by Chris Vegvary
How come werewolves aren’t as popular as vampires?
Is it because they’re more likely to shred you with their bare claws and teeth
(unless you’re dealing with one of those feral-type vampires)? I say that makes
them more terrifying. And while I’m not arguing whether or not werewolves are
scary as all hell (they are), I am arguing that there are so few good werewolf
movies out there that it’s ridiculous.
When I think of a “good” werewolf movie, I’m not talking
about something out of Twilight or Wolf, but more like something out of Dog Soldiers or the original Howling. By that, I mean biped
werewolves that walk around on two legs, not a person who turns into a timber
wolf or something like that. I enjoyed Eli Roth’s Netflix series Hemlock Grove, but the werewolf
in that just turns into a wolf, although the transformation is pretty
sick-looking. Ok, and the one from An
American Werewolf in London, even though it was a four-legged wolf, was
just horrific. I mean that in a good way, because that thing’s face was kind of
disturbing to look at.
There’s something to me that feels more dangerous about a
seven- or eight-foot-tall werewolf towering over you, drooling all over you and
getting ready to rip you apart. Does anyone remember the movie Waxwork (1988)? While it was a comedy,
it also featured a scene with a werewolf that haunted my dreams for a while
after I saw it (I was a kid the first time). The werewolf grabs this guy by the
head and splits his face open, and just rips him in two. It was truly
disgusting, but that’s what werewolf movies out there are lacking these days.
Also, I want to point out that there’s WAY too much CGI being used in Hollywood
today, and werewolf movies are no exception.
Can we just make a good werewolf movie already? I’m kind of
tired of seeing the same nonsense being put out these days, not doing right by
my lycanthropic brothers and sisters. There have been attempts, like the Ginger Snaps trilogy, but I wasn’t too
thrilled with those, and Wes Craven’s Cursed
ended up being rated PG-13 after going through development hell. I enjoyed the
remake of The Wolfman, but I do
prefer werewolves to wolfmen, because there’s a big
difference. Perhaps you, reading this article, could be inspired to go out
there and make the werewolf movie we’ve all been waiting to see? It can’t be
light-hearted, or a love story, or any of that old jazz. It’s got to be
horribly violent; it has to rely more on old-fashioned effects than CGI; and it
has to be a large, scary beast that wants nothing more than to eat you alive.
If your interest in werewolves and whatnot has reached new
heights by reading this article, or if you’re just interested in horror in
general, I encourage you to follow the links throughout to find some nice
werewolf-related costumes and accessories for your next party, or if you’re
looking to scare someone. What do you say to that?
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