Your Top 5 Werewolf Movies

[Ella Sherlin]

1. Dog Soldiers
2. Bad Moon
3. The Howling
4. Underworld: Evolution
5. Company of Wolves

[wolffine]

1 Dog Soldiers
2 American Werewolf In London
3 American werewolf in Paris
4 Company of Wolves
5 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

[Werewolf]

Loving these lists with Dog Soldiers at the top!

[horrorfun]

1) Dog Soldiers
2) Werewolf the Series Pilot
3) Ginger Snaps
4) The Beast Must Die
5) Beast of Brey Road

[miar87]

1. Wolfman 2010
2. AWIL
3. Dog Soldiers
4. Ginger Snaps: The Beginning
5. Big Bad Wolf

i dont like the older movies like silver bullet or bad moon, they bore me unfortunately...so there's not so much left

[Werewolf]

Nice choices. But really you were bored with Bad Moon? Interesting. Personally i preferred it to The Wolfman 2010 and i definately preferred the effects in Bad Moon to the ones in the Wolf Man. Way too much CGI. I'm loving your choice of the Ginger Snaps prequel. Of the 3 Ginger Snaps movies i prefer the prequel.

[miar87]

yeah, but i will give it another go eventually
i liked the whole atmosphere of the wolfman 2010 and benicio del torro was suitable for the role

too bad the werewolves in GS the beginning looked like bears

[denman]

1. An American Werewolf in London
2. The Company of Wolves
3. Curse of the Werewolf
4. The Wolf Man (1941)
5. The Howling

[Marcus]

Nice film set there Denman.

[denman]

Thanks. I also like Dog Soldiers, but not as much as 'everyone else'

[miar87]

hasn't anyone had a list like...twilight 1, twilight 2, twilight 3...
don't run to the bathroom to puke i was joking!
seriously, you all have good taste
what i liked about dog soldiers was the pace, a lot (not all of course) of werewolf movies i've seen have been slow paced and if not, then they didn't make much sense to begin with

[denman]

Dog Soldiers is the scariest werewolf movie I've seen so far and I liked it. But I love classical werewolf elements/the classical story line. (X gets bitten by a werewolf/transformation/killed by a loved one/etc) I like the tragic werewolf, haha

[miar87]

oh yes that never fails

[dryst]

1.)An American Werewolf in London - Though I have several favorites, this is the one I come back to the most often. The most modern "classic" tragic werewolf tale offered with any real quality (sad, considering how much time has passed since it came out). The setting was tremendous, particularly in the opening sequence on the Moors. The dark humor used was effective and appropriate, as they knew when they could get cute and when they needed to focus back on the drama that the movie was based on. The romantic sub plot doesn't drag or act as an obstacle, simply a device to endear us to the characters and make the tragedy more complete. The transformation speaks for itself. Not my favorite werewolf design, but I am pretty far from making any valid complaints about this one. Top of its class.

2.)Dog Soldiers - Not the most "classic" tale, but extremely well done. As opposed to an internal struggle of man vs. beast, they gave a team of soldiers a fighting chance to fend off a small force of werewolves. Another film that handled the humor aspect well while knowing when to back off. The only struggle I may have had with this movie was keeping tabs on some of the team members aside from Cooper and the Sarge my first few viewings. Pretty good design for the creatures, though they didn't really attempt to tackle the transformation in any meaningful way. Still, one of the best out there, and one that certaintly didn't deserve the mishandling of a possible sequel.

3.)Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed - There are quite a few reasons why this is my favorite of the trilogy, and only a couple I can explain. I actually like the setting Brigitte finds herself in following the events of the first movie, and the comparison between her "goals" throughout the movie and those of the addicts she's surrounded by. It also helps that I preferred her character to her sister's overall throughout the series, and adore Emily Perkins in general, so that I appreciate the increased focus on her in this one. I guess I liked more of the classic feel of this one where she felt alone and was actively fighting the curse rather than embracing it. I know the ending probably doesn't appeal to everyone, but I didn't hate it. Best entry in a very solid series, for my money.

4.)The Howling - Though I don't feel it ages that well, it was still one of my original favorites of the genre, and it still feels like one of the best. Unlike the other favorites in my list, though, I don't find myself reaching for it first when I'm ready to watch one of them. The retreat setting was interesting, the "community" was threatening enough, and they clearly took some care in presenting a good transformation. On top of everything, it was probably the one that nailed the horror element for me the most on my first viewing. Shame that the franchise never bothered to add much of value after the first. Another one with an ending I didn't hate, but there was definitely a bit that could have been improved upon from start to finish. Not bad overall.

5.)Ginger Snaps - Pretty good werewolf flick. Funny, charming, and different. They shed most of the traditional lore in lieu of a gradual one time change and a menacing, but not terribly durable creature. The parallel drawn between the transformation and puberty was a little over the top, but not too obnoxious, and functioned as a focus of the movie for a pretty good chunk of the time. I liked the characters of the sisters, actively rooted for Brigitte's struggle to reel Ginger in, and cared about what happened to them in the end. It was entertaining and a good introduction to the series as a whole.

Bad Moon fell just short of this list. It was nothing flashy or groundbreaking for the genre, but competent and enjoyable.

[keywolf]

Very nice write up Dryst! I agree with much of what you said and my own top 5 is nearly the same- Ginger Snaps 2 would be edged out for me by either The Company of Wolves (1984) or The Wolf Man (1941) depending on the day.
Ginger Snaps 2, Bad Moon and The Curse of the Werewolf would follow closely behind.