The Wolf Man
Overview
In this horror classic, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.) returns to his father's castle in Wales to join a beautiful woman (Evelyn Ankers). Talbot escorts her to a local carnival, where a gypsy fortune teller, Bela (Bela Lugosi), predicts the horrors that await and brings to light the curse of the wolf. Later, Bela, who already has transformed into part man/part wolf, attacks Larry to transform him as well.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
George Waggner - Director
Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney, Jr.
Claude Rains
Ralph Bellamy
Warren William
Patric Knowles
Bela Lugosi
Maria Ouspenskaya
Evelyn Ankers
Fay Helm
Details
- Format: 4K Blu-ray (4K Mastering, with Blu-Ray, Digital Copy, 2 Pack)
- Run Time: 70
- Color Format: B&W
- UPC: 191329228609
- Genre: HORROR / SCI-FI / FANTASY
- Rating: Not Rated
- Release Date: October 2022
Movie Reviews
Synopsis:
After returning home to his English village, Larry Talbot gets attacked by a werewolf in the forest. Although he kills the beast, Larry realizes he has received a bite during the struggle -- a bite that passes along the monster's curse to him.
Maleva, the gypsy mother of the dead wolfman, comes to Larry's aid and tells him that he too will now transform into a werewolf each time there's a full moon. While the story sounds ridiculous to Larry, he starts to believe it once more brutal killings occur in the village.
Neither his father, Sir John Talbot, nor the woman Larry loves are willing to believe the truth... but soon they're forced to confront the nature of Larry's curse as well.
Notes:
The creator of the Wolf Man franchise, writer Curt Siodmak, died on September 2, 2000, at the age of 98--at the time he was the oldest working member of the Writers Guild of America West and had just completed his memoirs.
Reviews:
"...Innocent, and thus more tragic....Chaney's famous make-up job makes him suitably beastly..." -- Rating: B+ - 01/13/1995 Entertainment Weekly, pp.68-9
"It finds modern sophistication and cultured intellects unprepared to deal with a threat that's already at hand, maybe even under our own skin." - 02/12/2010 A.V. Club
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