List of werewolf films
The List of Werewolf Films provides a chronological overview of the werewolf in film and television.
The titles in italics have not been published in German-speaking countries.
Movies
| year | Movie title | country | Director | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | The werewolf | United States | Henry MacRae | Silent film, probably the first werewolf film |
| 1923 | Le Loup-garou | France | Pierre Bressol , Jacques Roullet | Silent movie |
| 1925 | Wolf Blood | United States | George Chesebro , Bruce Mitchell | Silent movie |
| 1935 | The werewolf of London | United States | Stuart Walker | |
| 1941 | The wolf man | United States | George Waggner | |
| 1941 | The Mad Monster | United States | Sam Newfield | |
| 1942 | The immortal monster | United States | John Brahm | |
| 1943 | Frankenstein meets the wolf man | United States | Roy William Neill | |
| 1943 | The wolf of Malveneur | France | Guillaume Radot | |
| 1944 | Cry of the Werewolf | United States | Henry Levin | |
| 1944 | Frankenstein's house | United States | Alder C. Kenton | |
| 1944 | The return of the vampires | United States | Lew Landers | |
| 1945 | Dracula's house | United States | Alder C. Kenton | |
| 1946 | The werewolf of London | United States | Jean Yarbrough | Detective film, the "werewolf" turns out to be a person |
| 1948 | Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein | United States | Charles Barton | Comedy with Lon Chaney Jr. as Wolf Man |
| 1956 | The werewolf | United States | Fred F. Sears | |
| 1957 | Death has black claws | United States | Gene Fowler Jr. | |
| 1958 | El Castillo des los Monstruous | Mexico | Julián Soler | Horror comedy with werewolf in a supporting role |
| 1958 | Satan with the thousand masks | United States | Herbert L. Strock | Sequel to Death Has Black Claws |
| 1960 | Goosebumps are laughing | Mexico | Gilberto Martínez Solares | Werewolf in a supporting role |
| 1961 | The curse of Siniestro | United Kingdom | Terence Fisher | Film adaptation of the novel The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore |
| 1962 | Murder at full moon | Italy , Austria | Paolo Heusch | |
| 1964 | Face of the Screaming Werewolf | Mexico, United States | Jerry Warren | Cut from Da laughs goose bumps and La Momia Azteca |
| 1965 | Dr. Terror's House of Horror | United Kingdom | Freddie Francis | Episode film, werewolf in episode 1 |
| 1965 | La Loba | Mexico | Rafael Baledón | |
| 1967 | Frankenstein's Monster Party | United States | Jules Bass | Animated cartoon, werewolf in a supporting role |
| 1967 | Gallery of horror | United States | David L. Hewitt | |
| 1968 | The vampires of Dr. Dracula | Spain | Enrique López Eguiluz | Beginning of the film series about the werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky series |
| 1968 | Noches del Hombre Lobo, Las | Spain | René Govar | Waldemar Daninsky series |
| 1969 | Dracula and his victims | United States | Al Adamson | Werewolf in a supporting role |
| 1970 | Dracula chases Frankenstein | Spain, Germany, Italy | Tulio Demicheli u. a. | Werewolf in a supporting role, Waldemar Daninsky series |
| 1970 | The witches' death cry | United Kingdom | Gordon Hessler | |
| 1971 | Night of the vampires | Spain | León Klimovsky | Waldemar Daninsky series |
| 1971 | O Homen Lobo | Italy | Raffaele Rossi | |
| 1972 | La Furia del Hombre Lobo | Spain | José María Zabalza | Waldemar Daninsky series |
| 1972 | The night of the bloody wolves | Spain | León Klimovsky | Waldemar Daninsky series |
| 1972 | The hour of the wolf | United States | Daniel Petrie | TV movie |
