Gary Oldman as Dracula

SOURCE: Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker

DESCRIPTION: "But, strangest of all, the very instant the shore was touched, an immense dog sprang up on deck from below, as if shot up by the concussion, and running forward, jumped from the bow on the sand."

PLOT: The majority of the plot of Dracula has nothing to do with werewolves. The portion that is relevant happens whiule Dracula is coming to Britain aboard a ship. By day he stays in his coffin but by night he wanders the decks, killing sailors. One of the forms he uses is that of a giant wolf. Witnesses see this wolf-vampire jump from the ship onto English soil after the ship crashes. This wolf-form refers back to the missing first chapter known as "Dracula's Guest".

WEREWOLF FACTS: Stoker cements the werewolf-vampire tie with his novel. The vampire is a shapeshifter that can turn into mist or into animal form. In the movies it is bats but in Stoker it is a wolf. Dracula also collects real wolves about him, whether from zoos or from the wilds, which follow his commands.

INTERESTING FACTS: Dracula inspired several werewolf-related classics in particular The Door of the Unreal by Gerald Biss. H. P. Lovecraft says this book does for werewolves what Dracula did for vampires.