The legends of lycanthropy must be as old as man himself, and believe it or not, the werewolf or wolfman is still a valid phenomenon today in certain parts of the world. But that is a pathological phenomenon; a psychic descent into cannibalism and bestiality, which has little to do with legend. That's what this story is about - the terrible spine-chilling transformation of man to ravening beast. The legendary spirits that haunt the mountains of Germany, and the blood-curdling phantom with the snarling mouth and flesh destroying claws, the lips bared to reveal the great knives of canine teeth, in the travesty of a smile that means death. The werewolf.