Horror Day: The Wolf Man
Ian: One of the characters in The Wolf Man describes Larry Talbot as tragic and that was probably the understatement of 1941. Lon Chaney Jr., along with Karloff’s Monster, taught me how to sympathise with the monster when I was a kid and Chaney’s Larry is still the saddest character I’ve ever seen in a horror film. I just hope next year’s remake can recapture some of the old Universal magic. It’s certainly well cast, I can’t think of anyone other than Benicio Del Toro who could come close to Big Lon’s doom laden performance and Anthony Hopkins should make a perfect stand-in for Claude Rains.
Dipa: Well, considering that this was my first time at watching this horror classic, I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. Having been made 43 years before I was even born, it has elements of horror that still resonate in an age dominated by big budget special effects.
