Nick Redfern?s new book, There?s Something in the Woods: A Transatlantic Hunt for Monsters and the Mysterious.
By: Nick Redfern
As any and every fan of horror movies will be acutely aware, Hollywood has had a long-standing fascination with those shape-shifting creatures of the night known as werewolves. In 1941, Universal Pictures released its classic movie The Wolf Man starring Lon Cheney, Jr. Two decades later, Hammer Films made their own version of the lycanthropic legend: Curse of the Werewolf.
And, of course, who can forget the early-1980?s productions An American Werewolf in London, Wolfen and The Howling; and latter-day movies such as Dog-Soldiers, Underworld and Van Helsing?
Of course, there was the 1985 production, Howling 2, which, as a result of its less-than-impressive special-effects and its wooden acting, was instantly forgettable; aside, that is, from Sybil Danning?s startling assets.
But, like most people, you probably think that the werewolf is just a creature of fiction, fantasy and late-night campfire-tales, right? How very wrong you are, my friends!
