Werewolves! A Study of Lycanthropes in Film Folklore and Literature

Something stirs in the darkness and pads along the moonlit path...Werewolf stories have long captivated film audiences and lovers of pulp fiction.Thomas McNulty's Werewolves! explores the genesis for this cultural phenomenondating back centuries when stories of shape shifters and wolf-men werepredominant in folk tales. The book traces the origins of lycanthropy inmythology through modern times. Included are discussions of wolf mythology andthe importance of the wolf symbol around the globe. Included is an examinationof key werewolf stories and novels with an emphasis on popular fiction and pulpfiction. This is followed by a survey of the Hollywood films with chaptersdevoted to the Wolf-Man films starring Lon Chaney Jr. and the groundbreakingSpanish werewolf films of Paul Naschy. The survey of films includes titles fromHollywood's Golden Age to present times with commentary on over 70 werewolffilms. The work includes a bibliography filmography and index. Illustrated withrare photographs.Thomas McNulty is the author of the critically acclaimed biography Errol Flynnand the novels Trail of the Burned Man Wind Rider Death Rides a Palomino andShowdown at Snakebite Creek. His feature articles have appeared in numerousmagazines and periodicals. He lives in Crystal Lake Illinois with his wifeJan and daughter Brenna.