| 1973 | The Boy Who Cried Werewolf | United States | Nathan Juran | |
| 1973 | The cruel wolf's death claw | Spain | Carlos Aured | Waldemar Daninsky series |
| 1973 | The Washington werewolf | United States | Milton Moses Ginsberg | |
| 1974 | Moon blood | United Kingdom, United States | Paul Annett | Film adaptation of the literature based on James Blish |
| 1974 | the beast | United States | Larry N. Stouffer | Also werewolf massacre and the devil's beast , original title: Horror High |
| 1974 | Scream of the Wolf | United States | Dan Curtis | TV movie |
| 1975 | La Bete | France | Walerian Borowczyk | The beast in the film is reminiscent of a werewolf |
| 1975 | The legend of the werewolf | United Kingdom | Freddie Francis | |
| 1975 | La Maldición de la bestia | Spain | Miguel Iglesias Bonns | Waldemar Daninsky series |
| 1975 | The Werewolf of Woodstock | United States | John Moffitt | TV movie |
| 1976 | Werewolf Woman | Italy | Rino Di Silvestro | Available under various names, including Blood Moon - Terror of the She-Wolf |
| 1979 | The Halloween That Almost Wasn't | United States | Bruce Bilson | 30-minute television film on the Disney Channel |
| 1979 | Wolfman | United States | Worth Keeter | |
| 1980 | The werewolf | Spain | Jacinto Molina | Waldemar Daninsky series |
| 1981 | American werewolf | United States | John Landis | |
| 1981 | The animal | United States | Joe Dante | Film adaptation, first part of the Howling series |
| 1981 | Wolfen | United States | Michael Wadleigh | Adaptation of literature based on Whitley Strieber |
| 1981 | A werewolf bites its way through | United States | Larry Cohen | |
| 1983 | La Bestia y la Espada Magica | Spain, Japan | Jacinto Molina | Waldemar Daninsky series |
| 1983 | The wolf paw | Soviet Union | Eric Lazis | Historical film |
| 1984 | Monster Dog | Spain, United States | Claudio Fragasso | |
| 1984 | The time of the wolves | United Kingdom | Neil Jordan | based on short stories by author Angela Carter |
| 1985 | The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf | United States | Mark Cullingham | 41-minute television film |
| 1985 | The Tier II | United States | Phillipe Mora | Second part of the Howling series |
| 1985 | Transylvania 6-5000 | United States, Yugoslavia | Rudy De Luca | Time travel comedy with werewolf in a supporting role |
| 1985 | Werewolf from Tarker Mills | United States | Daniel Attias | based on a short story by Stephen King |
| 1985 | Teenwolf | United States | Rod Daniel | Teenage film and comedy film |
| 1987 | Monster Busters | United States | Fred Dekker | Mix of cartoon and real film with many classic horror characters |
| 1987 | Teenwolf II | United States | Christopher Leitch | Sequel to Teenwolf |
| 1987 | La croce dalle sette pietre | Italy | Marco Antonio Andolfi | Italian low budget film |
| 1987 | The werewolf returns | United States | David Hemmings | TV film for the TV series Werwolf |
| 1987 | Wolfmen | Australia | Phillipe Mora | Third part of the Howling series, Australian pouch werewolves |
| 1988 | Underground werewolf | United States | John Carl Buechler | a werewolf cartoon character comes to life |
| 1988 | Curse of the Queerwolf | United States | Mark Pirro | Horror comedy with a gay touch |
| 1988 | Lone Wolf | United States | John Callas | |
| 1988 | My mother is a werewolf | United States | Michael Fischa | Horror movie parody |
| 1988 | Scooby-Doo and the stubborn werewolf | United States | Jim Ryan | Cartoon |
| 1989 | Howling V | United Kingdom | Neal Sundstrom | Fifth part of the Howling series |
