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"Oh no, I stepped in a puddle of loup garou!"

topic posted Thu, November 3, 2005 - 11:11 AM by  Edward 		Share/Save/Bookmark
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Best werewolf movies? Favorite werewolf movies?

What have you hated about werewolf movies? What have you loved about werewolf movies?
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  • Edward
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    Re: "Oh no, I stepped in a puddle of loup garou!"

    Thu, November 3, 2005 - 11:17 AM
    I've liked werewolves since I was a toddler, I think. There's just something very keen about the match between changing-into-a-wolf-at-night and dreaming and I'm a huge fan of dreaming.

    My mother once picked up a very cheesy-looking book on werewolves for me, with a goofy picture of the Wolfman on the cover, but as I recall, the inside was filled with a huge collection of historical stories of werewolves and other lycanthropes.

    One thing in particular that I enjoyed about these stories was that, although lycanthropy was considered a curse, most of the people seemed to enjoy it, as if it gave them something that they always wanted.

    I'm a little annoyed at most werewolf movies where lycanthropy is considered a bad thing and the werewolf is a tortured soul, chock-full o' anguish. I'm also annoyed because the transformations seem to often be similarly torturous paths. In the stories, the transformation just happened.

    "An American Werewolf in London" was nice because it was lots of fun, but I think going into an adult theater was a bad move.

    Do you consider "Cat People" a lycanthrope movie?
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    • Rachel
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      Re: "Oh no, I stepped in a puddle of loup garou!"

      Thu, November 3, 2005 - 11:40 AM
      I like the "classic" werewolf movies. "Classic" being a generic term, I suppose, just for old movies. I like them a lot more when they didn't have flashy effects and the stories drove the films instead of the transformation scenes and the gore. The only modern exception would be AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON which was a great hoot. I loved that one.

      I don't like werewolf stories when the cause is not a curse but a disease. I like the supernatural aspect as opposed to the science fiction aspect. The GINGER SNAPS series was decent and somewhat entertaining for me even though it went against a lot of what I really like.

      Enjoying the curse or hating the curse wasn't too important to me, as long as it was clearly a curse, something inflicted upon the victim/lycanthrope from the Dark Side.

      I wish there were more werewolf films that I could enjoy. In my own opinion, there are far more really bad werewolf films than good ones.
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    Re: "Oh no, I stepped in a puddle of loup garou!"

    Thu, November 3, 2005 - 3:23 PM
    Favorites...

    Werewolf of London...great, over the top performance by Henry Hull! Spooky and atmospheric with some laughs for good measure.

    Curse of the Werewolf...Oliver Reed's finest hour. And it's f-ing HAMMER!

    Company of Wolves. It's just beautiful!
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    • Edward
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      Re: "Oh no, I stepped in a puddle of loup garou!"

      Thu, November 3, 2005 - 3:46 PM
      "Dog Soldiers" seems to be receiving good marks.
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      • Re: "Oh no, I stepped in a puddle of loup garou!"

        Thu, November 3, 2005 - 5:32 PM
        Quentin the werewolf on Dark Shadows was the sexiest werewolf ever.

        An American Werewolf in London is probably my favorite, closely followed by Company of wolves.

        Oddly enough, right when this thread was posted, some friends and I were discussing vampire vs werewolf sexuality. Vampires are all about fascination and dominance and style, whereas werewolf sexuality is all animal intensity out of control. To my mind, werewolves are innately sexier, but the transformation tends to be depicted as hideous and painful, for no good reason that I can see.
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        • Edward
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          Re: "Oh no, I stepped in a puddle of loup garou!"

          Fri, November 4, 2005 - 8:19 AM
          I TOTALLY agree about the sexuality of werewolves. Always hot business, the werewolves.

          I've been talking with folks about werewolves and I'm surprised at how many women admit a secret fascination for werewolves.

          I think it must be a requirement that every werewolf movie show a long and drawn out, probably painful, transformation sequence.

          Although I watched Dog Soldiers last night (wow -- really great!) and was pleased to see that the closest they got to transformation sequence was custom contact lenses and the occasional flash of larger teeth.

          The longest they spent on one transformation in the movie was a view of a table. But the things you could hear underneath... 8)
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