The Gates is a new show on ABC that premiered this summer and so far this supernatural soap opera is faring well, gaining new fans every week. The show starts out following Nick Monohan and his family, who have moved from Chicago to a quiet, upscale planned community called The Gates, where he will be…
Month: August 2010
‘Werewolves’ is Anti ‘Twilight’
There’s some new werewolves in the game and their story is nothing like Twilight. “Werewolves” is an art book that takes the story in a whole new direction. Co-stars of the Twilight saga and center-stage in a spate of new movies and TV series, werewolves are poised to eclipse vampires as pop culture’s IT creature.…
Wepwawet
What’s a werewolf site without info on wolf gods? Today’s wolf god is Wepwawet, a deity associated with the city of Asyut in Upper Egypt, later called Lycopolis (the City of the Wolves) in the Graeco-Roman period. Wepwawet is often confused with the god Anubis since they are both depicted as a man with the…
Strippers Vs. Werewolves
There’s a new horror comedy on the way – Strippers Vs. Werewolves. Seriously. The movie, which is being produced by Jonathan Sothcott, will be about the accidental killing of werewolf chief Jack Ferris in a stripclub. The girls who work at the venue have until the next full moon before his pack seeks them out…
Gilgamesh
Many have argued about what the very first werewolf story is – Gilgamesh or Niciros? I have written about Niciros in the past, so today dear readers, I’ll cover Gilgamesh and let you decide. The Epic of Gilgamesh comes from the second millennium BC and is one of the oldest known texts. It was originally…
A Decade’s Worth of Werewolf Movies: 1950s
We’re back for another edition of a decade’s worth of werewolf movies, this time we’ll be taking a look at the furry flicks from the 1950s. Unfortunately, there weren’t all that many werewolf movies made in the 50s. Werewolf films didn’t become really popular until a few decades later (as you can see by this…