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THE WOLF MAN (1941) IN 5 MINUTES! 🐺

Lon Chaney Jr. becomes one of Universal Pictures' greatest monsters in this classic horror film also starring Bela Lugosi, Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers and Maria Ouspenskaya.

Larry Talbot returns to his family's Welsh estate, falls for Gwen, and discovers that a werewolf bite comes with serious complications. Bela Lugosi—famous for playing Dracula—portrays Bela, the cursed man who passes the nightmare to Larry.

Personally edited by me for 5 Minute Drive-In. NO AI MOVIE EDITS.

PSYCHEDELIZED FOR FUN!
I've given my five-minute cut a psychedelic treatment for a little extra drive-in weirdness. To see The Wolf Man normally, please watch the complete, unaltered original 1941 movie. My edit isn't a restoration or replacement for the original.

Some original music has been shortened or removed because of copyright concerns.

CHAPTERS (APPROXIMATE — CHECK AGAINST EDIT):
0:00 The Wolf Man Begins
0:25 Larry Talbot Returns
0:50 Gwen and the Silver Cane
1:15 Bela and the Gypsy Camp
1:40 The Wolf Attack
2:05 The Curse Begins
2:30 Maleva's Warning
2:55 The Transformation
3:25 The Monster Stalks
3:55 The Hunt
4:25 Father and Son
4:50 The Tragic Ending

ORIGINAL MOVIE PRODUCTION NOTES:
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director/Producer: George Waggner
Screenplay: Curt Siodmak
Cinematography: Joseph Valentine
Editing: Ted Kent
Art Direction: Jack Otterson
Monster Makeup: Jack Pierce
Musical Direction: Charles Previn
Release: December 12, 1941
Original Runtime: About 70 minutes
Original Format: Black and White

CAST:
Lon Chaney Jr. — Larry Talbot
Claude Rains — Sir John Talbot
Evelyn Ankers — Gwen Conliffe
Bela Lugosi — Bela
Maria Ouspenskaya — Maleva
Ralph Bellamy — Colonel Montford
Patric Knowles — Frank Andrews

FIVE STRANGE PRODUCTION FACTS:
1. An early working title was Destiny.
2. Dracula star Bela Lugosi plays Larry's werewolf attacker.
3. A dog named Moose was used for wolf footage.
4. A bear reportedly escaped during filming.
5. Jack Pierce's makeup took hours to apply.

For fans of Universal Monsters, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy, The Howling, An American Werewolf in London, Joe Bob Briggs, Elvira, Creature Features, MST3K, RiffTrax, USA Up All Night, VHS horror and vintage drive-in movies.

