The 5 “Wolf Man” motion pictures had been launched within the following order, which might be the easiest way to observe them, when you’re sticking to the monster’s particular motion pictures:
- “The Wolf Man” (1941)
- “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” (1943)
- “Home of Frankenstein” (1944)
- “Home of Dracula” (1945)
- “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948)
One will doubtless discover that the Wolf Man by no means obtained a solo sequel to himself. That stated, his character arc remained constant all through the 5 motion pictures. In Roy William Nell’s “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man,” the presumed-dead Larry Talbot is exhumed and is derived again to life when struck by the sunshine of the total moon. It would not be till “Meets” that werewolves could be related to full moons. Larry is horrified to have been resurrected and hates that he is nonetheless a werewolf. He begins a tragic quest to finish his personal seemingly never-ending life.
The model of Frankenstein seen in “Meets” is the one performed by Bela Lugosi as he was seen within the 1942 movie “The Ghost of Frankenstein.” In that movie, Lugosi performed Ygor who sought to have his mind transplanted into Frankenstein’s physique. Even within the comedy follow-up with Abbott and Costello, Larry would nonetheless be depicted as a brooding, tortured determine.
“Home of Frankenstein” bears the excellence of being the primary movie in what in the present day may be referred to as a cinematic universe. That movie featured Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, and Dracula, cementing that all of them dwell in the identical universe and might all work together. This was about 15 years earlier than the Godzilla sequence established the identical guidelines, and 68 years earlier than “The Avengers.” An analogous shtick was used for “Home of Dracula” the next 12 months.
In fact, if there is a cinematic universe at play, then we’ll have to increase our listing considerably.