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** Classic PowerCreep; this movie establishes that only silver can kill a werewolf, but it seems other wounds can give them trouble, whereas later stuff using this movie's rules have them shrugging off bullets and other attacks.
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* How a bear (or wolf) trap can stop the Wolf Man so easily?

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** There are actually some explanations. First, Curt Siodmak's original script was a psychological thriller, where we really didn't know if Larry Talbot (originally Larry Gil) was actually a real werewolf, or if it was in his mind. Finally Universal decide that a monster movie was more profitable. Some psychological aspects, however, came in the movie, by that is deliberately ambiguous Bela's death and the werewolf attack. If he was a wolf-man, would be no doubt that werewolves are real.
** And secondly, in canon, the novel ''Literature/ReturnOfTheWolfMan'' and it's sequels stated that lycanthropy, afftects people in different ways. By that Bela looked like a big wolf like the middle ages ones, and Larry was a hairy humanoid with wolf features. The novels stablished ''Film/WerewolfOfLondon'' as canon, and Wilfred Glendon's werewolf form was also different. In the sequels of that novel, Marya Zaleska, Dracula's Daughter herself confirms that are different werewolves types.
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* Why does Larry transform into a semi-humanoid Wolf ''Man'' when Bela, who bit him, clearly transformed into a regular ol' wolf?

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* Why does Larry transform into a semi-humanoid Wolf ''Man'' when Bela, who bit him, him and was under the same curse, clearly transformed into a regular ol' wolf?
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** The transformation occurs in a time of the year, apparently by the poem in autumn. She clearly goes after Bela transforms presumably to give him the pray that she did with Larry trapped in the bear trap after in the movie. Bela just transforms so quick that she came too late.

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** The transformation occurs in a time of the year, apparently by the poem in autumn. She clearly goes after Bela transforms presumably to give him the pray that she did with Larry trapped in the bear trap after in the movie. Bela just transforms so quick that she came too late.late.
* Why does Larry transform into a semi-humanoid Wolf ''Man'' when Bela, who bit him, clearly transformed into a regular ol' wolf?

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* Why didn't maleva comfort her son before he transformed into a werewolf? Isn't that considered unmotherly.

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* Why didn't maleva Maleva comfort her son before he transformed into a werewolf? Isn't that considered unmotherly.unmotherly.
** The transformation occurs in a time of the year, apparently by the poem in autumn. She clearly goes after Bela transforms presumably to give him the pray that she did with Larry trapped in the bear trap after in the movie. Bela just transforms so quick that she came too late.
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** The rules for werewolves in this movie are subject to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, and thus a bit vague and unclear. It's not clear if werewolves transform ''every'' night during "certain times of year," or only certain nights. If so, there might be a kind of schedule to transformations that the Gypsies kept track of and were able to 'work around.' Also, despite it being nightfall, Bela doesn't seem at all concerned until he sees the pentagram in Jenny's palm. It's possible werewolves only transform when there's a 'designated target' around (the reason Larry kept transforming would have been because of the proximity of Gwen). In that case, it wouldn't be a problem most nights. Then there's the possibility mentioned above, that Maleva had some sort of spell that could at least keep Bela in check.

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** The rules for werewolves in this movie are subject to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, and thus a bit vague and unclear. It's not clear if werewolves transform ''every'' night during "certain times of year," or only certain nights. If so, there might be a kind of schedule to transformations that the Gypsies kept track of and were able to 'work around.' Also, despite it being nightfall, Bela doesn't seem at all concerned until he sees the pentagram in Jenny's palm. It's possible werewolves only transform when there's a 'designated target' around (the reason Larry kept transforming would have been because of the proximity of Gwen). In that case, it wouldn't be a problem most nights. Then there's the possibility mentioned above, that Maleva had some sort of spell that could at least keep Bela in check.check.
*Why didn't maleva comfort her son before he transformed into a werewolf? Isn't that considered unmotherly.
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** Maleva displays the ability to turn Larry back into human form at one point. It's possible she usually did the same for Bela, but was unable to get to him in time on this one occasion.

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** Maleva displays the ability to turn Larry back into human form at one point. It's possible she usually did the same for Bela, but was unable to get to him in time on this one occasion.occasion.
** The rules for werewolves in this movie are subject to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, and thus a bit vague and unclear. It's not clear if werewolves transform ''every'' night during "certain times of year," or only certain nights. If so, there might be a kind of schedule to transformations that the Gypsies kept track of and were able to 'work around.' Also, despite it being nightfall, Bela doesn't seem at all concerned until he sees the pentagram in Jenny's palm. It's possible werewolves only transform when there's a 'designated target' around (the reason Larry kept transforming would have been because of the proximity of Gwen). In that case, it wouldn't be a problem most nights. Then there's the possibility mentioned above, that Maleva had some sort of spell that could at least keep Bela in check.
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*** Strangle? Are you watching the same movie, he's not strangling them, his holding them still so he can rip out their necks with his teeth, if you actually listen the policemen constantly state the victims died of a "Severed jugular" this being 1940's though they couldn't directly show it.

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*** Strangle? Are you watching the same movie, he's not strangling them, his he's holding them still so he can rip out their necks with his teeth, if you actually listen the policemen constantly state the victims died of a "Severed jugular" this being 1940's though they couldn't directly show it.
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*** Strangle? Are you watching the same movie, he's not strangling them, his holding them still so he can rip out there necks with his teeth, if you actually listen the policemen constantly state the victims died of a "Severed jugular" this being 1940's though they couldn't directly show it.

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*** Strangle? Are you watching the same movie, he's not strangling them, his holding them still so he can rip out there their necks with his teeth, if you actually listen the policemen constantly state the victims died of a "Severed jugular" this being 1940's though they couldn't directly show it.
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* How did the Gypsies keep Werewolf!Bela from going on a rampage whenever he transformed and eating them all? Did they keep him on a leash or something?

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* How did the Gypsies keep Werewolf!Bela from going on a rampage whenever he transformed and eating them all? Did they keep him on a leash or something?something?
** Maleva displays the ability to turn Larry back into human form at one point. It's possible she usually did the same for Bela, but was unable to get to him in time on this one occasion.
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* How the heck did the Gypsies keep Werewolf!Bela from going on a rampage whenever he transformed and eating them all? Did they keep him on a leash or something?

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* How the heck did the Gypsies keep Werewolf!Bela from going on a rampage whenever he transformed and eating them all? Did they keep him on a leash or something?
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** Because the Hayes Code said so.

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** Because the Hayes Hays Code said so.
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*** Strangle? Are you watching the same movie, he's not strangling them, his holding them still so he can rip out there necks with his teeth, if you actually listen the policemen constantly state the victims died of a "Severed jugular" this being 1940's though they couldn't directly show it.
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*** He was a vegetarian?

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*** He was a vegetarian?vegetarian?
* How the heck did the Gypsies keep Werewolf!Bela from going on a rampage whenever he transformed and eating them all? Did they keep him on a leash or something?
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*** He was a vegetarian?
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* Why did the Wolf Man, a werewolf with ''fangs and claws'', opt to ''strangle'' the majority of his victims?
** Because the Hayes Code said so.

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