Phases of the Moon: A Cultural History of the Werewolf Film, by Craig Ian Mann, Edinburgh University Press, 2020. Cover design by Mute and Stuart Dalziel, info: edinburghuniversitypress.com.
Horror monsters such as the vampire, the zombie and Frankenstein’s creature have long been the subjects of in-depth cultural studies, but the cinematic werewolf has often been considered little more than the ‘beast within’: a psychoanalytic analogue for the bestial side of man. This book, the first comprehensive history of the werewolf in cinema, redresses the balance by exploring over 100 years of werewolf films, from The Werewolf (1913) to Wildling (2018) via The Wolf Man (1941), The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), The Howling (1981) and WolfCop (2014).
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Foreword: Monsters Everywhere, by Stacey Abbott
Introduction: Bark at the Moon
1. Wolves at the Door
2. Dogs of War
3. Pack Mentality
4. Hounds of Love
5. What Big Teeth You Have
6. The Better to Eat You With
7. Old Dogs and New Tricks
8. Shapeshifters
Conclusion: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
Notes
Bibliography
