She-Wolf of London

(1946)**

Phyllis Allenby (a young June Lockhart) is convinced that she is afflicted with the “Allenby Curse”, which changes one into a werewolf. You see, years earlier Phyllis’ parents met their untimely end from said curse. As bodies begin to show up, apparently mauled by a “large animal”, Phyllis ends her relationship with her fiancé in order to spare him the anguish of having to live with a werewolf (no “’til death do us part” here). Her fiancé is certain that Phyllis is mistaken and he sets up his own investigation into the matter.

This is basically a who-dun-it/mystery. Is Phyllis really a werewolf attacking people at night? Couldn’t it have easily been resolved if someone had just watched her at night to see if she was really leaving her bedroom to roam the forest for victims, AS SHE REPEATEDLY CLAIMED SHE WAS DOING? The problem is that the list of possible suspects is only 3 people long and it’s very easy to figure out what’s really going on (shame on you if you can’t). A tepid entry in the werewolf genre.