Universal Monsters

Interesting: I had heard recently that a lot of the "folklore" we grew up with regarding werewolves--being bitten by a werewolf makes you one; silver bullets will kill one; scratched by wolfbane; etc--are not folklore at all, were not handed down generation to generation in Europe. Rather, they were mostly invented by George Waggner, the guy who directed the original Wolfman movie with Lon Chaney Jr in 1941. Go figger.

That's the part that originated the movie style werewolf. The original legend had it's origin in the misinterpretations and lack of knowledge concerning physical and mental deceases, in a age filled with superstition.
The early werewolf tales cover a person sacrificing his humanity in exchange for power, mostly in a desire to avenge some vile act. Strangely, the same story appeared in Asia, among the Indians and in Europe before any of those nations ever came in contact with each-other.
In all cases, the werewolf is a being of great power, but remains mortal, and can be killed by 'ordinary mesuares'. Piercing it's heart or brain with any object or decapitation would do.
There are writings about reversing the 'curse' and returning the werewolf to it's human self, but just about as strange and complicated as the whole progress of becoming a werewolf.
As for me, just a legend that had to many tongues filling in details over the ages, while it was just a case of misinterpretation from the start

Being bitten by a werewolf came before The Wolf Man I believe. The silver bullet and the full moon (if I remember correctly) were made up by the director of The Wolf Man. Of all of the Universal monsters, in my experience it seems the Wolf Man is respected the least but I respect it the most for that reason (among others).

It's interesting the different ways old legends told that you can turn into a werewolf. You could do a ritual while wearing a wolf's skin, you can drink the water from a wolf's footprint in the dirt, there were many. Bitten by a werewolf is the only one adapted into movies though.

My idea comes from the movies not novels. We appreciate movies a lot better than books. First impression got me, that was it. Also I'm a bit lazy rolling my eyes so much whzzzz-dizzy, word by word, better image by image. One smile is a 1000 words.

Originally posted by redcaped
My idea comes from the movies not novels. We appreciate movies a lot better than books. First impression got me, that was it. Also I'm a bit lazy rolling my eyes so much whzzzz-dizzy, word by word, better image by image. One smile is a 1000 words.

but a lot of movies come from really good novels 🙂

That's most appreciated.

you know it 😉

I'm reading Interview with the Vampire right now, and its even better than the movie so far!

I had a terrible morning Lizzy

Wolfman half man half wolf pure heart all wolf nothing much left in their hearts. I love female vampires because some may suck blood from men on the other neck, you know, shoulders/neck/head. I can't wait for Underworld Evolution.

Yep, it's so sad when a vampire takes the life from someone we care. That neck looks sad, always looking down unless there's entertaining.

And getting so excited or mad we have the tendency of spitting, sometimes it is blood if we are in a fight with a monster.

Dracula 1931 - hun hun hun hun hun....hun hun hun hun hunnn. White man. He's gone mad!

In my opinion I think Bela Lugosi should have vampire teeth. A new actor just like him. Why penguin? He's a count not a villager.

damn, your weird redcaped. You like talking to yourself?

On a horror forum anything is possible.