Wolf Man

Includes SPOILERS for 2025’s Wolf Man reboot!

The originalWolf Manmovie was released in 1941, with Lon Chaney Jr. playing the lead role as Larry Talbot.

Rebooting a classic film franchise is an immense challenge.

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Robert Eggers just remadeNosferatu, and Guillermo del Toro has his newFrankensteinfilm coming out later this year.

First, it’s important to examine how modern filmmaking plays into this.

In his own werewolf form,Blake kills his father’s werewolf form and then allows himself to die.

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However, it’s worth watching to see how different eras depict the same story.

He attacks her, andshe sees a glimpse of the man buried beneath the monster.

He then thanks her after she kills him.

Christopher Abbott as Blake Lovell looking at the Wolf Man

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Blake collapsed against a wall with Charlotte on his left and Ginger standing on his right

Wolf Man 2025 and The Wolfman 2010 imagery

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