House of the Wolf Man is a 2009 Retraux horror film meant as an unofficial sequel to Universal's Monster Mash features of the 1940s, written and directed by Eben McGarr (Sick Girl).
Five strangers are invited to Castle Reinhardt to compete over its inheritance. As they ponder over their mysterious connection to the family line they have never heard of, it becomes apparent that their host, Dr. Bela Reinhardt (Ron Chaney note ), has a more sinister purpose for them to be there.
This film has the examples of:
- All in the Eyes: Dracula's eyes are highlighted as he stands on the doorway.
- Chain Pain: Frankenstein's Monster grabs a chain momentarily to whale on the Wolf Man during their fight.
- Child by Rape: Elmira and Sully realize that the connection between all the heirs is that their mothers were "attacked" in the past, with them as a result.
- Dead Guy Junior: Dr. Bela Reinhardt was named after his mother's brother Bela.
- Death by Childbirth: The "attack" on Whitlock's mother was brutal, and he notes that it is a miracle that she managed to hang to life long enough to give birth to him.
- Dedication: The film is dedicated to Michael R. Thomas, who played Dracula.
- Great White Hunter: Whitlock, who has hunted every kind of game on the face of the earth.
- Left Hanging: Dracula makes a grand entrance, greets the two combating creatures... and the film ends, with no continuation in sight.
- Magic Versus Science: The purpose of Dr. Reinhardt's experiment is to find out if his condition is a genetic mutation or an actual magical curse, and if either of them could pass onto his children.
- Mad Scientist: Dr. Reinhardt. It runs in the family.
- Mad Scientist Laboratory: The fight between the Monster and Wolf Man takes place inside an old abandoned laboratory.
- Must Be Invited: Dracula waits patiently on the doorway for an invitation before he steps inside.
- Neck Lift: The Monster appears with perfect timing to grab the Wolf Man by its throat from midair.
- Our Vampires Are Different: Dracula appears as a Classical Movie Vampire, but his brides look like Orlock (all three are even credited as "Nosferatu").
- Portrait Painting Peephole: All potential heirs have such portraits in their rooms so that they can be spied on.
- The Reveal:
- Dr. Reinhardt's real surname? Frankenstein.
- Chapel twins were actually adopted, and are not related to their host.
- Frankenstein's Monster is imprisoned in the basement.
- Shout-Out:
- Shot of Dracula standing behind a corner is framed similarly like one of the publicity stills from Dracula (1931).
- As the Wolf Man and the Monster fight, one shot on the foreground shows a a skeletal webbed hand, a jar with a tiny skeleton inside and and an Egyptian urn.
- The X of Y: The film's title.
