May 13, 2025

This Day in Halloween: The first feature-length werewolf film "The Werewolf of London" opens across the U.S. in 1935. / Illustration by Henry Ploch

The Werewolf of London opens across the U.S. in 1935. The first feature-length werewolf film features the makeup of pioneer Jack Pierce and serves as inspiration for The Wolf Man and An American Werewolf in London, among others.

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