Monster Gallery: Dog Soldiers (2002)
Main Article: A Siege of Werewolves
Tag: Werewolf
A Siege of Werewolves
“I always thought werewolves were just a really cool monster that was kind of underrepresented inmovies,” said director Neil Marshall. “There were so many vampire movies out there and not nearly so many werewolf movies. And having done it now, I know the reason for that is because they’re really hard to do, and to… Read More A Siege of Werewolves
Monster Gallery: Ginger Snaps (2000)
Main Article: Teenage Werewolf Girl
Teenage Werewolf Girl
Before it became a film about werewolves, Ginger Snaps began with director John Fawcett’s fascination with bodily transformations. He had written a short script “way back about a female biologist who turns into a tree,” he said, “and that sounds really stupid but it was a really interesting concept to me and there were a… Read More Teenage Werewolf Girl
Special: Monster Legacy’s Monstrous Hundred – Part 4
In the last part of the Monstrous Hundred, here’s a carousel of films from the 2000s onwards! Pitch Black (2000) This film packs a clever, outside-the-box narrative with an equally interesting subversive man as its main character, pitting him and an unlikely crew against swarms of truly outlandish alien creatures that are neither hammerhead sharks,… Read More Special: Monster Legacy’s Monstrous Hundred – Part 4
Special: Monster Legacy’s Monstrous Hundred – Part 2
We continue with the second part of the Monstrous Hundred. Now we dive in he 70s and the glorious 80s, which saw a renaissance of practical effects. King Kong (1976) Probably the weakest of all Kong films (not including the abhorrent Skull Island), and one with a remarkably extended and multi-limbed controversy behind it. Regardless,… Read More Special: Monster Legacy’s Monstrous Hundred – Part 2
Special: Monster Legacy’s Monstrous Hundred — Part 1
Back in 2002, I was a small kid watching Free Willie on a local channel. During an ad intermission, a trailer was broadcast for what was coming afterwards. It didn’t have a hard time selling it to my young eyes — “monsters from beneath the Earth! Now they’re back, badder and hungrier!” were all the… Read More Special: Monster Legacy’s Monstrous Hundred — Part 1
Lupin
There was a terrible snarling noise. Lupin’s head was lengthening. So was his body. His shoulders were hunching. Hair was sprouting visibly on his face and hands, which were curling into clawed paws. -J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Larry Talbot
Even a man who is pure in heart, and says his prayers by night; may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.
Monster Gallery: The Wolf Man (1941)
Main Article: Larry Talbot
