Tuesday 22 October 2024

Werewolf Mask

For today's countdown to Halloween post, another post about werewolves. I did some rambling about them in 2018, so I might repeat myself here, sorry if that is the case. Anyway, I saw this werewolf maks (for half the face) in the local toy shop and it kind of inspired me. As an amateur of traditional, classic horror stories and trope, I am surprised that I read fairly little werewolf fiction. Most of the time, I stumbled upon werewolf stories. I will try to find more, partially because I love wolves in general, but also because I might try my hands on a horror story or two featuring lycanthropes. I would like to use elements that we don't see anymore, like people becoming a werewolf through something else than infection after being attacked by one. Although I don't know how to proceed from there. But hey, I think we need more werewolves in spooky stories. Don't you? Let me know in the comments.

2 comments:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

Werewolves have kind of been eclipsed by vampires in current pop culture.

Deadpan Flook said...

Company of Wolves was always a favourite film of mine, mainly because it used traditional werewolf lore instead of having someone just being bitten. Curses, ointments, skin turning….a lot of good under-used Werwolf origins!