WereWolves

Zombie-F said:

Helspont pointed out something true about Vampire movies, in that there's probably less than 50 movies that could be considered good. I feel the same is true about Werewolves, except the number is probably lower like maybe only 20 good werewolf movies.

Faves of mine include The Wolf Man (gotta give props to the original), Silver Bullet, An American Werewolf in London, Ginger Snaps, and Dog Soldiers.

The thing that can make or break these types of movies all lies in the transformation scene, as well as the look of the final creature (see An American Werewolf in Paris for an example). The sole exception to this "rule" is Ginger Snaps, which is just so well written, that you can overlook its technical deficiencies.

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I agree 100% with Z's post. Didn't catch it before, or I would have commented on it.

As far as pure Transformation scenes go, there's not a WW movie around that can top the Eddie Quist Transformation scene in The Howling. Like with Ginger Snaps the difference here is that the effects were so good, that you could overlook story flaws. Wes Craven (Although not Catholic, I'm crossing myself here) is supposed to add a new entry to the Lycanthropic Mythos with Cursed which is star studded but has lived up to it's title, with many people leaving due to artistic differences, firings and other assorted problems. With Craven, you never can tell. He's the American equivalent of the Italian Schlockmeisters in the way that I feel about him. Unlike those "directors," at least Craven has ANOES to his credit.

Sinister said:

From such movies as the 1940 classic The Wolfman, to such contemporary classics as Ginger Snaps, Dog Soldiers and The Howling,

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Do you know, I've only just seen Dog Soldiers for the first time, just tonight! Only took me three years.

I must say I agree that this is one of the great modern werewolf films, in fact, I would say the best in twenty-one years (yes - I speak of An American Werewolf in London from 1981, my favourite).

I thought Ginger Snaps was good - this one almost made me forget that film. Plenty of action, good, coherant story that moves along at a nice clip, no lack of gore, good performances all around. Only thing missing was the tranformation scene - what's up with that?

After watching it tonight, my spouse and I went downstairs; she went on to the lower level to take dog out. "Can you come here?", she called out. I came. "Scared of werewolves?", said I. "Yes", said she, after which she turned around to go out. I immediately snarled my best David Kessler, she immediately jumped approximately one foot high, and let out a scream to pierce the cool night air!

It was fun.