The Wolf Man

Larry Talbot returns to his ancestral home in Llanwelly, Wales, to bury his recently deceased brother and to reconcile with his estranged father, Sir John Talbot. He hopes to mend their fraught relationship, but the old tensions still hang in the air. The homecoming sets a somber tone for the town and the family.

To have a reason to talk to Gwen Conliffe, Larry purchases a walking stick decorated with a silver wolf's head. Gwen runs an antique shop and is wary of his insistence, though she is intrigued by the gift. The walking stick becomes a symbol tied to the legend of the werewolf.

Gwen explains that a werewolf changes at certain times of the year and that the next victim will bear a pentagram on their palm. The idea of the curse fascinates Larry and deepens his growing attraction to Gwen. Their conversation foreshadows the danger looming over them.

Jenny is attacked by a wolf while awaiting a fortune from Bela and Gwen nearby. Larry tries to intervene and kills the wolf with his new walking stick, but Jenny is dead and Bela is battered. Bela sees a pentagram on Jenny's palm and frantically warns them, sending Jenny away.

The crime scene reveals Jenny's throat torn and Bela battered, with Larry's walking stick found nearby as the murder weapon. Larry's chest wound heals overnight, making his story of fighting a wolf seem unbelievable. The absence of Jenny and Gwen at the time of the attack raises suspicions of adultery and guilt in the town.

Maleva reveals that Bela was the wolf in wolf form and that Larry is now a werewolf because he was bitten. She warns that the transformation is dangerous and difficult to control. She gives Larry a charm to prevent the transformation.

Uncertain about the charm's power, Larry decides to give the protective talisman to Gwen for her safety. He hopes the charm will shield her if his werewolf condition surfaces again. Gwen accepts with a blend of fear and gratitude.

On the following night, Larry transforms into a humanoid wolf and kills a villager outside the town. He returns to normal by morning with no memory of the attack, deepening his fear and confusion. The town begins to connect the killings to the legend of the werewolf.

The next night, Larry again becomes the werewolf and is caught in a hunter's trap. Maleva uses a spell to temporarily revert him to human form, allowing him to break free before the hunting party can capture him. He escapes into the night, haunted by what he may become.

Convinced he is a menace, Larry plans to leave Llanwelly to end the threat he poses. He says goodbye to Gwen and, in that moment, notices a pentagram on her palm, confirming that danger follows him. The decision to depart marks the end of their fragile romance.

Larry confesses to his father that he is a werewolf and claims responsibility for Bela and Jenny's deaths. Sir John, skeptical and protective, binds him to a chair to prevent him from leaving and to prove he is not a werewolf. The scene underscores the growing tragedy and misunderstanding between father and son.

When the moon rises, Larry transforms again, breaks free of his restraints, and attacks Gwen. Sir John bludgeons the werewolf with Larry's silver-headed cane, thinking he has killed the monster. Maleva arrives and uses the spell, and Sir John watches in horror as the dead werewolf morphs back into Larry's human corpse.