What We Do In The Shadows is a horror/comedy/mockumentary by Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, and as the recently-released official trailer shows, the film focusses heavily on a troupe of Wellington vampires. Other supernatural creatures are involved, including a pack of scruffy but well-mannered werewolves who figure prominently in the film’s third act. (more…)
Holiday Werewolf Gift Guide, Part 2: for the werewolf (fan) who has everything
In part one of the 2014 Holiday Werewolf Gift Guide I picked five items from my own collection as gift ideas, but what do you get the werewolf fan who already has everything? Something they actually don’t have, because they haven’t seen this list of five werewolf gifts that tell their recipient “I get you,” and also “I like you enough to not just buy the first thing that came up when I searched Amazon for ‘werewolf'”.
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The WOX’s “Werewolves of Christmas” supports The Prince’s Trust charity
I’d be lying if I said I understood what’s happening in this music video for “Werewolves of Christmas” by mysterious band The WOX. Werewolves? Christmas? Pool? Ludicrous dancing? Point Break references? And all this madness is for the benefit of The Prince’s Trust, a UK charity that helps “13 to 30 years old who are unemployed and those struggling at school and at risk of exclusion”. (more…)
Full Moon Features: Monster Dog
Thirty years ago this month (the IMDb isn’t any more specific than that), the utterly inept werewolf film Monster Dog had its Italian premiere, so it’s only right that it should be this month’s Full Moon Feature. (more…)
Vertigo’s “Wolf Moon” twists the werewolf myth
If you’re writing a werewolf comic in 2014, it’s not enough to rely solely on the standard tropes rules of the werewolf myth. Vertigo’s new six-part series “Wolf Moon”, written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Jeremy Haun, attempts to revitalize the “man vs. beast-man” story by doubling down on all of the familiar concepts except one. (more…)
Become the terror of Werewolf Park in “Werewolf Tycoon” for Android & iOS
My mobile gaming time is split pretty evenly between Threes and Doug dug., but this week there’s a new contender for my attention: Werewolf Tycoon, a “werewolf stealth simulation game” where the goal is to devour as many people as possible without being seen… and without leaving survivors. (more…)
Holiday Werewolf Gift Guide, Part 1: Personal Picks
If you’re a werewolf fan, you’re impossible to shop for. Your friends and family have no idea how to choose something you’ll like, and everyone remembers what happened when you unwrapped that Stephenie Meyer box set in 2011. This year, let’s try to reduce the number of cop-out gift cards you get! In the first of three Holiday Gift Guide instalments, I’m sharing with you six werewolf gift ideas I can vouch for personally – because I have all of them in my home. (more…)
The downward spiral continues in “Who Needs The Moon?” issue 5
Todd McCullough’s spectacular werewolf graphic novel Who Needs The Moon? continues apace. Protagonist-turned-antagonist Ethan is dragged (or wilfully plunges) further into darkness in a deceptively simple fifth issue. (more…)
“In Case Of” Werewolf Kit, because you never know
If you’re looking for a gift for the monster memorabilia collector in your life, or if you’re one of those self-hating werewolf types, check out the Werewolf Kit from crafty prop-makers In Case Of. For less than USD $190, you can get one of 1,589 limited edition werewolf cabinets, which are “crafted, painted, and finished by hand”. (more…)
Gunman in werewolf mask shoots, injures construction worker
Once a year some weird mania strikes a random crook in America, and they decide to commit a crime while wearing a werewolf mask. The latest incident in this unfortunate trend happened last Friday in southern California. (more…)