Fog fetish.
After concluding 2024 with a have a look at poisonous friendships in Into the Darkish: “New 12 months, New You” (hear) and kicking off 2025 by concluding the Grindhouse double characteristic that we began final summer time with a have a look at Quentin Tarantino’s Dying Proof (hear) we’re heading again to the world of Common Monsters in George Waggner‘s 1941 basic The Wolf Man.
In The Wolf Man, Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) returns to Wales to reconcile together with his father (Claude Rains) after his brother’s demise. Whereas there, he places the strikes on Gwen (Evelyn Ankers), the shopkeeper of a close-by vintage store. The evening after he purchases a silver strolling cane from Gwen, Larry is attacked and bitten by a vicious wolf, which he then kills. Larry finally learns that the wolf he killed was, the truth is, a person (Bela Lugosi), and that Larry has now inherited a curse that may flip him right into a werewolf.
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Episode 317: The Wolf Man (1941)
Seize your strolling stick (or is it a cane?), be certain that your coronary heart is pure and say your prayers by evening as a result of we’re speaking George Waggner‘s 1941 basic The Wolf Man!
Be a part of us as we focus on all issues Larry Talbot, from his creep issue (by 2025 requirements) to his tragic finish. Plus: Jack Pierce’s excellent make-up results, marshes vs. moors, and heaps and much of fog.
Cross out The Wolf Man!
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