Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonlight transformation, leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh.
Practical Effects
Rick Baker's Oscar-winning transformation sequence—practical effects perfection.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched moors that look like a funeral for the Industrial Revolution.
Acting
Hopkins playing unhinged aristocrat like he's personally offended by restraint.
Director
Joe Johnston
Benicio del Toro
Lawrence Talbot
Anthony Hopkins
Sir John Talbot
Emily Blunt
Gwen Conliffe
Hugo Weaving
Inspector Francis Abberline
Geraldine Chaplin
Maleva
Art Malik
Singh
Antony Sher
Dr. Hoenneger
David Schofield
Constable Nye
Cristina Contes
Solana Talbot
David Sterne
Kirk
Elizabeth Croft
Ophelia (uncredited)
Simon Merrells
Ben Talbot
Asa Butterfield
Young Ben
Olga Fedori
Young Gypsy Woman
Lorraine Hilton
Mrs. Kirk
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