Patrick's 10 Favorite Vampire and Werewolf Movies

08. The Company of Wolves (1984)

The Company of Wolves is based on Angela Carter’ werewolf stories in her short story collection The Bloody Chamber and is essentially a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood if the Big Bad Wolf was a filthy, sexy werewolf. The film delves into some of the same sexual metaphors the original Little Red Riding Hood story did and explores the nature of attraction and forbidden desire. It also has one of the coolest cover boxes ever. When I was young I always wanted to see the movie off the strength of the cover box in the video store alone. It wasn’t until a bit over a year ago that I finally managed to see it. The production values, due to limited budget and limited effects technology, don’t hold up as well today as some others on the list but the film is very well acted and directed. Neil Jordan, who appears on this list above for Interview With the Vampire, shows again that he is aces at working with literary material and getting the best out of what he has. Carter co-wrote the screenplay with Jordan and, while it is based more on her radio play version of the Company of Wolves, the story is so strong and compelling you won’t even really notice that most of  the ‘wolves’ are dyed Belgian Shepard Dogs. And that is some damn fine writing.

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5 Comments


  1. Okay, so I was almost to the bottom of the “vampire” list and I was like, “Where the hell is the Lost Boys.”

    I almost had a stroke.

    Best soundtrack, EVER.

    God.


  2. 3 fright night
    2 interview
    1 lost boys

    also I was going to be furious about Silver Bullet not being higher until I saw Brotherhood of the Wolf. Good Call.



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