Screenwriter Curt Siodmak originally wrote The Wolf Man as a terrifying allegory for his experiences as a Jewish man living through the horrors of World War II. One of Universal’s earliest and most iconic monster movies, 1941’s The Wolf Man revolves around Larry Talbot, played by Lon Chaney, Jr., who returns to his ancestral home in Wales to deal with his brother’s death and reconnect with his estranged father, Sir John, played by Claude Rains. One night, in the foggy forest, he gets attacked by a werewolf and gradually transforms into a monster. The Wolf Man is a doomed romance...
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