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Transcript
00:00Ah!
00:03Talbot Castle, Mr. Larry.
00:05I'm sorry about John.
00:06You took a hunting accident and your brother's death to bring you.
00:08Now, the 18 years you've been away should have qualified you to be of immeasurable benefit to the estate.
00:16Air rings, something half-moon-shaped with spangles on it.
00:19We haven't any like that just now.
00:21Oh, yes, you have. On your dressing table up in your room.
00:24About the little dog.
00:25A wolf and a star.
00:26Fifteen dollars for an old stick?
00:28It shows the wolf in the pentagram, the sign of the werewolf.
00:30Werewolf? What's that?
00:32That's a human being who at certain times of the year changes into a wolf.
00:35Bites and snaps and bays at the moon?
00:37Oh, even worse than that sometimes.
00:39What big eyes you have, Grandma.
00:42You know, I haven't had my fortune told in years. How about tonight?
00:45No.
00:46Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the
00:50wolfbane blooms.
00:51That's the same thing the girl in the antique shop said.
00:56Oh, it's you. This is Jenny Williams. She wants to have her fortune told, too.
01:00I will not disappoint you, my lady.
01:02Go on, Sally.
01:03Maybe if you took a little walk with me, I could tell your fortune.
01:06You see, a telescope has a mighty sharp eye.
01:08I'll be sure to draw the curtains.
01:11What's the matter?
01:12I can't tell you anything tonight.
01:13Go home.
01:15They're going!
01:20Stay here.
01:21Wait, Larry!
01:32A wolf.
01:33Hurry, please.
01:35You must take him home.
01:36He was bitten by a wolf.
01:37Jenny Williams.
01:38She's been murdered, sir.
01:39What is this?
01:39A jugular was severed with a bite of powerful teeth.
01:42Captain Monfort.
01:43Here, sir.
01:43It's the gypsy who passed through town this afternoon.
01:45Was he killed by the same animal, Dr. Lloyd?
01:47No.
01:48His skull was crushed.
01:49A stick with an horse's head handle.
01:51That's a wolf's head.
01:52Is this your stick?
01:52That's the one I killed a wolf with.
01:54Baylor the gypsy was killed last night.
01:56They found your stick by the body.
01:57I only saw a wolf.
01:58He bit me.
01:59Look here.
02:00That's funny.
02:01It must have healed up.
02:02I know that I killed a wolf.
02:03Yes, yes.
02:05Dog or a wolf attacked Jenny Williams.
02:07That's proven.
02:07Excitement and confusion.
02:08The gypsy was killed.
02:09I want to know why she left my little Jenny all alone with the gypsy.
02:12You know she just wanted to walk out in the carpet.
02:14Kind of a mess, isn't it?
02:15I came over to tell you how sorry I am about Jenny.
02:18Just exactly what did happen.
02:20I saw a wolf attacking her and I killed it.
02:22And the fight had bit me.
02:23Hello, Mr. Conlet.
02:24This is Gwen in.
02:24Larry, this is Frank Andrews.
02:27Quiet.
02:28So that's him, huh?
02:29Glad to know you, Andrews.
02:32I guess I'd better be going now.
02:33Frank, why were you so rude?
02:35There's something very tragic about that man.
02:37There's Larry talking.
02:40See, nothing to it.
02:41Only with a silver bullet or a silver knife or a stick.
02:45Silver handle.
02:45I'm going to get out of here.
02:46Whoever is beaten by a werewolf and lives becomes a werewolf himself.
02:52Heaven help you.
02:53What's all the excitement?
02:54A werewolf can't.
03:15Let's go and see.
03:16Silver jugular.
03:17Is that the way Jenny Williams was killed?
03:19Yes.
03:20Animal tracks.
03:21A wolf.
03:27Where do you suppose a wolf came from?
03:32There were no murders here before Larry Talbot arrived.
03:34I think...
03:34Hold your tongue, Mrs. Williams.
03:36We've got to do something before the town becomes completely hysterical.
03:39Yes, yes.
03:40Do you believe in werewolves?
03:41A man lost in the mazes of his mind may imagine that he's anything.
03:45An asylum's the only safe place for them.
03:46A son is a sick man.
03:48You must send him out of this village.
03:49The best place for him is in his own home.
03:51Proving his innocent.
03:52Last one, huh?
04:03Well, he can't have disappeared in the thin air.
04:07I came to help you.
04:08The dogs, they are hunting you.
04:11Larry Talbot.
04:13You wouldn't want to run away with a murderer, would you?
04:16I can't see anything.
04:18I'm going with Larry.
04:19No!
04:19There are plenty for me.
04:21Stop it!
04:21Stop it!
04:22This evil thing you conjured up is only in your mind.
04:25Take the cane.
04:27Strapped him to the chair.
04:28You've been preying on his gullibility with him.
04:30Hurry, Sir John.
04:32Come through again.
04:33I've got to find him.
04:34He will find you.
04:47The way you walked was turning through no fault of your own.
04:51Now you will find peace.
04:53Are you all right?
04:54The wolf must have attacked her and Larry came to the rescue.
05:05You're insane.
05:06I tell you I killed a wolf.
05:07A plain, ordinary wolf.
05:08A plain, ordinary wolf.
05:09Welcome.
05:09Next day we will be younger.

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