Classic Horror at Duke of York's
The 1941 film The Wolf Man is coming to the Duke of York's Picturehouse in Brighton. This classic horror film has stood the test of time, with a strong cast and influential production.
Dir: George Waggner
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William, Patric Knowles, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya, Evelyn Ankers
70 mins · 1941 · United States of America · Cert PG · English
IMDb 7.2/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 91% · Metacritic 72/100 · TMDB 7/10 · Trakt 70%
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations total
The Wolf Man has received widespread acclaim, with scores of 7.2/10 on IMDb, 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, 72/100 on Metacritic, 7/10 on TMDB, and 70% on Trakt. • The film is a classic horror story about a man who becomes a werewolf after being bitten by one, starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains. • The movie has garnered awards, including 2 wins and 3 nominations, and is considered one of the finest horror films ever made. • The film's production has had a significant influence on the Universal Monsters movies, with Lon Chaney Jr. reprising his role as the Wolf Man in four sequels.
The screening of The Wolf Man will take place on Sunday, 1 November 2026, at the Duke of York's Picturehouse in Brighton. The film is 70 minutes long, rated PG, and is in English. Tickets are with the button beside the article.
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Whitsbrain · 7/10
"The Wolf Man" stands out thanks to its classic graveyard scenes, fog shrouded forests, and the performance of Lon Chaney Jr. Chaney plays a man cursed. He doesn't understand why it's happening to him. He's certain that he is actually a wolf man and those around him and their disbelief his outlandish story tears him apart. He really sells a man equally tormented by both the fear of his moonlit transformations and the slipping away of his sanity.…
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LarZieJ · 8/10
<b>“Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.”</b> The Wolf Man truly is Lon Chaney Jr's baby. Every time I rewatch Universal's the Wolf Man I still find myself as entertained as the first time I watched it. Lon Chaney truly owned the character and the film. I love the foggy scenes at night, I love the cast. Maria Ouspenskaya is amazing as Maleva, Bela…
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drqshadow · 6/10
A whole mishmash of cherry-picked folklore inspired this furry member of the Universal Monsters family. In this first installment (four sequels would swiftly follow), we’re introduced to the ground rules of lycanthropy, aka werewolfism: toothy infection, midnight transformation, thirst for unprotected jugulars, aversion to silver... the basics. Most of these strict guidelines are proclaimed by an astute gang of roving fortune-tellers,…
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fasterfilmcritic · 6/10
The Wolf Man is a werewolf story from 1941. I mean, the expectations can't be too high, right? It's a good thing it's so short because it's a film about werewolves... made in 1941.
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siggi963 · 7/10
Just a classic monster movie from the 1940s that is still good to watch. It has inspired many future movies of the kind, so watching it gives you a good base reference. Have fun.
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quintennyson · 6/10
visually this was great, i adore werewolves so that was fun, but i think the movie itself is a little flat to me
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jarvis-8243417 · 6/10
The Lon Chaney, Jr. classic Universal Monster Movie The Wolf Man is a provocative tale of a man’s struggle against fate. While courting a young shopkeeper Larry Talbot is attacked by a werewolf, and is told by gypsies that he has taken on the werewolf curse and will become a killer. Co-starring Claude Rains and Bela Lugosi, the film has a strong cast. But the script is weak, and does a poor job of showing Talbot’s struggle to come to terms with…
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