Alvin and the Chipmunks had a horror crossover with Wolfman

With his new film “Wolf Man,” Leigh Whannell becomes the latest filmmaker to tackle Universal’s classic shape-shifting monster on screen. In his review of Whannell’s reimagining,/The film’s Jeremy Mathai noted that the film “reinvents the title character and his accompanying curse as a moody thriller that cares just as much (if not more) about the family at the heart of this tragedy as the actual fears.”

Part of what makes werewolf movies unique is that these are not only monsters, but also people who switch back and forth between being a monster and a human. This allows the werewolf film to be versatile; Instead of having to rely on their characters to keep coming to confront the monster to facilitate the story, the monster stays with the characters throughout these films, hiding among them, until it’s too late. Werewolf movies make for great fantasy films, horror comedies, body horror pictures, dramas, westerns, and much more – as evidenced by Our special list of the best werewolf movies of all time. They’re not just R-rated movies for adult audiences either; In fact, there’s plenty of children’s media that treats the werewolf with whimsy and fun, with the “Goosebumps”, “Scooby-Doo” and “Ghostbusters” animated series putting a kid-friendly spin on the concept.

In fact, one of the most bizarre and unexpected films in the horror subgenre combines the classic werewolf story with a beloved series about singing rodents. That’s right, Alvin and the Chipmunks did meet Wolfman at one point, and it was as weirdly fun as you might imagine.

In “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman”, Alvin is convinced that his neighbor is a werewolf and has nightmares about him. While searching for evidence, he and his brother Simon ignore the fact that their neighbor is innocent, but there is He is Among them is a werewolf – which is Theodore. Yes, this is a children’s cartoon about a rodent that transforms into an adorable wolf (a chip wolf, if you will). It’s a very silly, cute and entertaining take on the classic monster.

It’s also not the first time Alvin and his brothers have encountered a classic Universal monster. Much like Abbott and Costellothe Chipmunks have been on their way to meeting every major Universal monster at some point, starting with Frankenstein in 1999’s “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein” before the “Wolfman” crossover in 2000. (Sadly, none of the Chipmunks turned into Frankenstein’s monster.) monster during the former.) Unfortunately, the Chipmunks never got to meet Dracula. A third “Meet” film was proposed after “Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman,” but was canceled after franchise creators Ross Bagdasaryan Jr. and Janis Karman sued Universal for breach of contract and won the rights to the characters in 2000 — meaning Universal could not It promises to produce more direct-to-home media “Chipmunks” cartoons. This is life.