For over a century now, filmmakers and cinema goers alike have been in thrall to lupine tales of transformation beneath the moonlight. From Henry MacRae's lost 1913 short The Werewolf to Universal's classic 1941 Lon Chaney Jr. starrer The Wolf Man, and from An American Werewolf In London all the way up to Leigh Whannell's hotly anticipated new Wolf Man movie with Christopher Abbott, there's just something about seeing folk take a walk on the wild side in a werewolf movie that continues to chill and thrill us.
And so, with that in mind, we thought it high time to list and rank 10 of the very best films the sub-genre has to offer. Whether you prefer your werewolves in small-town horror-comedies, supernatural romances starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson, or made in a haze of extraordinary practical FX in 1981 (we've got two of those!), there's something here for all comers to enjoy. And rest assured, the only howlers here are the lycanthropes on screen — every film included on this list is a bona fide beast!
Without further awoooo— er, *ahem*, ado, here are the 10 Best Werewolf Movies as chosen by Empire.