About this episode

The episode discusses the original Werewolf film, The Wolf Man, exploring its tropes and themes.

The guys begin their first Werewolf month with the (nominally) original Werewolf film with 1941's The Wolf Man! We talk the invention of the tropes that drive the entire subgenre, power fantasies, persecution, and the tragedy of Larry Talbot (and how good Lon Chaney Jr. is in this picture).

People in this episode

Hosts: Nathaniel J, Sammeael Numine

Topics covered

• Werewolf films
• horror tropes
• power fantasies
• persecution
• tragedy in film

Keywords

• The Wolf Man
• 1941
• werewolf
• horror
• Lon Chaney Jr.
• Larry Talbot
• film review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Wolf Man

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