The Wolf Man (1941)

Directed by

George Waggner

Genre

drama film, horror film, werewolf film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 687 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his ancestral home in Wales and is bitten by a wolf. He begins to transform into a werewolf during a full moon and struggles with his new condition.

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What happens

The Wolf Man is a 1941 American Gothic horror film written by Curt Siodmak and produced and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Lon Chaney Jr. as the Wolf Man. Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, Evelyn Ankers, and Maria Ouspenskaya star in supporting roles. The title character has had a great deal of influence on Hollywood's depictions of the legend of the werewolf. The film is the second Universal Pictures werewolf film, preceded six years earlier by the less commercially successful Werewolf of London (1935). It is one of the Universal Monsters movies, and garnered acclaim for its production. After the film's success, Lon Chaney Jr. reprised his role as "The Wolf Man" in four sequels, beginning with Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man in 1943. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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