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The Wolf Man

1941

George Waggner

Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy ...

6.3

2,711

Horror. Fantasy Upon the death of his brother, Larry Talbot returns from America to his ancestral home in Wales. He visits a gypsy camp with village girl Jenny Williams, who is attacked by Bela, a gypsy who has turned into a werewolf. Larry kills the werewolf but is bitten during the fight. Bela's mother tells him that this will cause him to become a werewolf at each full moon. Larry confesses his plight to his unbelieving father, Sir John, who then ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"'The Wolf Man' revived Universal’s reputation as Hollywood’s premier source for monster movies, and rightly so"	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"A classic of its time and genre (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	The New York Times	"Nobody is going to go on believing in werewolves or Santa Clauses if the custodians of these legends don't tell them with a more convincing imaginative touch"	NEG
United Kingdom	Don Macpherson Time Out	"Suspension of disbelief aside, this is interesting for its relatively modern equation between Chaney's wolfish desires and his unhappy fate"	POS
United States	R.L. Shaffer IGN	"A classic piece of cinema. It's inspired filmmakers, writers, makeup artists, actors and more."	POS
United States	The Hollywood Reporter	"Technically the picture is strangely beautiful in the low-key photography by Joseph Valentine and the stunning art direction by Jack Otterson and Robert Boyle."	POS

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