| 1991 | Final attack | United Kingdom | Hope Perello | Sixth part of the Howling series, original title: Howling VI: The Freaks |
| 1991 | Anthony III | United States | Willard Carroll | The film combines the werewolf myth with the fenriswolf of Norse mythology. |
| 1992 | Mad at the moon | United States | Martin Donovan | |
| 1993 | Full eclipse | United States | Anthony Hickox | |
| 1994 | Wolf - the animal in man | United States | Mike Nichols | |
| 1995 | Howling VII | United States | Clive Turner | Seventh part of the Howling series |
| 1995 | Metal beast | United States | Alessandro De Gaetano | |
| 1995 | Shriek of the Lycanthrope | United States | John Schappert | |
| 1996 | Licántropo: El asesino de la luna llena | Spain | Francisco Rodríguez Gordillo | Waldemar Daninsky series |
| 1996 | Bad moon | United States | Eric Red | Film adaptation |
| 1996 | Werewolf | United States | Tony Zarindast | 1998 also as an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 |
| 1996 | The wolf woman | United Kingdom | Ben Bolt | |
| 1997 | American werewolf in Paris | United States | Anthony Waller | Sequel to American Werewolf |
| 1998 | Seven moons | Germany | Peter Fratzscher | Detective film, suspicion is directed to a werewolf |
| 1998 | The Werewolf Reborn! | United States | Jeff Burr | |
| 1998 | The Wolves of Kromer | United Kingdom | Will Gould | |
| 1999 | Lycanthropes | United States | Bob Cook | |
| 2000 | Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman | United States | Kathi Castillo | Cartoon |
| 2000 | Frankenstein vs. the Werewolf Reborn | United States | Jeff Burr | Sequel to The Werewolf Reborn! |
| 2000 | Ginger Snaps - the beast in you | Canada | John Fawcett | first part of a trilogy |
| 2001 | Wolf girl | Canada | Thom Fitzgerald | TV movie |
| 2001 | Le Pacte des Loups - Pact of the Wolves | France | Christophe Goose | Movie respectively Detective film, suspicion is directed to a werewolf. |
| 2002 | Dog Soldiers | United Kingdom | Neil Marshall | |
| 2002 | Wolves of Wall Street | United States | David DeCoteau | Homoerotic horror film |
| 2003 | DarkWolf | United States | Richard Friedman | Direct-to-DVD production |
| 2003 | Underworld | United States | Len Wiseman | Vampires fight Lycans; first part of a tetralogy |
| 2003 | Werewolf Warrior - Battle of the Demons | Japan | Tomoo Haraguchi | |
| 2004 | Romasanta - In the shadow of the werewolf | Spain | Paco Plaza | |
| 2004 | Tomb of the Werewolf | United States | Fred Olen Ray | Waldemar Daninsky series |
| 2004 | Van Helsing | United States | Stephen Sommers | the Dracula theme is mixed with werewolf and Frankenstein motifs |
| 2004 | Ginger Snaps II - Unleashed | Canada | Sullivan's bed | |
| 2004 | Wild country | United Kingdom | Craig Strachan | |
| 2004 | Werewolf Warrior 2 - The Return | Japan | Tomoo Haraguchi | Sequel to Werewolf Warrior - Battle of the Demons |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | United Kingdom | Alfonso Cuarón | Film adaptation, third part of the Harry Potter series |
| 2005 | The Beast of Bray Road | United States | Leigh Scott | |
| 2005 | Mexican werewolf | United States | Scott Maginnis | |
| 2005 | Ginger Snaps III - The beginning | Canada | Grant Harvey | Prequel to Ginger Snaps - the beast in you |
| 2005 | Cursed | United States | Wes Craven | |
| 2006 | Big Bad Wolf | United States | Lance W. Dreesen | |
| 2006 | The feeding | United States | Paul Moore | Direct-to-DVD production |
| 2006 | Horrors of War | United States | Peter John Ross , John Whitney | World War II as a background |
