Horror films

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The Werewolf and the Yeti

Paul Naschy in the Himalayas. On the list almost certainly because somebody read the title and stopped.

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When Animals Dream

A Danish coming-of-age werewolf film, and the transformation is puberty in a fishing village that already knows.

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Wolfen

Not really a werewolf film. Something older is hunting in the ruins of the South Bronx.

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The Curse of the Werewolf

Hammer's only werewolf film, Oliver Reed's first lead, and the transformation is largely his face.

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The Company of Wolves

Angela Carter adapting herself. Nested fairy tales about what adults tell girls about men.

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Ginger Snaps

The puberty metaphor made completely explicit, very funny, and unusually well acted.

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The Howling

Rob Bottin was 21. Released months from American Werewolf and between them they finished the subgenre.

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Dog Soldiers

A squad on exercise in the Highlands versus werewolves, and it is closer to a war film than to horror.

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The Wolf Man

Most werewolf folklore you think is ancient was invented for this script in 1941.

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An American Werewolf in London

Rick Baker won the first Academy Award for Best Makeup for a transformation that hurts to watch.