Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man the Talbot family crypt to open the grave of Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.), seeking valuables buried with him, on the night of a full moon. During the robbery, the thieves remove the wolfsbane buried with Talbot, and he is awakened from death by the full moon shining on his uncovered body. Talbot reflexively grasps the arm of the grave robber with a fur-covered hand, as the other thief flees. Talbot is found by police in Cardiff later in the night, with a vicious head wound (administered by his father at the end of "The Wolf Man"), and taken to
The Wolf Man (1941 film) times. Talbot’s lap dissolve transformation on screen only took seconds, while Chaney’s took almost ten hours. On April 27, 2004, Universal released "The Wolf Man" on DVD as part of the Universal Legacy Collection. This two disc edition included four films: The DVD collection also included the following bonus features: The film was released on Blu-ray Disc in 2012 as part of the Universal Classic Monsters Collection, alongside many other classic Universal horror films (including "Frankenstein", "The Mummy", and "The Invisible Man"). On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on , with a weighted average