Werewolf Winter: Blood & Chocolate (2007)

Here is a scene I imagine must have happened around 2007:

MOVIE EXECUTIVE: That Twilight book is huge right now, and they're coming out with a movie soon. Teen girls are swooning! These supernatural romances are so hot. Is there another teen supernatural book that we can make into a highly profitable film?

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Well, there's this book called Blood & Chocolate...

MOVIE EXEC: Does it have a human and a supernatural creature falling in love?

PRODUCTION MAN: Yes.

MOVIE EXEC: Does it have a love triangle?

PRODUCTION MAN: Yes, absolutely.

MOVIE EXEC: Do the human and the supernatural creature run off together, surviving the disapproval of both their worlds, you know just like Romeo and Juliet?

PRODUCTION MAN: Uh, well, no. Not exactly.

MOVIE EXEC: Oh no! We'll have to change that - teens love that forbidden love stuff! Well, does it at least have a message that the main female is only important as an object of male affection?

PRODUCTION MAN: Actually no! She learns to accept herself first, before she-

MOVIE EXEC: No no no! That's no good! No good at all! Call the script writer- we're gonna' need some changes!

Werewolf Winter: Kibakichi (2004)

Oh Japan, I don't even think I can be surprised by you anymore. You've given the world cyborg-priest half-vampire vampire hunters, so why not a roaming samurai werewolf who fights demons? This is Kibakichi.

Werewolf Winter: Dog Soldiers (2002)

"We in it shall be remembered, we few, we happy few, we band of brothers - for he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother." - Shakespeare, Henry V

While it is usually a good idea not to judge a book by its cover or title, the same is not often said of movies. However, if I had followed that rule, I would likely not have watched the deceptively titled and cheesily packaged 2002 Scottish movie Dog Soldiers. And that would have been quite a loss indeed.