We open our third season on Halloween with a look at werewolves.
Show Notes
Our analysis of the werewolf in book, film and television, plus roleplaying games.
Becky Annison, Elizabeth Lovegrove, Ralph Lovegrove
- Introduction and scope 00:15
- Books section (Becky) starts at 01:35
- Kelly Armstrong (Women of the Otherworld)
- Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson)
- Gail Carriger
- Tanya Huff
- Angela Carter (The Bloody Chamber)
- Darker than you think by Jack Williamson
- Hemlock Grove by Brian McGreevey
- Anita Blake novels by Laurel K. Hamilton
- Film section (Ralph) at 11:10
- Physical effects in The Howling, American Werewolf in London, Teen Wolf, A Company of Wolves, Fright Night
- CGI in Twilight, Underworld
- Sean Pertwee in Dog Soldiers
- Television section (Liz) at 19:40
- Teen Wolf
- Bitten
- Buffy
- Grimm
- True Blood
- Hemlock Grove
- Themes 32:15
- Metaphors for sex
- Social dominance
- Exiles on the fringes
- Mythic roles
- The Village
- RPGs 40:35
- Werewolf: The Apocalypse
- The Werewolf party game
- The Romance Trilogy by Emily Care Boss
- You must break up with your werewolf boyfriend by Caitlin Belle
- Fantasy treatments in D&D and RuneQuest
- Chill (Mayfair Games)
- Interviewing Becky about Bite Me! starts 50:25
- Liz’s RPG idea (police procedural)
- Ralph’s RPG idea (terrorize them)
- Last words 69:30
- Werewolf myth in the ascendant
- Clive Barker’s Cabal
Pride and Prejudice with Derek and Stiles
Music Credits
“Is That You Or Are You You?” from Reappear by Chris Zabriskie
“But Enough About Me, Bill Paxton” from Direct To Video by Chris Zabriskie