| 2006 | Skinwalkers | Canada | James Isaac | |
| 2006 | Underworld: evolution | United States | Len Wiseman | Continuation to Underworld |
| 2006 | Werewolf in a Women's Prison | United States | Jeff Leroy | |
| 2007 | Blood and Chocolate | United States | Katja von Garnier | Film adaptation |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | United States | Robert Rodriguez , Quentin Tarantino , Rob Zombie , Eli Roth , Edgar Wright , Jason Eisener | Fake trailer: Werewolf Women of the SS |
| 2007 | Lycan - attack of the werewolves | United States | Gregory C. Parker | Direct-to-DVD production |
| 2008 | Never cry werewolf | Canada | Brenton Spencer | TV movie |
| 2009 | Underworld - Revolt of the Lycans | United States | Patrick Tatopoulos | Prequel from Underworld |
| 2009 | THOR: The hammer of God | United States | Todor Chapkanov | Television film; Vikings fight against werewolves |
| 2009 | New Moon - bite at noon | United States | Chris Weitz | Film adaptation, first sequel to Twilight - Bite zum Dawn , a character turns out to be a werewolf |
| 2010 | Beilight - Until (s) supper | United States | Jason Friedberg , Aaron Seltzer | Parody of the Twilight movies |
| 2010 | Eclipse - bite to the sunset | United States | David Slade | Literary adaptation, second sequel to Twilight - Bite zum Dawn ; Werewolves as deadly enemies of the vampires |
| 2010 | Wolfman | United States | Joe Johnston | Remake of Der Wolfsmensch from 1941 |
| 2010 | Reluctant werewolf | United States | Ercis Bross | TV movie |
| 2010 | The night of the wolves | Canada | Philippe Gargnon | |
| 2010 | Dylan Dog: Dead of Night | United States | Kevin Munroe | Film adaptation of the Italian comic book Dylan Dog. |
| 2011 | Red Riding Hood - Under the Wolf Moon | United States | Catherine Hardwicke | |
| 2011 | Blue Moon - Born a werewolf | United States | Joe Nimziki | Continuation of The Animal , Direct-to-DVD Production |
| 2011 | Hyenas | United States | Eric Weston | Shifting the werewolf theme to hyenas, direct-to-DVD production |
| 2011 | Game of Werewolves - The hunt begins | Spain | Juan Martínez Moreno | |
| 2011 | Chillerama | United States | Tim Sullivan | I Was a Teenage Werebear (part of an anthology) |
| 2011 | Monster Brawl | Canada | Jesse T. Cook | The werewolf as a wrestler against other horror characters |
| 2012 | A werewolf boy | South Korea | Jo Sung-hee | |
| 2012 | Strippers vs Werewolves | United Kingdom | Jonathan Glendening | |
| 2012 | Underworld: Awakening | United States | Måns Mårlind , Björn Stein | |
| 2012 | Werewolf - horror lives among us | United States | Louis Morneau | Direct-to-DVD production |
| 2013 | She wolf | Spain | Tamae Garateguy | |
| 2013 | WHO | United States | William Brent Bell | |
| 2014 | When Animals Dream | Denmark | Jonas Alexander Arnby | |
| 2014 | WolfCop | Canada | Lowell Dean | |
| 2014 | Wolves | France , Canada | David Hayter | |
| 2014 | Late phases | United States | Adrián García Bogliano | |
| 2015 | Dark Moon Rising | United States | Jonathan Price | |
| 2015 | Howl | United States | Paul Hyett | |
| 2016 | I Was a Teenage Wereskunk | United States | Neal McLaughlin | Parody with "Werstunk" |
| 2017 | As Boas Maneiras - Good Manners | Brazil , France | Marco Dutra , Juliana Rojas | |
| 2017 | Another WolfCop | Canada | Lowell Dean | Continuation to WolfCop |
| 2020 | Bloodthirsty | Canada | Amelia Moses |
TV Shows
Werewolves are used in many mystery and horror series. Here only a list of television series in which one or more werewolves play a leading role should be made.
