There aren’t many monsters more legendary than the werewolf. A creature who transforms with the full moon, the werewolf can represent so many things, from addiction and rage to puberty and sexuality.

When the full moon shines, ferocious fangs flash and the werewolf stalks the night. The terrifying idea of a human-wolf creature dates back centuries, moving and morphing from myth to mental illness ...

Gray Harrison is a journalist, critic, and creative writer based in Seattle. She has a Master’s degree in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU. While pursuing an arts journalism career, Gray ...

Ask any horror fan to name the best werewolf transformation, and they’ll probably say the one in An American Werewolf in London. I wouldn’t argue with that answer because that transformation is iconic ...

Horror has a plethora of subgenres, from slashers and zombies, to ghosts and vampires, and many more. An underappreciated subgenre is the werewolf film. Although there were classics like The Wolfman ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called UChicago Class Visits, spotlighting transformative classroom experiences and unique learning opportunities offered at UChicago. A full moon rises. A howl ...

Werewolf films have been a fairly ubiquitous presence in the horror genre for decades, but only a handful have really broken through to mainstream audiences. There are several reasons for that lack of ...