Werewolves
are my favorite monsters. I’ve always been fascinated with
transformation—moving from a weaker to a more powerful form, or unleashing the
monster inside of man. This is the crux of the werewolf story, and mostly where
the horror is rooted in. Similar to Stevenson’s Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde, the
afflicted leading man (or woman) is usually a model citizen, normal and average
in every way, except for when the moon shines full and bright in the sky...
The
flip side to my fascination with werewolves is my fear of a loss of control,
which is what most people pick up on in werewolf movies. There are exceptions,
of course, and the movies I like the best in this genre tend to be the ones
that play with those expectations, as we will see. I should mention before you
dig into the list that there are minor spoilers, so don't read too carefully if
you haven't seen the movie in question.
