The Howling

Werewolf Movie Timeline – The Highs and Lows Before New Moon

Just like the spike in movie vampires, werewolves are now roaming big and small screens in increasing numbers thanks to The Twilight Saga. Next month The Wolfman opens, a remake of the 1941 classic that introduced most of the werewolf mythology still prevalent today. And next season, True Blood will add a handsome werewolf distraction for Sookie.

We look back at notable wolves that preceded Jacob and his pack — some of which are all too deserving of a silver bullet — in our Werewolf Movie Timeline.

• I Was a Teenage Werewolf
• The Howling
• Wolfen
• An American Werewolf in London
• Teen Wolf
• Silver Bullet
• Wolf
• Blood and Chocolate

More Werewolf Movies Coming Thanks to New Moon

Thanks to The Twilight Saga, werewolf movies are making a comeback. The second installment, New Moon, raked in piles of money opening weekend, drawing wolfpack fans along with those of vampires.

In February, Universal's Wolfman arrives, in which Benicio Del Toro contends with the ancient curse. And now Variety has the news that The Howling, the 1981 werewolf movie by Joe Dante that generated a series of six sequels, is set for a franchise reboot with The Howling: Reborn.

The original starred Dee Wallace-Stone as a news anchor stalked by a serial killer, who turns out to be a werewolf. The plot details of the reboot are being kept tightly under wraps for now, but production is already set to start in February for a Halloween release. There's no word yet on whether they'll still use Gary Brandner's original novel as source material.

• The Howling
• The Twilight Saga: New Moon
• The Wolfman
• The Howling: Reborn
• Dee Wallace-Stone
• Joe Dante
• Gary Brandner
• Benicio Del Toro