I agree that people are familiar with werewolves, but I don't think that automatically makes them familiar with The Wolfman.
And, I mean, not to reiterate the point too much, but the Hammer Horror version of the werewolf is Curse Of The Werewolf - which is a werewolf, and not a wolfman. Similarly, as far as I can tell, the only episode of Scooby Doo that has The Wolfman in it (as opposed to a werewolf) is episode 7 of season 1 of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, "Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hide", where classic movie monsters interrupt filming of a new movie, guest starring Sandy Duncan, original air date October 21 1972, never released on DVD. Which I kind of doubt that many kids today have actually watched.
This is kind of my point: people are familiar with all kinds of diffuse ideas about werewolves. They're not familiar with the specific monster movie called The Wolfman (or its remake).
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And, I mean, not to reiterate the point too much, but the Hammer Horror version of the werewolf is Curse Of The Werewolf - which is a werewolf, and not a wolfman. Similarly, as far as I can tell, the only episode of Scooby Doo that has The Wolfman in it (as opposed to a werewolf) is episode 7 of season 1 of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, "Sandy Duncan's Jekyll and Hide", where classic movie monsters interrupt filming of a new movie, guest starring Sandy Duncan, original air date October 21 1972, never released on DVD. Which I kind of doubt that many kids today have actually watched.
This is kind of my point: people are familiar with all kinds of diffuse ideas about werewolves. They're not familiar with the specific monster movie called The Wolfman (or its remake).