I actually didn't mind the remake with Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins, it stayed true to the original and gave a chance for a new generation to marvel at this classic in the horror movie genre. In fact the lack of good werewolf movies in the last century puzzles me to no end, what happened?
If you haven't heard of the Universal Monster classics then you haven't done your homework, "The Wolf Man" is a classic beyond belief, right up there with "The Invisible Man" and "Bride of Frankenstein."