Del Toro's "Wolfman" Remains Top Dog

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Everyone’s raving about Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein movie on Netflix, but let’s hop over to HBO Max and celebrate a period horror flick by another del Toro. In 2010, Benicio del Toro (Traffic, The Usual Suspects) is top dog in The Wolfman, an update of Lon Chaney, Jr.’s 1941 masterpiece. This flick provides all the mood, gore, and hairy goodness that was missing from that recent werewolf movie, which dropped earlier this year. 

This remake follows the same path as the original, but sets the story in 1891 England. Lawrence Talbot (del Toro) is summoned to his family’s estate in England following the death of his brother. He’s been estranged since witnessing his mother’s tragic passing when he was a boy. Now a celebrated actor, he’s back to reconnect with his father (Anthony Hopkins), who sent him to an asylum for “delusions” before packing him off to live with family in America.