After his brother’s death, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) returns to Wales to reconcile with his father (Claude Rains). While there, he visits an antique shop where he meets Gwen (Evelyn Ankers), the attractive shopkeeper, and buys a silver walking cane. Later that evening, he is forced to kill an attacking wolf with the cane, only to learn that he has actually killed a man (Bela Lugosi). An old gypsy woman explains to him that it was her son, a werewolf, he killed and that Larry is now cursed to become one himself.
1941, just days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Universal released this gem of a film featuring one of the top-tier iconic movie monsters of all time: The Wolf Man. Listen as we discuss the folklore and origins of the movie including its predecessor Werewolf of London (1935), as well as its many incarnations over several decades. Listen, as Johnny Has the Keys, takes you to the foggy forests of Wales where even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright!
SHOW LINKS
- Original trailer
- Curt Siodmak
- Lon Chaney
- The Cast
- Werewolf of London (1935)
- Lon Chaney Jr.
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
- I was a Teenage Werewolf
- Curse of the Werewolf
- Quentin from Dark Shadows
- An American Werewolf in London
- The Howling
- Cat People
- Teen Wolf
- Wolf
- Underworld
- Ginger Snaps
- Dog Soldiers
- The Wolf Man
- Penny Dreadful
- Harry Potter
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Groovy Ghoulies
- Monster Cereals
- 1001 Movies to See Before You Die
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