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The Wolf Man

The Wolf Man

Horror · Drama · 1941

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.

Movie details

The Wolf Man

“His hideous howl a dirge of death!”

1941 Horror · Drama 1h 10m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.2 / 10

34.2K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

91 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

72 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Wolf Man?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

George Waggner

Written by

Curt Siodmak

Lon Chaney Jr.

Lon Chaney Jr.

Larry Talbot / The Wolf Man

Claude Rains

Claude Rains

Sir John Talbot

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

Colonel Montford

Warren William

Warren William

Dr. Lloyd

Patric Knowles

Patric Knowles

Frank Andrews

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Bela

Maria Ouspenskaya

Maria Ouspenskaya

Maleva

Court is in session

Put The Wolf Man on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.