When it comes to AWIL, the characters aren't fleshed out enough to make the drama that gripping. The film ends too abruptly. And asides from the incredible transformation scene that was way ahead of it's time, you don't get to see him as a werewolf too much after that. I know it's both for budgetary reasons, and I know there's the rule in horror where the more the monster is obscured, the scarier they are. But that doesn't work for all films, especially this one. I do like the cool first person scene where he kills the guy on the subway, reminiscent and probably inspired by Jaws. But when you already know the werewolf is the main character, when you already saw him turn into it, and you barely see him in his wolf form after that. It's kinda harder to connect with his character. I also am not too big a fan of werewolves who just look like bigger regular wolves, dire werewolves, if you will. The beasts are more interesting when you can see the blend of their human structure whilst still very canine in their appearance, the bipedal kind. And no, not the stumpy faced werewolves from the old monster movies. I think it adds when you still see scraps of clothing on them too.
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Take this lego one for example. I remember hearing that this set was coming out in the early 2010s during the height of my monster phase. Werewolves? LEGOs? Awesome! I still have this guy, he sits on my SK bookshelf with my other LEGO monsters, including the creature from the Black Lagoon and Dr. Frankenstein and his Monster
Now in order to shoehorn this into the thread topic. Imagine a virus that turned people into animal monsters. Wouldn't that be wack? I Am Legend, but with werewolves, wowsers