The Wolfman

    The saying goes, "There is no sin in killing a beast, only a man. But were does one begin and the other end?" Anthony Hopkins and Bernicio Del Toro star in this awesome movie about a ancient gypsy curse that goes, "Even a man who is pure of heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolf-bane blooms and the Autumn moon is full."

   This movie is a remake of the original Wolfman released in 1941. The remake is definitely a must see. Anthony Hopkins is just as brilliant as he was in "The Silence of the Lambs". At one point I almost expected him to ask Bercnicio "Do you still hear the screaming of the lambs?" An amazing movie through and through, Here is one of my favorite scenes and then the trailer.

Shape-Shifting

        Shape-shifting - The ability to alter your physical appearance, purposefully or because of a curse or spell.

   One of my very first posts on this blog was about werewolves, the word werewolf comes from the Greek word Lycanthrope. The first word "were" translates into a old English term meaning man, and "wolf" has the same modern English meaning; It also can be taken as a general term "beast."

    Werewolves in a way, brought me to the supernatural and the unknown. When I was younger I was fascinated by these folkloric beasts. The very idea of werewolves is awesome, to be able to transform into something much stronger and faster then you but with the same intellect. So it brings me to the question. Does Shape-shifting exist? I believe it does but not in the same way a lot of people think. I believe you can mentally become the animal in question, but not physically. Then again our brains can do amazing things. Until tomorrow stay scared.

Werewolf Pictures

Werewolf Closing

Werewolves have fascinated me all my life. The thought of shape shifting is astounding, to become something stronger and faster but be able to think like a human is the strongest force we may be able to conceive. The gable film is one of the many mystery's surrounding the werewolf. In time we may get some answers but for now all we can do is sit and wonder. Are werewolves among us? I leave the werewolf subject with a few amazing pictures.

The Gable Film

The Michigan Dogman

Werewolves

There are many who say the moon holds some kind of power over us, hence the word lunacy. Which means, periodic insanity thought to be caused by the phases of the moon. Which leads us to our topic, the werewolf.What are these creatures and why do they fascinate us.
The werewolf, can also be called Lycanthrope from the greek word lukos. There a human who can transform into a wolf or wolf-like creature. Said to be changed by a full moon and die by a silver bullet.
The werewolf has been in many folklore stories, and even in modern day horror films. In the middle ages the church stigmatized the wolf as the personification of evil or a servant of Satan himself.
I believe there is no answer, and that is what makes the stories and movies so great. We will always wonder.