Subgenre Guide
The werewolf film, ranked by Curator Score.
A ranked guide to werewolf horror, the subgenre built around lycanthropy: the person who becomes a wolf or wolf-like creature by curse, bite, or bloodline. The list below is ordered by Curator Score, the site's overall rating, and every entry is scored on fear, gore, atmosphere, and intensity, so the ranking reflects how each film actually plays rather than reputation alone.
The modern werewolf film took shape in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood and reached a high point in 1981, the year of both An American Werewolf in London and The Howling. The subgenre has continued through creature-feature spectacle, folk and period horror, and coming-of-age transformation stories. New films join this ranking as they are scored.
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.
A band of soldiers is dispatched to war games deep in the woods. When they stumble across a rival team slaughtered in camp, they realize they're not alone.
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her transformation at bay - leads to her being incarcerated in a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts where her only friend is an eccentric young girl by the name of Ghost.
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
With his marriage fraying, Blake persuades his wife Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit his remote childhood home in rural Oregon. As they arrive at the farmhouse in the dead of night, they're attacked by an unseen animal and barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. But as the night stretches on, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable.
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