Comments on: The Werewolf Rebuttal

By: flintstone

flintstone — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:24:19 +0000

I agree totally with a lot of what you have written in this article. Like you, as a kid growing up, i was more enthralled with werewolves than vampires; I was fascinated by the ability to change into something other than I was (I also thought that werewolves would easily kick a vampire ass!).
I have said for years that the transformation from man to wolf in An American Werewolf in London is the best ever screened. However, I think it is totally unacceptable that this transformation has yet to be bettered (the movie came out in 1981 for God’s sake, and since then we’ve have photo realistic gorilla in King Kong, dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and all many of beasties in Lord of the Rings). Technoology is at the point where it is only limited by our imagination.
Also, I agree that werewolf appearances in TV shows and/or movies is always lazily handled, whereas vampires are continually overhauled and revamped (pardon the pun).
I am currently writing a screenplay for a movie that will hopefully progress things for our nocturnal hirsute friends. It will involve vampires, but this time, vampires will be second tier and werewolves, the humans they are and the psychological effects of lycanthropy will be explored more. (Just hope i can sell the screenplay and get the thing made).

By: thebonebreaker

thebonebreaker — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:10:53 +0000

For an awesome werewolf book, be sure to check out the novel Ravenous by Ray Garton [in his mythos, lycanthropy is spread through sex...]
Its sequel [Bestial] is going to be coming out on April 1st, I belive.

Great write-up Bryan!

P.S. I would rather wait than see werewolves become “hip & sexy” Ai!

By: Jeremy Couturier

Jeremy Couturier — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:17:10 +0000

I haven’t seen a decent werewolf flick since the 80s (Dog Soldiers was good enough though recently). Maybe it’s some gap in the new generation of directors who feel this subject isn’t worth tapping into. I feel this can hold its own without the introduction of other monsters. It certainly worked in the past with Dante and Landis…

By: Bryan White

Bryan White — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:22:31 +0000

Anyone know where vampire/werewolf rivalry stems from? It seems like it’s just sort of assumed these days and if you need some kind of central conflict in your vampire movie, you add werewolves because it’s convenient, but I’ve seen absolutely no intersection in either legends. The cultures that spawned wolfmen and vampires are separated by thousands of miles, anyway.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:49:26 +0000

I have checked out “The Astounding Wolfman” as I’m a huge Kirkman fan. I’m devoted to “Invincible” and “The Walking Dead”. However, I never really got into it. While a few changes have been made, I wasn’t a big fan of the art and became distressed when vampires immediately had to be introduced as well. I’m just very tired of seeing werewolves being forced into a package deal with vampires.

Chris, I tried my hand at doing some werewolf fiction when I was younger and I’m tempted to give it another shot. I’ve got a few really good ideas for changing up the mythos that I’m keeping close to the vest.

By: enemy

enemy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:55:21 +0000

Check out “the astounding wolfman” comic by Robert Kirkman. It revolves around a guy who gets bitten by a werewolf while on vacation and uses his new powers to become a superhero. Its only 12 issues in so far but they introduce some new ideas into the werewolf genre.

By: E. Christopher Clark

E. Christopher Clark — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:12:00 +0000

Interesting thoughts, Shawn. Makes me think I should try writing a werewolf story someday and see what I could do with the mythology. You’ve made some neat suggestions.