Also, werewolf transformations are downright hilarious, and not even the advent of CGI technology could make these movie scenes any less funny. Heck, even non-comedy werewolf horrors become unintentionally funny thanks to our apparent inability to make these conversions look authentic.
Comedy, as you fine folks know by now, is all about subverting expectations. We laugh at the unexpected and delight in newfound perspectives. Most all of the werewolf movies mentioned so far were modeled around some sort of subversive theme or element, and we can include An American Werewolf in London along with them — the movie that cleverly subverted the clichés of the genre itself back in the ‘80s. Possibly the best example here, however, is the werewolf coven in the Halloween-favorite film, Trick ‘r Treat, in which Anna Paquin dresses up as Little Red Riding Hood and gets stalked by some predator guy who looks like Pulp Fiction’ The Gimp … only to turn into a werewolf and eat him alive.
Good stuff. More of this, and also more werewolf horror comedies, please.
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