Lol ([info]boojumlol) wrote,
@ 2009-10-22 12:26:00
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Current mood: morose

I need the help of people less retarded than me when it comes to popular culture - namesly, my beloved Flist.

I'm making a list of films and television series that have wolves and werewolves in them, preferably in a terrifying way. So far I have:


Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Werewolf of London

An American Werewolf in London/Paris

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

A Company of Wolves

Van Helsing

The Neverending Story
 


Can anyone suggest some more?



ETA: oh, and picture books would be good, like Gaiman's Woves in the Wall. The scarier the better. I'm after imaginary, villainous wolves.

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[info]necaris
2009-10-22 01:47 am UTC (link)
IIRC Twilight has some werewolves in it.

Very UK-centric: BBC series Being Human stars a werewolf, and I've read a werewolf book and a half by an author called Kit Whitfield.

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 11:52 am UTC (link)
Being Human is adorable. Not brilliant, just charming and cute.

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[info]hecticred
2009-10-22 01:49 am UTC (link)
'The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe'...although that is terrifying only if you are five years old.

I'll keep thinking...nothing springin to mind immediately.

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 11:53 am UTC (link)
I certainly found them terrifying in the book, when I was seven or eight. I don't actually remember them in the movie, which I suppose says something.

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[info]liadlaith
2009-10-22 01:54 am UTC (link)
Werewolves
Wolves

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 01:55 am UTC (link)
Thanks. I'd only looked at the Werewolves wikipedia page. I might have known there'd be a more relevant one, hiding.

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[info]bitspike
2009-10-22 01:56 am UTC (link)
I have a nice French movie called Brotherhood of the Wolf which is both a good film and totally relevant procrastination if you want a break?

Just steal it from my shelf. It's under 'B', naturally.

ETA: Why the Hell is it not listed in the 'Wolves in fiction' wikiedia page under film?

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 02:00 am UTC (link)
Oh, you should not tempt me this way.

ETA: Why the Hell is it not listed in the 'Wolves in fiction' wikiedia page under film?

Well, that's easily fixed.

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[info]puddlesofun
2009-10-22 12:21 pm UTC (link)
Mild spoiler:

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Probably because the monster turns out not to be technically canine at all.

But there is a bunch of stuff in there about wolves as an agent of fear, and some freaky canine taxidermy, so it might still be worth checking out.

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[info]bitspike
2009-10-22 12:24 pm UTC (link)
I remembered that not so insignificant plot point shortly after I posted! Still, there are wolves in it, and just because it's not a wolf wolf doesn't mean it shouldn't qualify. (Hooray for triple negatives!)

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[info]infloresence
2009-10-22 02:12 am UTC (link)
I think Twilight does, but fuuuuuck thaaaat shiiiiit.

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 02:49 am UTC (link)
My attitude exactly. :)

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[info]bitspike
2009-10-22 04:57 am UTC (link)
But don't do it in the sunlight! It would look constipated and sparkly!

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[info]thebenj
2009-10-22 02:14 am UTC (link)
Underworld? It's not particularly GOOD, but the lycanswerewolves look okay.

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 02:49 am UTC (link)
Thanks!

Hey, you should come to the bookclub reading night!

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[info]aunty_del
2009-10-22 02:53 am UTC (link)
What was that Anne Rice book series that got turned into a movie with Tom Cruise and a pubescent Kirsten Dunst?

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[info]aunty_del
2009-10-22 02:54 am UTC (link)
Interview with a Vampire, the brains trust informs me.

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 02:58 am UTC (link)
That has werewolves?

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[info]aunty_del
2009-10-22 04:03 am UTC (link)
No, sorry. Misread your original post as "vampires and werewolves".

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[info]blindmouse
2009-10-22 03:00 am UTC (link)
Ginger Snaps is apparently a teen horror flick about werewolves and getting your period (review here, I haven't seen the movie).

Other than that I'm mental blanking.

Oh, no, wait, there was that young adult picture book last year Woolvs in the Sitee, that was allegorical terrifying urban wolves.

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 03:06 am UTC (link)
I hadn't heard of Woolvs in the Sitee. It sounds awesome.

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[info]puddlesofun
2009-10-22 12:13 pm UTC (link)
I would like to put in a vote for Ginger Snaps as best werewolf movie evah. I don't know if it is popular enough to warrant inclusion in your exhibition, but you should definitely watch it.

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[info]uniqueid
2009-10-22 03:00 am UTC (link)
Lord of the Rings, I suppose. Although the movie Wargs were a bit of a terrifying fail.

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 03:05 am UTC (link)
I like Martin Pearson's line about Wargs in the movies.

'Tolkein describes Wargs as intelligent wolves. These ones are so intelligent they've disguised themselves as hyenas'.

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[info]uniqueid
2009-10-22 03:19 am UTC (link)
Yes, quite. Or possibly as muppets.

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[info]shaula82
2009-10-22 03:01 am UTC (link)
Blood and Chocolate (novel and film)
Silver Bullet (Stephen King adaptation)
Skinwalkers
Cursed (Wes Craven film)
The Wolfman (will come out in 2010 so it might not help, but it looks great!)

