I love castles. I also love werewolves. Combine the two and…it should be magic. But why isn’t it? I can only think of two films in the past forty years that includes a prominent werewolf and castle dynamic. These are Howling V (in 1989) and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (in 2009).

The original Howling is my all-time favorite werewolf movie. The sequels – not so much. I say this with all due respect to Christopher Lee and Sybill Danning, who appeared together in Howling II.  I still don’t know how the writer/director couldn’t have figured out a way to use those two better. That said, Howling V was a game effort; just not what could have been. As for the Underworld series…I found the the first three enjoyable – albeit more as action movies than true horror films.

If anyone knows of any good werewolf/castle combo’s in any media form then I would love to get some viewing or reading recommendations!

By the way, for those of you who haven’t read my book Apex Predator note that a medieval European town and its imposing castle (set in the modern era) are one of the key settings.

I even had the artist I hired use the castle as part of the book’s cover!