Wolf Man—a reboot of Universal Studios’ classic movie monster—is new in theaters this weekend.
Directed by The Invisible Man filmmaker Leigh Whannell and starring Julia Garner and Christopher Abbott, Wolf Man plays in previews Thursday before opening in theaters nationwide on Friday.
The logline for the horror movie reads, “A family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable.”
Like the recent hit Nosferatu, Wolf Man—which is being released by Universal Pictures—is a remake of a classic horror film original.
While several werewolf films have been released throughout the decades, Universal Pictures produced Lon Chaney Jr.’s iconic version of the cursed lycanthrope in the 1941 landmark film The Wolf Man.
Listed below are more werewolf films released by Universal Pictures and what subscription streaming services are carrying them.
All of the films are available for digital purchase or rental on Prime Video, AppleTV, Fangandgo at Home and Microsoft’s Movies Anywhere.
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‘The Wolf Man’ (1941)
Lon Chaney Jr. stars in Universal Pictures’ original version of The Wolf Man, which came after the releases of the studio’s famed monster movies, including Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, The Invisible Man and The Bride of Frankenstein.
Chaney plays Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man, a Welsh aristocrat who is cursed to become a werewolf when he’s bitten by Bela the gypsy (Bela Lugosi) during his transformation into the beast during the full moon.
The film also stars Maria Ouspenskaya as Bela’s mother, Maleva, and Claude Rains as Lawrence’s father, John.
The Wolf Man is streaming on Peacock, AppleTV+, AMC+ and Shudder.
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‘Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man’ (1943)
Universal Pictures quickly realized the sequel potential for characters like the Wolf Man by pairing them with fellow movie monsters—creating, if not inadvertently, the first shared movie universe.
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man was the first movie that paired Lon Chaney Jr. with Frankenstein’s monster (Bela Lugosi), but Lawrence Talbot the lychanthrope was also featured in the Universal monster mash-ups House of Frankenstein in 1944 and House of Dracula in 1945.
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man is not available as part of any streamer’s subscription package, but can be purchased or rented on such digital platforms as Prime Video, AppleTV, Fangandgo at Home and Microsoft’s Movies Anywhere.
House of Frankenstein is available to stream on AppleTV+ and House of Dracula is streaming on IndieFlix.
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‘Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein’ (1948)
Originally titled Bud Abbott And Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein, this late 1940s entry infused comedy into the Universal Monsters movie genre by including legendary comedians Bud Abbott and Lou Costello into the genre’s space.
Lon Chaney Jr. reprised his classic role as Lawrence Talbot/the Wolf Man for the film, and Bela Lugosi dawned his cape for Universal for only the second time following his legendary 1931 horror movie Dracula.
Frankenstein’s monster was played by Glenn Strange, the final actor to walk in the shoes of Universal’s legendary movie monster, following Boris Karloff, Lugosi and Chaney.
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein is streaming on AppleTV+.
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‘The Curse Of The Werewolf’ (1961)
Released by the iconic British film house Hammer Studios, The Curse of the Werewolf stars Oliver Reed as Leon Corledo in a tale set in Spain in the 1800s.
The Curse of the Werewolf has the distinction of being the only werewolf film released by Hammer Studios, which mainly featured stars like Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in its Dracula, Frankenstein and Mummy movies.
While a product of Hammer, Universal Pictures can also stake claim to The Curse of the Werewolf since the film was distributed in the U.S. by Universal-International.
The Curse of the Werewolf is streaming on AppleTV+ and Plex.
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‘An American Werewolf In London’ (1981)
Written and directed by John Landis, An American Werewolf in London features a decidedly different spin on the werewolf genre. The film follows a pair of American college students—David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne)—who are attacked by a werewolf while backpacking in Europe.
David survives and is cursed to become the new beast while Jack is murdered and appears as a specter to David as a decaying corpse.
An American Werewolf in London is a landmark film in the makeup effects field in that Rick Baker won the first-ever Oscar given out for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
An American Werewolf in London is streaming on BBC America, AppleTV+, Pluto TV and Tubi.
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‘The Wolfman’ (2010)
Rick Baker brought his makeup effects talents back to Universal Pictures nearly three decades after the success of An American Werewolf in London for a remake of The Wolfman.
Benicio Del Toro stars as Lawrence Talbot in the remake, which also features Anthony Hopkins as his father, John. Director Joe Johnston gives the film a new creative spin that involves John’s unlikely character transformation in the final act of the film.
Emily Blunt also stars in The Wolfman as Gwen Conliffe, played by Evelyn Ankers in the 1941 original starring Lon Chaney Jr.
The Wolfman is streaming on Peacock, AMC+ and Shudder.
Director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man remake is playing in Thursday previews and opening in theaters nationwide on Friday.
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