Werewolves
The Howling: Revenge of the Werewolf Queen: Review
The Howling: Revenge of the Werewolf Queen is one more example of eighties nostalgia being reworked for modern audiences. In general, there’s a part of me that inwardly cringes any time ...
Trouble on the Way: Why Bad Moon Doesn’t Get Enough Credit After 20 Years
On one level, Bad Moon frustrates the hell out of me. As a young horror fan, I loved werewolves. Along with vampires, they were pretty much my favorite movie monsters. But unlike vampires, I was very ...
Seven Old-School Werewolves That Still Hold Up
I love werewolf movies. They’re easily one of my favorite sub-genres in horror. But they’re so hard to get right and at times that makes loving them so, so frustrating. There are a lot o...
Why Silver Bullet Could Have Been a Classic Werewolf Movie
Stephen King’s Silver Bullet certainly has its fans. It’s not one of the best adaptations of the author’s work, but it is far from the worst. There’s something almost charm...
Why the Wolf Man is Such an Enduring Movie Monster
There’s no better time than the Halloween season to go back and watch through the classic catalogue of Universal monsters. For many fans, this will always be the classic era. This was the time ...
Script to Pieces: Dog Soldiers: Fresh Meat
Welcome to Script to Pieces, a recurring feature at Wicked Horror where we look at the best, most interesting and at times most unbelievable horror movies that never happened. Sometimes...
25 Years Later… Looking Back at the Two Least Worst Howling Sequels
There are horror franchises that are beloved and then there are beloved horror movies that have spawned franchises. Friday the 13th, for example, is a beloved franchise—perhaps more than it is ...
Review: Beast Within Is A Flawed, But Fun, Werewolf Movie
The last few years have seen a sort-of werewolf resurgence in horror. Wolfcop, Howl, and Late Phases, to name just three such titles released during this time, proved that lycan-themed ...
Forgotten Werewolf Movies That Need to Be Rediscovered
Werewolves are among the most popular horror monsters of all time, yet they make up one of the most overlooked of sub-genres. That’s always sort of been the fate of the werewolf. They’re...