While watching this film, I kept wanting something more. It wasn't what I expected. The man who becomes the wolf man, Larry, visits his dad's house in Wales. He hits on a local girl almost to the point of being creepy. During this time, everyone talks about wolfs and wolfs-bane and all this, and it seems out of place, but there's doing that as super obvious foreshadowing.
Larry and the girl, who sold him a silver tipped cane, go visit a gypsy encampment together. The gypsy dude turns into a wolf, attacks Larry, and he beats him with his cane. Once the wolf dies, he turns back into a man. What's weird too is that Larry's wound heals super quick.
The old gypsy lady knows what's happening, and she gives him a protective amulet. He gives it as a gift to the girl. He is so stupid. That was for him, and plus, she already told him she has a boyfriend and he still won't leave her alone. So, he hits on her, and now is giving her gifts despite knowing she's already with someone. He is such a creeper.
He turns into a wolf man, which somehow involves him changing clothes without actually changing clothes. Also, wolf man is a far more appropriate term than werewolf because he's just a guy with a really hairy face. Plus he strangles his victims. Or, strangle/bites them. Wolves don't strangle their prey. Anyway, he dies so that's the end of that. I'm gonna give this film a 5/10.
I agree with you completely. Larry is super creepy, the werewolf is unconvincing, the village is full of werewolf lore, yet the werewolf in this case is actually coming from the outside (the gypsy) and the story just do not add up in any logic way. I think 5 out of 10 is generous.
ReplyDeleteThanks, the remake with Benicio del Toro is pretty good though.
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