The Werewolf

A young woman living in a remote mountain village is afflicted by a curse that transforms her into a wolf during the full moon. The villagers, fearing the creature, live in terror while the local doctor tries to understand and potentially break the curse. As the transformations become more frequent, the danger escalates for everyone involved.

As a silent film from 1924, contemporary critical reception is difficult to ascertain through modern aggregated sources. However, its status as an early werewolf film and its survival as a rediscovered work have made it a subject of interest for film historians and genre enthusiasts.

• An early and significant entry in the werewolf genre.

• Notable for its historical place in horror cinema.

• A visually interesting, albeit primitive, representation of lycanthropy.

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The film was thought to be lost for many years until a print was discovered in a private collection in the 1990s.