The Wolf Man
- Sat, Oct 24
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: George Waggner Run Time: 70 min. Release Year: 1941
Starring: Claude Rains, Lon Chaney Jr., Patric Knowles, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William
Our Universal Monster Movie Weekend howls on with The Wolf Man!
When Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) returns to his family’s ancestral home in Wales, a chance encounter with a mysterious gypsy named Maleva (Maria Ouspenskaya) and a bite from a werewolf named Bela (Bela) sends his life spiraling into terror. As the full moon rises, Larry transforms into a bloodthirsty beast…and with every transformation, he becomes less certain that there’s anything left of the man he once was.
Directed by George Waggner and written by Curt Siodmak, The Wolf Man gave Universal its definitive werewolf, complete with the silver bullets, full-moon mythology, and tragic curse that would become staples of the genre. But beneath the makeup and monster mayhem is a genuinely melancholy story about a man desperately trying to escape a fate he cannot control, brought to life by Lon Chaney Jr. in the defining performance of his career.