| year | Movie title | country | TV station (EA / DEA) | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964-1966 | The Munsters | United States | CBS / The First | The main character Eddie Munster is a werewolf |
| 1986-1987 | Teenwolf & Co. | Australia | CBS / Junior | Animated series based on Teenwolf |
| 1988-1991 | Munster family | United States | Syndication / RTLplus | New edition of The Munsters |
| 1987-1988 | werewolf | United States | Fox / RTL | |
| 1990-1991 | She-Wolf of London | United States, United Kingdom | ||
| 1997 | House of Frankenstein 1997 | United States | NBC | Miniseries |
| 1997-2003 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | United States | The WB / ProSieben | a werewolf plays a leading role in seasons 3 and 4 and can be seen as a supporting actor in other seasons |
| 1999-2002 | Teenage werewolf | Canada | YTV / ProSieben | TV series for children and teenagers |
| 2000 | The tenth kingdom | United States | NBC / RTL | Miniseries, Fantasy |
| 2001-2002 | Wolf Lake | Canada | CBS / ??? | |
| 2003 | Wolf's Rain | Japan | Fuji TV | Anime |
| 2005-2017 | Supernatural | United States | The WB | Individual episodes with a werewolf theme |
| 2007–2012 | Sanctuary - guardian of creatures | Canada | Syfy / ProSieben / ATV | one of the main characters is similar to a werewolf |
| 2008 | Lobo | Philippines | ABS-CBN | Several main and supporting characters are werewolves |
| 2008-2013 | Being human | United Kingdom | BBC Three / ProSieben Fun | two of the main characters are werewolves |
| 2008-2014 | True Blood | United States | Home Box Office / 13th Street | from season 3 werewolves play a bigger role |
| 2009-2017 | Vampire Diaries | United States | The CW / Sixx | from season 2 |
| 2010 | Dance in the Vampire Bund | Japan | AT-X and others at the same time | Anime, one of the main characters is a werewolf |
| 2010 | Imortal | Philippines | ABS-CBN | One of the main characters is a werewolf. She falls in love with a vampire while vampires and werewolves fight each other. Sequel to Lobo (2008) |
| 2010 | The Gates | United States | ABC | one of the main characters is a werewolf |
| 2010-2011 | Summer in Transylvania | United Kingdom | Nickelodeon | one of the main characters is a werewolf |
| 2011-2018 | Once Upon a Time - Once Upon a Time ... | United States | ABC | one of the main characters (Ruby) is a werewolf. Her story is told in the first and second seasons in particular. |
| 2011-2014 | Being human | United States | Syfy / Sixx | Remake of the British television series of the same name |
| 2011 | Becoming human | United Kingdom | BBC Three | one of the main characters is a werewolf |
| 2011-2017 | Teen wolf | United States | MTV / ATV2 | two of the main characters, along with several supporting characters, are werewolves |
| 2012 | Wolfpack of Reseda | United States | MySpace | |
| since 2012 | Wolfblood - transformation under the full moon | United Kingdom, Germany | CBBC / ZDF | "It's wolfblood not werewolf!" |
| 2013-2018 | The Originals | United States | The CW / Sixx | One main character is a werewolf, one main character is a hybrid of werewolf and vampire |
| 2013-2015 | Hemlock Grove | United States | Netflix / Lovefilm | Two main characters are werewolves |
| 2014-2016 | Ask | Canada | Space | The protagonist is a werewolf |
| 2014-2016 | Penny Dreadful | United States | Show time | One of the main characters is a werewolf |
Others
In 2007, Rob Zombie directed Werewolf Women of the SS, a trailer for a fictional film of the same name, which sees itself as a parody of the Nazi propaganda film Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS . The trailer shows women bred by the Nazis who can turn into werewolves. The production is part of a whole series of fictional trailers that were shot for the double-feature film Grindhouse . Actors include Nicolas Cage as Dr. Fu Man Chu in appearance.
literature
- Wolf howl and fangs. 100 years of werewolf films . In: Virus . No. 65 (June / July), 2015, pp. 16-25 .