“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.” The Wolf Man is a 1941 American horror film written by Curt Siodmak and produced and directed by George Waggner. The character casts a great deal of influence on Hollywood's depictions of the legend of the werewolf. In the film, Talbot buys a silver cane decorated with a wolf in a local antique shop. He later uses that walking stick to fend off an attack by a wolf. Though the animal is killed, it bites Talbot during the struggle. Through his bite he passes on to Talbot the curse of lycanthropy, and Talbot later transforms into a werewolf. My interpretation of the character is something of a blend of the version portrayed in the movie, and that of a werewolf more expected of the modern day. In the original film, the wolfman, Talbot, is portrayed as something of a very hairy man, with big teeth and ears, kind of resembling more of a bigfoot tha...
