Good Werewolf Movies
With Dog soldiers playing on TV this past weekend and with the new Underworld movie I though I would compile a list of some good werewolf films.
Dog soldiers
First saw this in the new release section with the hook quote of Jaws, Aliens and Predator with a werewolf twist. The story involves a special forces team that goes on a training exercise against another special forces team only to discover that the other team has been killed by a pack of werewolves. Now how cool does that sound, Special Forces VS. a bunch of fucking werewolves. One of the better werewolf films in the last few years. What I really like about this werewolf film is that the wolves finally were only on two legs. It seems like most werewolf films I saw had them on all fours in recent years. Also the effects were all practical none of this CG bullshit. Not to completely dis CG but a man in a suit or animatronics look better than a CG wolf.
American Werewolf in London
For some reason I feel like I should like this movie more than I really do. It has many things going for it but there is something missing from the story that makes me absolutely love it. The best part has to be Rick Baker's wolf transformation, this guy knows his shit. But personally when I think of a werewolf I see then as standing on two legs not all fours, this is maybe why it loses points with me. Then you have John Landis directing who directed some of the best comedies of the 80's. So it was a good wolf film with some pretty funny black humor.
American Werewolf in Paris
Personally I liked this sequel better than London. It was funny and at least I thought it was a good story. The shitty part was that the wolves were all CG and were pretty fucking lame. The Bush song MOUTH (The Stingray mix) was a pretty good song from the film.
Cursed
When I heard that Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson were making a werewolf movie I was really psyched but when I heard that it was going to be cut down to a PG-13 rating I was pissed off. Thankfully their was the Unrated DVD. Also I remember hearing something like they were having problems with the script while shooting, and many things changed. But when I saw the film both rated and unrated I really liked then both, although some people would say it is shit.
Ginger Snaps
I love the plot description on IMDB "werewolfism as a metaphor for puberty". For the only time that comes to mind a movie about a female werewolf. Great independent horror film. And what can I say Katharine Isabelle is absolutely hot. Good effects, good story. However, the two sequels sucked ass in my opinion.
The Howling
I really fucking hated this film when I saw it as a kid, but it has sort of grown on me over the years. Dee Wallace's character goes to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants are werewolfs. The last half is definitely the best part of the film. The beginning was okay, and the middle had its moments but I think it needed more. Again, good wolf effects, Why? b/c it was before CG. I actually sat through all the sequels, I'm not sure why b/c they really, really sucked.
Teen Wolf/Teen Wolf two
A werewolf film that isn't a horror film, but a comedy about you guested it a teen wolf. Where a teens wolfism helps him excel at sports. I really enjoyed both films. One of those films that I really liked as a child and still do. It would have been really cool to be a werewolf in high school, but all that hair would have been a nightmare. Both films had some pretty good songs, such as Oingo Boingo's -Outrageous.
Silver Bullet
Stephen King's novella based Werewolf film. It involves murders in a small town, where a handicapped kid (with a really cool wheelchair) believes the culprit is a werewolf. I've never actually read his book but supossedly it is completely different from the film. I would probably say that this is my favorite werewolf film. It was one of Corey Haim first films and Gary Busey plays his uncle. The wolf effects are somewhat campy but the awesome blood and gore make up for it. If you have seen the film, it would have been cool to have the wheel chair. Since I'm in no way religious it has some moments that make me laugh when I think how stupid religion can be.
Monster Squad
One of my favorite films as a kid. A group of kids vs the Classic Univeral Monsters. Very funny and entertaining movie. Writen by one of the coolest person to write screenplays, Shane Black just one of the people who pioneered the action genre. I think it has by far the coolest looking werewolf on film. Thats b/c it done by Stan Winston. This is one film I really want on DVD, but in the mean time I will sufice with the version that I tanfered from VHS to DVD (God bless the DVD recorder).
Wolf
Fairly decent wolf film. Hell it's Nicholson as a werewolf, now if you want a bad ass wolf you picked the right guy. The creature effects are again wonderfully done Rick Baker.
Is it strange that at random Ozzy Osbourne's Bark at the Moon came on as I was writing.
