Werewolves! I love them, but slightly less than vampires, I think mostly because I'm used to alpha werewolf bullshit and I hate it so much, because I love werewolves that don't have the alpha thing going on. Boring. (I'm also allergic to "you do what I say all the time in every situation because 100% of the time I am the best person to be in the lead" which is not how life works. Also, biologically-enforced dominance doesn't allow for character growth and depth when you're not the alpha, so I don't care for that either.)

I think Ginger Snaps and Ginger Snaps 3 are my favorite werewolf films. I like An American Werewolf in London and I haven't seen The Howling, but I should clearly look it up. If you like it, chances are I would also. (I have seen Howling III, which I thought was utterly terrible.) I've seen so many of the old Universal werewolf films, and I love the Underworld films. (I don't know if you noticed, but the lycans are far, far smarter and more strategically minded than the vampires.)

I'm kind of sad that the Lost Boys sequels ended, if only because I really did want them to move into werewolf territory like they were hinting at in the third film. Even if the third film was utterly terrible and more like a Uwe Boll-fest than a Lost Boys film.

I'm developing my wish list post and a large portion of it is asking for recs, so maybe I should ask for werewolf women in fiction lists - especially if it avoids alpha bullshit.