The Wolfman is a 2010 American horror film directed by Joe Johnston. It is a remake of the 1941 film of the same name, and tells the story of Lawrence Talbot who returns to his eerie English hometown of Blackmoor following the death of his brother by a werewolf which later attacks him. The film includes an ensemble cast featuring Benicio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, and Geraldine Chaplin. The screenplay was written by Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self with creature makeup effects by Rick Baker.
In 1891, Ben Talbot is confronted by a fierce creature in the Blackmoor woods. He tries to escape, but is killed by the beast.Gwen Conliffe, Bens fiance, has contacted his brother Lawrence, a worldrenowned Shakespearean actor, saying that Ben disappeared a month ago. Lawrence returns to his familys estate in Blackmoor where he has an uneasy reunion with his estranged father, Sir John Talbot. Lawrence soon discovers Bens mutilated body, kept in a slaughterhouse. At the local pub, Lawrence overhears the locals discussing the killing. Many blame Gypsies who are camped outside the town, while another patron claims there was a similar murder several decades earlier and a werewolf was the suspected killer. That night, he has flashbacks as he tours his familys home. It is revealed that his mother, Solana, had committed suicide when he was a boy. Lawrence saw his father standing over her dead body afterwards, Lawrence was sent to an insane asylum in London for suffering delusions. ........
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