Howl at the moon
17.02.2010
Along with vampires and zombies, they are one of the big three of the horror world. But in the last few years, werewolves have been pushed into the "Best Supporting Monster" role in books and films like Twilight, Underworld, Van Helsing and Harry Potter.
But now these lovable hairballs are about to take centre stage again with a new film version of The Wolfman, with Benicio del Toro as the hairy beast. The 1941 original film starred Lon Chaney Jr. and actually gave us many of the werewolf clichés: the transformation during a full moon, the silver bullet that can kill the monster, and the werewolf as a victim of a curse who can't stop himself from killing people (poor doggy).
Personally, a good werewolf story can frighten me more than any old vampire or zombie film could ever do. The werewolf myth is all about the evil hidden within people coming out and causing lots of trouble. It's a bit like The Incredible Hulk (which scared me witless when I was a young kid), or Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or any serial killer story you can think of.
And yes, Jacob Black is awfully cute in New Moon. But if you want real werewolf movie scares, I recommend some black comedy/horror in An American Werewolf in London (1981), lycanthropy-as-puberty in Ginger Snaps (2000), and British Army-versus-werewolves in Dog Soldiers (2002). Don't worry! In these flicks, there's not a sexy Native American in sight!
The original 1941 version of The Wolf Man
liebenswert
Fellknäuel
im Mittelpunkt stehen
haariges Monster
Kugel
Opfer
Fluch
Hündchen
ängstigen
Mythos
erschreckte mich zu Tode
Verwandlung eines Menschen in einen Wolf
gegen
Filme
Indianer
