Werewolf Winter: The Howling III - The Marsupials (1987)

The Howling III is not just a film; it is an experience. You do not merely watch this movie; you are assaulted by it. You do not just share it with friends; you inflict it upon them. The amount of absurdity, bizarre choices, stilted acting, and ridiculous dialogue is almost enough to break a person, mind and soul.

Werewolf Winter: Steven King's Silver Bullet (1985)

It was a full moon last night - the perfect time to relax with a beer and a werewolf movie. Today we look at Silver Bullet. This is a werewolf story from the mind of horror legend Stephen King, so it only makes sense that we should play Stephen-King-story-cliché bingo!

Werewolf Winter: MTV's Teen Wolf (2011)

So far, the attempt to connect werewolves and teens has been fairly disastrous. Characters have often lacked arcs, and story plots have often lacked much sense.

But then Twilight came out in 2008, followed by a resurgence in the teen vampire genre which included hit teen shows like The Vampire Diaries on the CW. Since many fangirls were on Team Jacob as opposed to Team Edward, it makes sense that someone would jump on the attempt to make yet another teen-based werewolf project. That "someone" was MTV, and the result is the Teen Wolf television series, which keeps many of the same names as the original 1985 movie, but bares very little resemblance otherwise. Let's check out the pilot episode and see how this Teen Wolf stacks up to it's namesake.

Slightly different tone... and chest reveal.

Werewolf Winter: Teen Wolf (1985)

So we move from a complicated metaphor about female sexuality to a muddled metaphor for male puberty. Yes, we have returned to the Teen-Monster genre, previously encountered in I Was a Teenage Werewolf. I already expressed my annoyance and boredom with that film, but how does the rather similarly named Teen Wolf compare?

Werewolf Winter BONUS: Beer!

So, you want to have a nice, relaxing night with werewolf movies and a good beer. Well, what better beer to thematically drink than ones named WEREWOLF? But wait... can it be? Yes, there are actually two beers by that name! One is a British red ale from Newcastle and the other is a Lithuanian beer from brewery Rinkuškiai Alaus Darykloje.

 So, which ale is better for your consumption? As your trusty vampire and werewolf movie reviewer, I decided to "selflessly" take this task upon myself to find out!

Werewolf Winter: The Company of Wolves (1984)

So, thus far, we've seen werewolves act as a symbol for man's animistic instinct, as well as the war between goodness and sin. However, isn't it about time that werewolves were used as a complicated metaphor for female sexuality?