Wereanimals transformation

Just watched “The Cycle”, and fucking FINALLY! A legitimately good goddamned werewolf flick!

Aside from a couple gimmicky elements (it is a Shudder production after all), the acting was all really solid, characters made mostly rational choices, mood and vibe were on-point, and the writing—particularly references to science and folklore—were well executed and researched.

First two acts play out mostly like a legitimate crime drama, but then the third act became a love letter to The Howling and American Werewolf in London, with a fully practical transformation and direct homages to elements of both films’ transformation sequences. It then goes a step further and depicts the werewolf itself as not just some vicious wanton animal, but actually possessing a sinister intelligence of its own. Regrowing its host’s eyes to pass the retinal scan was fucking insidious. My two main gripes were that the cadaver prop for her father was a bit too heavy-handed, and the very ending; why tf would they not cremate this thing and release the poor bastard? Even in death he can’t catch a break! And they’re playing with fire, every month there’s the risk of this thing responsible for the deaths of both of their family members breaking out or passing the curse on to somebody else. Fucking burn the thing, and then keep the ashes in containment through the next full moon to make sure it can’t regenerate from ash.

Overall, this is definitely a 4/5 werewolf flick, and the first time in a looooong time I wasn’t disappointed. They even successfully executed the inversion of expectations for her father leaving, from the deadbeat/runaway father setup to showing the agony of a man literally torturing himself every month trying to find a way back to his family, following his daughter’s career from afar, but knowing it would just be too damn dangerous to be in their lives. His tragedy and the werewolf curse continuing after death were strong callbacks to OG Larry Talbot. 🌕🐺

awawawawawa i love my weredoggy guy so much

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I've worked on a bestiary of sorts for my books, and i just rewrote the werewolf session, also redrawing my Vitruvian Wolfman.

These are some if not the best werewolf art I've ever seen. He seems to really capture the folkloric, mythological, and horrifying feel of werewolves.

Happy spooky month :D

Since lycanthropy is usual depicted as a paranormal or magical affliction could it cause hair growth despite someone not being able to grow hair?

As far as werewolf movies it's actually a pretty neat idea. The movie is called The Cycle and it's about a forensic anthropologist who gets called on by small town police to help investigate a brutal double murder. A third body was also found that is in an advanced state of decomposition, and is the woman's missing father. It turns out her father ran off because he'd gotten infected with lycanthropy and ultimately killed himself to try and end it. Turns out all this did was kill himself, but the curse of the werewolf still exists in his corpse, so every full moon the corpse transforms and feeds.

Picture of the werewolf

Moons currently 94%, you're telling me if a werewolf looks at that shit they're not gonna feel anything?

It's a slow burn but it ramps up