- Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; 1 edition (Feb 2 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0765365162
- ISBN-13: 978-0765365163
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 11 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #407,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
The Wolfman is one of the great classics of modern horror. Now, based on the upcmoing film, is a terrifying new novelization novel written by Jonathan Maberry, based on the screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self Based on a motion picture screenplay by Curt Siodmak
Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother's fiancée tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector has come to investigate.
As Talbot pieces together the gory puzzle, he hears of an ancient curse that turns the afflicted into werewolves when the moon is full. Now, if he has any chance at ending the slaughter and protecting the woman he has grown to love, Talbot must destroy the vicious creature that stalks the woods surrounding Blackmoor. But as he hunts for the nightmarish beast, a simple man with a tortured past will uncover a primal side to himself . . . one he never imagined existed.
About the Author
JONATHAN MABERRY is a multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author, magazine feature writer, playwright, content creator and writing teacher/lecturer. His novels include Ghost Road Blues, Dead Man’s Song, Bad Moon Rising, and Patient Zero.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Four stars, I say!,
By Chris (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Wolfman (Mass Market Paperback)
I didn't have much interest in seeing the movie, but now having read the novelization, I think I will. The story was a lot different than I thought it would be (which was good) and I read the book at a quicker pace than usual, hence the four stars.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Over The Moon About This Wolfman!,
This review is from: The Wolfman (Mass Market Paperback)
No chain-saws, no hockey masks, just a good old-fashioned horror movie! Solid performances and beautifully atomospheric photography and soundtrack combine with make-up master Rick Baker's remarkable prosthetics to make this WOLFMAN an absolute treat for fans of the Universal monster classic!
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4.1 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews) 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bite This,
By +deV "Musak Freak" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Wolfman (Mass Market Paperback)
Being a fan of all things lycan and having enjoyed Bad Moon Rising, I had to check this book out before seeing the film. The book is a very quick read, it's just over 300 pages and the text is rather big. But although it is a quick read, it's still worth the ten spot because it compliments the film very well. In the book, Maberry gives the characters much more depth, not that that's abnormal, books have more time to play around with characters than films. However, if one reads the book first and keeps it in mind while watching the film, they may find the film to be more enjoyable. The book gives Gwen and Lawrence far more intensity and the locals are made to look far more "disturbed". Sir John is also much more of a solid character in the book than he is in the film.
The film itself isn't bad at all, it just seemed to be edited in an unnatural way that made many of the scenes seem abrupt. I'm hoping when it comes out on blu ray that a director's cut is released with additional footage. However, if that is not the case, I can still praise the film for not being some lousy b flick like Dog Soldiers or some angsty, girly teen drama like New Moon. The film almost captures what Coppola's Dracula had, almost. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a surprising read,
By K. Johnson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Wolfman (Mass Market Paperback)
Movie novelizations are usually a mixed bag of quality, ranging from terrible to acceptable, with most being on the terrible end of the scale. That's why this book, a very enjoyable read, was such a surprise. There is nothing new in this story for either the book or movie; the movie is, after all, a remake of an earlier work who's story has become a cliche, but this novel does an excellent job of filling in the movie's broad plot holes. Further, the characters are much more developed than the movie's characters, and the physical and emotional torment experienced by the doomed hero and those around him is expressed here much more thoroughly and coherently than in the movie.
If you like dark, angst-ridden, classic horror fiction, it is worth giving this one a shot, even if you don't see the movie. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A nice companion to the movie,
By K. Johnson "FieryMaid" - Published on Amazon.com
I always like getting the movie novelization for the added info in the book and in that I was not disappointed. I found the growing love between Gwen and Lawrence handled more appropriately and believably in the movie rather than the novel, but the story and connections between the characters were better in the book. I agree with another reviewer stating that the movie seemed oddly edited/cut in places which a Director's Cut will probably fix. Thankfully the book expanded upon those areas and made the story make more sense. Definitely recommend for those who enjoyed the movie and all those who enjoy stories about real werewolves, not teen shape shifters.
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