No, Lon Chaney Jr. was not in this movie. I know that's his kind of makeup in that terrible poster, but the actual werewolf is pretty much just a guy with a beard and black paint on his nose. Yeah, it's gonna be one of those kinds of movies. Two farmers discover the mauled body … Continue reading Moon of the Wolf (1972)
What the hell did I just watch? Howling 2 is apparently a direct continuation of the original The Howling, only now with Reb Brown and Christopher Lee joining forces in Transylvania to fight the werewolf sorceress Sybil Danning. You see, Reb Brown's sister has been killed, only Christopher Lee arrives to reveal she is actually … Continue reading Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf (1985)
It surprises me that for all the classic horror that Hammer Films produced in the late 1950s, it wasn't until the sequels to their versions of Frankenstein and Dracula were out before they turned to the tale of the werewolf in 1961. It's a classical take with a werewolf clearly pulling from the Lon Chaney … Continue reading The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
I do like a good werewolf movie. Unfortunately despite the pedigree of Eric Red, writer of such greats as The Hitcher and Near Dark, this isn't a good werewolf movie. In this film, a journalist named Ted runs afoul of a giant wolf man while hanging out in Nepal, which murders his girlfriend and claws … Continue reading Bad Moon (1996)
A blind Vietnam vet and his seeing eye dog are placed into a gated retirement community by his son. That first night, a werewolf attacks his neighbor and kills his dog. Now this vet has a month to get buff, get some bullets, and get ready to take down his nemesis lycanthrope out of revenge … Continue reading Late Phases (2014)
Oh man, it's a werewolf with a 'tude! ...yeah, I'm sorry, I won't say anything like that again. That was just bad. Anyway, Big Bad Wolf is a werewolf movie, if you couldn't tell. A bunch of young college students head out to a cabin. We've got your stereotypical Frat Brother #267 and Frat Brother … Continue reading Big Bad Wolf (2006)
Also known as Stephen King's Silver Bullet, this movie is based on his novella Cycle of the Werewolf. It's significantly different from the story though, with characters and their names changed, dates changed, murders happening differently, characters left out entirely, so on and so forth. And Silver Bullet, with its focus on a pair of kids and their uncle, feels … Continue reading Silver Bullet (1985)
Take a 1970s biker film. That's a good place to start. Mix in some poorly handled New Age mumbo jumbo, some hardcore Satanism, and a pinch of gore, then for bonus effect use the same werewolf effects we've been seeing since the 1940s, and you've got Werewolves on Wheels, a film that is just as … Continue reading Werewolves on Wheels (1971)
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