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1	* Really, the last twenty minutes of the movie. Gwen accepts Lawrence despite all the, you know, murder charges when he sees the pentagram in her hand (meaning he's going to kill her BecauseDestinySaysSo), and runs off, trying to protect her. This fails pretty miserably, and the only thing that keeps him from killing his one true love is being (slowly) beaten to death by his father with the same cane that had been a big part of his first meeting with said one true love. The sequels reveal that the experience was so heartbreaking that John died of a broken heart pretty much immediately afterwards.
2	** And it's only made worse by the knowledge that this is just the start of what seems to be ''decades'' of [[TragicMonster suffering and torment as a werewolf]]. Those happy moments Larry has in the first part of the movie? They're the last times he ever smiles or laughs in his life.
3	** Sir John just lost one son, and hasn't seen his other in 18 years. He regrets the distance that existed between them, and hopes to mend their relationship. Then he is forced to kill him... the worst part? Sir John thinks he's killing it was a ferocious, bloodthirsty creature of mythical lore, a remorseless murderous beast. Then he watches in absolute tragedy that this beast... was his own son, his only ''surviving'' son, no less!
4	* For that matter, there's how Larry becomes the werewolf. He tries to save a young woman he barely even knows (and doesn't even seem all that fond of, given that he was hoping to be alone with Gwen Conliffe) from being slaughtered by a wild beast. And he not only fails to save her, but he gets suspected of murdering poor Bela AND becomes a werewolf!
5	** Larry's reaction to seeing Bela's coffin in the church also counts. He watches from behind a pillar as Maleva speaks a blessing over her son's body. Then after she leaves, Larry comes out from his hiding place and collapses on the coffin weeping, clearly wracked with guilt for his role in the man's death.
6	** On the DVD commentary, Tom Weaver notes the fairly ironic circumstances of Larry's curse. He's likable, but not the greatest guy in the world at the beginning of the movie, what with his spying on Gwen and refusal to take no for an answer. But rather than his lecherous behavior, it's his brave, selfless deed that damns him.
7	* There's also the repeat of Maleva's blessing, spoken over Larry as he lies dying from [[StakingTheLovedOne his father's defense]] of Gwen and himself. The quiet grief in her words, the same as she used for her son Bela, and the look of [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone slowly dawning horror]] on Sir John's face as he sees [[DyingAsYourself the monster become his son]], are heart-rending. The sequel ''Film/FrankensteinMeetsTheWolfMan'' confirms that Sir John died shortly after by a broken heart.

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