With Dog soldiers playing on TV this past weekend and with the new Underworld movie I though I would compile a list of some good werewolf films.
Dog soldiers
First saw this in the new release section with the hook quote of Jaws, Aliens and Predator with a werewolf twist. The story involves a special forces team that goes on a training exercise against another special forces team only to discover that the other team has been killed by a pack of werewolves. Now how cool does that sound, Special Forces VS. a bunch of fucking werewolves. One of the better werewolf films in the last few years. What I really like about this werewolf film is that the wolves finally were only on two legs. It seems like most werewolf films I saw had them on all fours in recent years. Also the effects were all practical none of this CG bullshit. Not to completely dis CG but a man in a suit or animatronics look better than a CG wolf.
American Werewolf in London
For some reason I feel like I should like this movie more than I really do. It has many things going for it but there is something missing from the story that makes me absolutely love it. The best part has to be Rick Baker's wolf transformation, this guy knows his shit. But personally when I think of a werewolf I see then as standing on two legs not all fours, this is maybe why it loses points with me. Then you have John Landis directing who directed some of the best comedies of the 80's. So it was a good wolf film with some pretty funny black humor.
American Werewolf in Paris
Personally I liked this sequel better than London. It was funny and at least I thought it was a good story. The shitty part was that the wolves were all CG and were pretty fucking lame. The Bush song MOUTH (The Stingray mix) was a pretty good song from the film.
Cursed
When I heard that Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson were making a werewolf movie I was really psyched but when I heard that it was going to be cut down to a PG-13 rating I was pissed off. Thankfully their was the Unrated DVD. Also I remember hearing something like they were having problems with the script while shooting, and many things changed. But when I saw the film both rated and unrated I really liked then both, although some people would say it is shit.
Ginger Snaps
I love the plot description on IMDB "werewolfism as a metaphor for puberty". For the only time that comes to mind a movie about a female werewolf. Great independent horror film. And what can I say Katharine Isabelle is absolutely hot. Good effects, good story. However, the two sequels sucked ass in my opinion.
The Howling
I really fucking hated this film when I saw it as a kid, but it has sort of grown on me over the years. Dee Wallace's character goes to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants are werewolfs. The last half is definitely the best part of the film. The beginning was okay, and the middle had its moments but I think it needed more. Again, good wolf effects, Why? b/c it was before CG. I actually sat through all the sequels, I'm not sure why b/c they really, really sucked.
Teen Wolf/Teen Wolf two
A werewolf film that isn't a horror film, but a comedy about you guested it a teen wolf. Where a teens wolfism helps him excel at sports. I really enjoyed both films. One of those films that I really liked as a child and still do. It would have been really cool to be a werewolf in high school, but all that hair would have been a nightmare. Both films had some pretty good songs, such as Oingo Boingo's -Outrageous.
Silver Bullet
Stephen King's novella based Werewolf film. It involves murders in a small town, where a handicapped kid (with a really cool wheelchair) believes the culprit is a werewolf. I've never actually read his book but supossedly it is completely different from the film. I would probably say that this is my favorite werewolf film. It was one of Corey Haim first films and Gary Busey plays his uncle. The wolf effects are somewhat campy but the awesome blood and gore make up for it. If you have seen the film, it would have been cool to have the wheel chair. Since I'm in no way religious it has some moments that make me laugh when I think how stupid religion can be.
Monster Squad
One of my favorite films as a kid. A group of kids vs the Classic Univeral Monsters. Very funny and entertaining movie. Writen by one of the coolest person to write screenplays, Shane Black just one of the people who pioneered the action genre. I think it has by far the coolest looking werewolf on film. Thats b/c it done by Stan Winston. This is one film I really want on DVD, but in the mean time I will sufice with the version that I tanfered from VHS to DVD (God bless the DVD recorder).
Wolf
Fairly decent wolf film. Hell it's Nicholson as a werewolf, now if you want a bad ass wolf you picked the right guy. The creature effects are again wonderfully done Rick Baker.
Is it strange that at random Ozzy Osbourne's Bark at the Moon came on as I was writing.
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