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Le Pacte des Loups was good fun It was a huge hit all over Europe, remember? (Well, at least it was in Spain)
The Company of Wolves didn't even occur to me when I saw this thread, which is unforgivable. It may be because I don't consider it a "werewolf movie" as such, although it's full of that! It's one of my favourite movies of all time, and I like Angela Carter's short stories as well.
Ginger Snaps (I haven't seen Ginger Snaps Back): I loved it. Same as The Company of Wolves, it's more to do with femininity and sexuality... Which is why people looking for an average scary movie might be disappointed.
Brotherhood of the Wolf a werewolf movie? Really? I do not consider that movie as a true werewolf movie so I disagree with those who consider it as so but this is not to say it was not an awesome movie because it was. Great action, cast and a suspenseful story. One of my favorites indeed.
Amongst the more traditional werewolf movies I would pick Jack Nicholson's Wolf. Very engaging story, special effect and of course, very yummy Michelle Pfeiffer!
Closely followed by the old classics An American Werewolf in London and Howling.
Though not considered great movies, I also enjoyed An American Werewolf in Paris, Blood and Chocolate and Skinwalkers.
I'm old.school ill vote Lol Chaney as Werewolf anyday but the newest one "Wolfman" was very impressive, whoever shot that film has my respect for attempting to keep it dark with and old feel to it. Not to mention it was graphic, the way any good horror film is meant to be.
Le Pacte des Loups was good fun It was a huge hit all over Europe, remember? (Well, at least it was in Spain)
The Company of Wolves didn't even occur to me when I saw this thread, which is unforgivable. It may be because I don't consider it a "werewolf movie" as such, although it's full of that! It's one of my favourite movies of all time, and I like Angela Carter's short stories as well.
Ginger Snaps (I haven't seen Ginger Snaps Back): I loved it. Same as The Company of Wolves, it's more to do with femininity and sexuality... Which is why people looking for an average scary movie might be disappointed.
All in all, great titles
"Le Pacte des Loups" was quite a big hit in France but I think it was more marginal in the UK , possibly because it is less "horror" ( possibly why I like it as I find most Horror films just plain ridiculous) and played more "straight".
I grew up as a little Girl fed on the stories of "La Bete du Gevaudan" legend . Some people in that part of France still handing down those terrible stories of brutal deaths and devastation. An Ancestor of mine took part in that last big Wolf hunt which ensued and the Diaries of the time and contemporary press reportings are fascinating.
I do tend to like those films who deal with the darker side of Legends and "Fairy" Tales , they are so obviously so rooted in not only a certain historical Folklore but also as patent warnings against the darkness of human nature and where little Girls are warned against big bad men... I always find it bizarre that so many people think Fairy Tales are "Children's stuff". Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm so obviously the descendents of our Darkest Folklore Heritage with its dark woods and lurking monsters .
I always felt sorry for the Wolf ( my Favourite animal) being so demonised and its reputation so sullied though, I suppose a throwback when they were the scariest thing a human could think of bar pestilence and war.... We created monsters in an attempt to explain the darker recesses of our human nature and our souls just as we created Gods to lift us out of the dark and the then unexplained. Two sides of the same coin. Fairy Tales just fascinate me because they are so telling of our Humanity. They illuminate so much about what makes us tick and who we are.
Maybe nowadays we could have the Banksters as our new "Werevolves" sowing pain,misery and agony and lying waste to all in their wake ! Time for a rewrite and for new fresh monsters... Not that we have that far to look for them.
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An American Werewolf in London. This movie might have been the best werewolf movie ever, if it weren't for the last 5 minutes of the movie, which are atrocious and completely destroy the set-up of the rest of the movie.
Le Pacte des Loups (The Brotherhood of the Wolf), yes, is a fantastic movie. But it isn't a werewolf movie. I don't want to spoil too much, but suffice to say: This isn't a werewolf movie. And again, I thought the ending was really terrible. The last 10-15 minutes of the movie need a rewrite. Especially when Baron von Boner unwraps.
Ginger Snaps was a fun little movie, spoiled only by the really bad special effects. It was low budget, so the filmmakers did great with what they had. They just didn't have enough to make this movie work in the modern era.
Dog Soldiers started out great, but soon just got silly and uninteresting.
A Company of Wolves is a great movie, if a tad weird and esoteric at times. Definitely worth watching though.
Wolf, with Jack Nicholson ... again started out great, but the ending was comically bad.
Werewolf movies in general seem to have a recurring problem in that they begin well, have fantastic build-up, then pathetically stupid endings. The one movie that best escapes this and tops my list:
THE WINNER
The Howling. Granted, the last werewolf you see in the movie looks more Pekingese than wolf, but still, The Howling is by far the best werewolf movie ever made.
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It was a huge hit all over Europe, remember? (Well, at least it was in Spain) 
I always find it bizarre that so many people think Fairy Tales are "Children's stuff". Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm so obviously the descendents of our Darkest Folklore Heritage with its dark woods and lurking monsters . 
