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Post by Fenrisson on Mar 31, 2011 22:11:38 GMT -5
Okay. We've had zombie apocalypse movies and vampire apocalypse movies. Why, as far as I know, has nobody done a werewolf apocalypse? They're infectious too, and would be a lot scarier than a bunch of deaders shambling around or sucking blood.
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Post by komodo on Apr 1, 2011 0:12:38 GMT -5
There was a book with this exact same premise, forgot what it's called though.
Also, considering the fact that in Underworld: Evolution William's bite was potent enough to resurrect his dead victims as lycans there's also a case to be made that this was a potential scenario in the Underworld films.
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Post by Marcus on Apr 1, 2011 3:54:22 GMT -5
Yup, I've got a book about something like this, where a town gets overrun as more and more of the population become infected. Alas like Komodo I don't remember the name of it.
Underworld 2's flashbacks did point heavily at this kind of scenario with the werewolves (was one of the reasons Victor I suspect why victor allowed the lycan race to come into existance).
I think one reason the werewolf apocalypse isn't done more, is due to the most common element of the werewolf mythos, in that they only turn on a full moon. So for a big period of the time they're just normal humans. which would make the oncoming horde of death have to stop after a few nights to wait a whole month for another go.
Of course, tweaking the mythos so that the werewolves don't change back to human, or that they transform every night not just on a full moon, would probably off-set that slight problem with a horde attack scenario. Expecially if you have it that those infected, have their minds warped so they want to be killer werewolves.
Other problem would be that werewolves have bigger mouths than zombies, so would bite of much bigger chunks, so most would loose limbs and such-like. *mental image of a werewolf version of the black knight from monty python when he had his limbs chopped off"
Other problem would be, the werewolves would be much faster and stronger than the remaining humans, they would die off much more rapidly, as unlike zombie films you'd not be able to outrun them. Just facing 1 werewolf would take you out, where in zombie films the point is it only gets extremely dangerous if they surprise you, or if they outnumber you enough to prevent your escape routes.
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Post by keywolf on Apr 1, 2011 8:15:49 GMT -5
I have a feeling I know the book you guys are talking about, 'Ravenous' by Ray Garton. Lycanthropy spreads through a small town as an STD-like virus. A pretty good read, I think it might have a sequel too.
There's also a graphic novel called 'Bestial- Werewolf Apocalypse' which sounds exactly like the kind of scenario that Fenrisson described. I've been meaning to read it but it's a little hard to find and kind of expensive.
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Post by Fenrisson on Apr 2, 2011 2:16:33 GMT -5
I think the much greater comparative deadliness of werewolves is a selling point. I always get frustrated with zombie movies where the characters are free to be blithering idiots just because the rots are too slow and dumb to do us all a favor and kill them.
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Post by hawkeyepierce on Apr 2, 2011 5:14:30 GMT -5
An idea I dreamed up a while ago is lycanthropes who continue to go through full moon transformations after death. One moment they are corpses, then suddenly...Lon Chaney Syndrome! Ahhhhrgg!!!
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Post by komodo on Apr 2, 2011 5:15:50 GMT -5
On that note I never liked fast zombies.
Slow zombies represent the inevitability of death. Sure they may seem far away and insignificant now, but eventually no matter how slow they seem and how fast you run or how well armed you are they well eventually catch up to you and kill you in the most messy and painful way they are capable of. This is why fast zombies suck. They're for people who confuse jump scares and sensationalism for true horror.
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Post by Werewolf on Apr 2, 2011 15:46:25 GMT -5
Yeah i'm not keen on fast moving zombies either. I mean it's much scarier when you think you might have a chance of getting away and then discover they will get you anyway!
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Post by hawkeyepierce on Apr 3, 2011 13:45:20 GMT -5
it's slow zombies for me!
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Post by Marcus on Apr 4, 2011 9:12:50 GMT -5
Yup, me too. Slow all the way. The unending match of death and chewing. As a tide washing up the beach consuming all that doesn't run away.
On a side note, I liked the explanation in the Walking Dead series on why zombies don't eat each other - how it's all due to the smell between fresh and rotting.
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Post by komodo on Apr 6, 2011 11:35:39 GMT -5
I have a feeling I know the book you guys are talking about, 'Ravenous' by Ray Garton. Lycanthropy spreads through a small town as an STD-like virus. A pretty good read, I think it might have a sequel too. There's also a graphic novel called 'Bestial- Werewolf Apocalypse' which sounds exactly like the kind of scenario that Fenrisson described. I've been meaning to read it but it's a little hard to find and kind of expensive. No, I was thinking of Bestial-Werewolf Apocalypse. Ravenous was more "Salem's Lot with Werewolves" than anything else. It was pretty decent as far as pulp horror goes. |
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Post by Werewolf on Apr 8, 2011 5:34:04 GMT -5
I don't think i'm familiar with Bestial Werewolf Apocalypse. It sounds a little like one of those trading card games!
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Post by Marcus on Apr 8, 2011 7:22:25 GMT -5
To start with thought it was a spin off book in the world of darkness setting of the RPG whitewolf made about werewolves rather than the trading card games.
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Post by Fenrisson on Apr 8, 2011 13:57:45 GMT -5
Nah, that was Werewolf: the Apocalypse. Damn good game, too.
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Post by Werewolf on Apr 13, 2011 9:54:58 GMT -5
I've never played that but heard a lot about it over the years. My mates lent me the book that accompanied it as he thought i would like the illustrations  |
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