the remake again.

What I wanted when I sat down to watch The Wolf­man was quite sim­ple: some gore, a good (no, great) effect when tran­si­tion­ing, and some gothic imagery. What I got was exactly that – and noth­ing more. I must admit that I enjoyed myself through­out. Yes, it’s mind­less, and brought noth­ing new to the story. But it was fun, vio­lent, and dark.