Erin is a Books & Literature Writer for Collider. She received her MA in English from LSU New Orleans, where she maximized her Gothic literature obsession. She once aspired to be a ghost hunter, but ...

There aren’t many monsters more legendary than the werewolf. A creature who transforms with the full moon, the werewolf can represent so many things, from addiction and rage to puberty and sexuality.

Werewolf myths have many similarities. But in the film The Company of Wolves (based on Angela Carter’s short story), we are reminded that there are all sorts of ways to become a wolf, and that wolves ...