Loved the werewolf piece. They're also my favorite monster, and I've been waiting for a werewolf movie to come along rivaling "American" for awhile. I've been seeking out a lot of them, occationally finding something interesting but no GREAT pure werewolf movies.
One that I thought was quite good, although it could be considered more of a Yokai movie than Werewolf...and the "good" part depends on your tastes, was a Japanese flick called
Kibakichi.
One I'm looking forward to seeing, which might meet the "so bad its good" criteria is
Werewolf in a Women's Prison, which looks absolutly hilarious.
As far as books go, I just finished
The Dresden Files Book 2: Fool Moon
, by Jim Butcher, which had an interesting and pretty solid take on the werewolf mythology.
If you want, I'll update you as I see/read more. Great blog.