Howard Waldrop and I’s review of The Wolfman has finally been published over at Locus Online. As you can tell from the review, we were, ahem, not enthusiastic.
That brings up the question: if you have a hankering for some hairy, gut-ripping werewolf goodness, what should you watch?
Dog Soldiers: Director Neil Marshall’s first film, which shows British soldiers running into a pack of werewolves while on maneuvers in the Scottish highlands. 
An American Werewolf in London: The first really good werewolf movie of the modern era. Also the first (as far as I know) to use the now-cliched “character wakes up from a nightmare only to find out they’re still in the nightmare” move, which worked brilliantly the first time, and less and less every time since…
Kibakichi: This was one of the themed previews they showed before the feature at the Alamo Drafthouse. It features samurai, werewolves, demons, and Gatling guns. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’d like to, as it looks completely insane (in a good way).
Ginger Snaps: Smart-ass teenage girls get the werewolf treatment. Another film I haven’t seen, but which I’ve heard good things about.
Don’t forget the original version of The Wolf Man.
Finally, for a film much (and gloriously) worse than The Wolfman, here’s the full MST3K version of Werewolf, online for your grainy viewing pleasure. (Alternately available as part of Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition, along with First Spaceship on Venus, Laserblast, and Future War.)
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