Game of Werewolves aside, this decade has been disappointingly short on good werewolf movies, so I’m pleased to report that 2013’s Wer fills that void quite admirably. (more…)
Category: Reviews
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Full Moon Features: Screaming Werewolves Never Bite
When it comes to the vocalizations of werewolves — or wolves in general — one tends to think of them howling or growling. In a pinch, you could even imagine one barking or (depending on how sad they are) crying, but unless they’re in the middle of a painful-looking transformation, it’s difficult to picture a werewolf screaming. Unlikely as that may be, though, it didn’t prevent two movies released a decade apart from asking viewers to do just that. (more…)
Full Moon Features: The Company of Wolves
In September 1984, Neil Jordan’s horror-fantasy The Company of Wolves was screened at the Toronto Film Festival and then went into general release in the UK, giving the Canucks and the Brits a jump on their Yank counterparts since we didn’t get it in the States until the following April. (more…)
“Who Needs The Moon?” part 4: an antihero beyond redemption
The next instalment of Todd McCullough‘s stellar horror graphic novel “Who Needs the Moon?” is now available via Gumroad (and comiXology pretty soon, I would guess). This is the fourth issue, the midpoint of the story, and the most horrifying entry yet. (more…)
Full Moon Features: Cry of the Werewolf
Seventy years ago this month, Columbia Pictures attempted to hop on the werewolf bandwagon with 1944’s Cry of the Werewolf while also throwing in a dash of Cat People (a recent hit for RKO) for good measure. (more…)
Full Moon Features: Wolf (1994)
This may come as a shock to those with short memories, but not all summer blockbusters used to be about larger-than-life superheroes, rampaging robots, and radioactive lizards. (more…)
Issue 3 confirms “Who Needs The Moon?” is a masterpiece
The third and latest issue of Todd A McCullough’s ongoing graphic novel Who Needs The Moon? elevates the series to the status of “best werewolf comic I’ve ever read”, and earns the series a place on my list of top five comics of all time. (more…)
Full Moon Features: The Beast Must Die
The discerning lycanthropologist might be interested to know that the recently published reference book Hidden Horror: A Celebration of 101 Underrated and Overlooked Fright Flicks includes entries on a number of classic werewolf films, including Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, The Curse of the Werewolf and The Company of Wolves. (more…)