Werewolf movies have long howled from the dark corners of cinema history, shapeshifting over the decades from gothic horror to pop-culture allegories. As one of the most enduring figures in monster mythology, the werewolf serves as both terrifying predator and tragic figure—a creature caught between worlds, between man and beast. The genre has evolved alongside…
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The Howling (1981) – Review
There aren’t a lot of great werewolf movie out there, in fact, when compared to vampire movies there aren’t all that many werewolf films period, but in 1981 we were treated to two competing werewolf films that have become the benchmark for the genre, first, there was the John Landis dark comedy An American Werewolf…
Silver Bullet (1985) – Review
If you name your wheelchair the “Silver Bullet” and you end up having to fight a werewolf, you were basically asking for it. The movie Silver Bullet was based on the Stephen King novella “Cycle of the Werewolf” which itself was originally a calendar illustrated by the late great comic book artist Bernie Wrightson, and…