Werewolf

The Werewolf is one of the monsters imprisoned in The Facility. It is bet on by Finance on the whiteboard. It has the head of a wolf, whilst retaining the body of a man.

Appearance and characteristics

A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope, is a creature that is part wolf, part human. In many fictitious examples, a human transforms into a Werewolf often as a result a curse or abnormal family lineage and, for some reason, typically involves direct exposure to a full moon. The transformation is usually shown to be quite excruciating and once finished, any semblance of the human's personality or humanity is mostly, if not fully overridden by the werewolf's animality. Werewolves are feral, immensely strong creatures who would attack anyone they come across in the night. They would usually return to human form the following morning with little to no memory of their time as a werewolf.

Items containing pure silver are often used to incapacitate or kill a werewolf as they seem to be a notable weakness to them.

Role

The werewolf is the first monster Dana and Marty see in the glass rooms.

During the System Purge, the werewolf is in the first wave of monsters where it kills two of the guards, killing one instantly by slashing at him before diving onto another and ripping out his neck. Amongst the chaos in the Facility, the werewolf attacks a worker. Later in the ritual chamber, Dana is attacked by the werewolf, but Marty shoots it, chasing it away.

The item in the basement designated for summoning the werewolf is an amulet.

Inspiration

Werewolves are folkloric creatures that appear in many stories and films over the years. Famous film and literature examples include

• Greco-Roman mythology
• Norse mythology
• European folklore
• American folklore
• Canadian folklore
• The Black Douglas by S.R. Crockett
• The Curse of the Werewolf
• Creepy (magazine)
• In The Poor Girl Taken By Surprise
• One Paris Night 
• Werewolf: The Beast Among Us
• Legend of the Werewolf
• Van Helsing (film)
• The Were-Wolf by Clemence Houseman 
• Gabriel-Ernest
• The Undying Monster
• "The Cell" (Short Story)
• Werewolf of London
• Moon of the Wolf
• The Wolf Man (1941 film)
• The Return of the Vampire
• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
• The House of Frankenstein (film)
• House of Dracula
• Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
• Hellboy: House of the Living Dead
• Hellboy: The Right Hand of Doom
• Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
• Night Beat 
• The Howling (franchise)
• Cycle of the Werewolf
• Silver Bullet (film)
• Hellboy: The Science of Evil
• Guilty Party 
• The Nightmare Before Christmas
• Goosebumps: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
• Goosebumps: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp/TV episode
• Rain Falls 
• Bright of The Moon 
• Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others
• The Shape of Fear 
• Goosebumps: A Shocker on Shock Street
• The Werewolf's First Night
• Dr. Horror's House of Video
• Goosebumps: Werewolf Skin
• Goosebumps:Werewolf Skin/TV episode
• Goosebumps Series 2000: Jekyll and Heidi
• Goosebumps Series 2000: The Werewolf in the Living Room
• Dog Soldiers (film)
• Hellboy: The Black Wedding 
• Hellboy: Blood and Iron
• Beasts of Burden: A Dog and his Boy 
• Lobos de Arga
• Late Phases
• Scary Stories for Sleep-overs series,
• The Wolfman (2010 film)
• Tolkien's Mythology
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Prince Caspian
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Trivia

• The Werewolf is performed by Richard Cetrone, who also performed the Merman.

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