werewolf films
Ginger Snaps Helped the Horror Genre While Finding its Audience
Ginger Snaps–as I’ve written about here–is one of the best horror movies of the past fifteen years, period. It’s among the great werewolf films of all time. Yes, it was indepe...
Ginger Snaps is an Essential Feminist Horror Movie
Through most of history, werewolf stories and films were pretty aggressively male. They were about secret urges, hidden primal instincts. The Wolf Man is a great example of this. Larry Talbot is a man...
25 Years Later… Looking Back at the Two Least Worst Howling Sequels
There are horror franchises that are beloved and then there are beloved horror movies that have spawned franchises. Friday the 13th, for example, is a beloved franchise—perhaps more than it is ...
Why The Howling is a Non-Traditional Werewolf Movie (Even Now)
In general, The Howling is considered to be one of the two best werewolf movies ever made. It is constantly ranked beside An American Werewolf in London, ironic considering that the two movies came ou...
Late Phases Announces a Blu-Ray Release Date, Reveals Cover Art
Dark Sky has just released a first look at the Blu-Ray cover art for Late Phases. Head inside for the newly revealed artwork and a release date announcement. Late Phases is di...
A Viewing Guide to the Howling Series
The Howling franchise sounds great on paper. It really seems like common sense for there to be a long-lived and successful werewolf series. Add in an anthology format and it’s almost a no-b...
“More Fun Than a Barrel of Mummies”: Looking Back at Waxwork
Directed by Anthony Hickox, Waxwork is not a remake of the Vincent Price House of Wax film, but an imaginative and slightly campy tale about a wax museum in which stepping into a particular exhibit (a...
“A Different Kind of Animal”: Revisiting An American Werewolf in London
John Landis’s An American Werewolf in London is, simply put, one of the best werewolf movies ever made. Landis had already made a name for himself in comedy, directing movies that became i...
Five Werewolf Movies That Broke the Mold
Werewolves never seem to get the cinematic treatment they deserve, not in the way that vampires or zombies do at least. But they live in a larger sub-genre than they are given credit for. Stories abou...