WATCHcultThe Werewolf and the Yeti
1975 · Spain · 94m
Paul Naschy in the Himalayas. On the list almost certainly because somebody read the title and stopped.
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WATCHcultWhen Animals Dream
2014 · DK · 84m
A Danish coming-of-age werewolf film, and the transformation is puberty in a fishing village that already knows.
WATCHknownWolfen
1981 · USA · 115m
Not really a werewolf film. Something older is hunting in the ruins of the South Bronx.
WATCHknownThe Curse of the Werewolf
1961 · UK · 90m
Hammer's only werewolf film, Oliver Reed's first lead, and the transformation is largely his face.
WATCHknownThe Company of Wolves
1984 · UK/Australia · 95m
Angela Carter adapting herself. Nested fairy tales about what adults tell girls about men.
WATCHknownGinger Snaps
2000 · Canada · 103m
The puberty metaphor made completely explicit, very funny, and unusually well acted.
WATCHknownThe Howling
1981 · USA · 91m
Rob Bottin was 21. Released months from American Werewolf and between them they finished the subgenre.
WATCHcanonDog Soldiers
2002 · UK · 100m
A squad on exercise in the Highlands versus werewolves, and it is closer to a war film than to horror.
WATCHcanonThe Wolf Man
1941 · USA · 70m
Most werewolf folklore you think is ancient was invented for this script in 1941.
WATCHcanonAn American Werewolf in London
1981 · UK/USA · 97m
Rick Baker won the first ever Academy Award for makeup for a transformation that hurts to watch.