A friend of mine wrote her Hons thesis on werewolves, if you like I can put you in touch with her (she's on LJ too).

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 03:08 am UTC (link)
Actually that would be awesome, thanks.

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[info]shaula82
2009-10-22 04:40 am UTC (link)
Her username is [info]deepfishy and she is my go-to person for werewolf-related matters.

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[info]maggishness
2009-10-22 04:10 am UTC (link)
Supernatural had a werewolf episode.

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 11:54 am UTC (link)
That's right. I'm not a huge Supernatural fan, but I thought it was kind of cool the way they made werewolves still recognisable. Thanks.

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[info]aquandrian
2009-10-22 06:33 am UTC (link)
And one of the ladies from my writing group just lent me Promise Of The Wolves by Dorothy Hearst. Can't vouch for it cos I haven't read it but apparently it's part of a series.

Plus Michael J Fox was in a movie called Teen Wolf, I think. And there was some series I read when I was young and stoopid which bored me greatly ... oh yes, the Silver Wolf trilogy by Alice Borchardt.

And of course I'm sure Smart Bitches et al would put you onto a whole lot of paranormal/shapeshifting romance. :p I'm verrah tempted by Nalini Singh's series but only cos she's Indian and I'm curious ... *snort*

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[info]aquandrian
2009-10-22 06:35 am UTC (link)
Also I have a couple of werewolf porn pics if you so feel the need to possess/view. Mind you, I'm still on the lookout for more. There seems to be a serious dearth of werewolf graphic porn on the interwebz or perhaps I'm just looking in the wrong places. *le sigh*

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 09:47 am UTC (link)
Werewolf porn sounds horribly wrong, yet I am intrigued.

I think I would be better off NOT putting it into my hypothetical exhibition, though. Don't want to freak out the kiddies.

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[info]aquandrian
2009-10-22 10:18 am UTC (link)
Is that a "yes, dri, please show me your werewolf porn"? *waggles brows*

No, definitely not, speshly cos of the meat and veg ... or, as a friend from work says, the twig and berries. *snort*

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-22 11:56 am UTC (link)
I think I can do without seeing werewolf porn, though I did waver for a moment. Why are you interested in it?

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[info]aquandrian
2009-10-22 11:57 am UTC (link)
Prolly cos of the whole shapeshifter aspect, a creature blending aspects of man and beast, animal lusts battling human intellect and so forth ... plus, you know, claws and fangs! *nods and beams*

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[info]agsilver
2009-10-22 12:22 pm UTC (link)
Terry Pratchett's City Watch books, particularly "Fifth Elephant"
Fables (natch) (the graphic book series) (later volumns even have cute baby werewolves)
Laurel K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry books (um, but not for kids)

"Wolf", 1994, Columbia Pictures, staring Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer and some extremely bad special effects

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[info]necaris
2009-10-22 03:06 pm UTC (link)
If we're allowing Laurell K, then her Anita Blake books are equally if not more wolfy. But also not for kids. Or adults with taste.

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-24 12:47 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I made a vow somewhere along the way not to touch a LKH book. Ever. My brain hurts enough listening to to other people rant about her.

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[info]agsilver
2009-10-31 12:11 pm UTC (link)
Oops. Yes, that's the one I meant.

....it's hard to tell the difference?

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[info]boojumlol
2009-10-24 12:45 pm UTC (link)
I just tried to email your old hotmail softsilver email and it bounced. What's your current one?

I was wondering if you'll be here by the 3rd of December - it's when Where the Wild Things Are comes out. We should totally get a group together.

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[info]agsilver
2009-10-31 12:13 pm UTC (link)
Dude! Yes! I had no idea it was coming out so soon!

Oh, and please keep the 12th free for my birthday dinner/drinks. 30. I may have to start acting like an adult.

My email is firstname_lastname@hotmail.com, where firstname is my real first name, all in lower letters, and lastname is ...well, guess. Don't forget the underscore!

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[info]thebluefairy
2009-10-22 08:06 pm UTC (link)
I don't think anyone has mentioned dog soldiers yet

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[info]boojumlol
2009-11-10 12:00 am UTC (link)
Thanks!

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[info]highlyharried
2009-10-29 01:21 am UTC (link)
Robert Jordan's 'Wheel of Time' series contains wolves, and 'wolfbrothers' - men who can communicate with wolves. Wolfbrothers also develop wolf-like instincts: their eyes change colour, they develop better vision, hearing, sense of smell...

There were some cool things about wolves that wolfbrothers shared. The ability to communicate mind-to-mind, the ability to enter the 'world of dreams', where you could see glimpses of the past, present and future...

Somehow I doubt that's enough to convince you to invest in reading 12 books... ;)

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[info]boojumlol
2009-11-10 12:00 am UTC (link)
I have sworn NEVER to read 'Wheel of Time'. NEVER! ;)

I'm actually not after books, because I think people would find them boring in a museum exhibition. I think everyone assumed I meant books too, because, well, this is me, after all.

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