History Vs Hollywood

The film that I am focusing my comparative historical analysis to is, Underworld. Directed by Len Weisman and written by Danny McBride. Underworld’s relationship between history and the filmmaking process are cohesive in reference to this European and American film. The film was made in 2003. Long ago and in a land far away, their were meadows that were stalked by wolves. “The first known stories about vampires come from England around 1190. During the Middle Ages, 30,000 people were condemned as werewolves.” (AMC) Needless to say, this film is the reproduction of folklore, urban legend, or plain insanity. Either way, my paper will contain the history of Lycans, “werewolves,” and social and historical issues that helped mold this film. At the time of production, another extremely popular film was being made, The Matrix. Trinity and Selene both love black leather but most importantly, they are third-wave feminists. In other words, pretty, powerful, confident, and in love. These women both make me think of Cat woman, minus the love part, with a dash of corruption. Cat woman gave up on love, eight lives ago. Greg Cox, a best-selling author wrote the official movie novelizations for the first three Underworld movies. In addition, the film has been adapted and written and directed based on many, many horror films before it. However,
Historical events explain and elucidate validness to present day. History will show in film, that it wasn't until 1944 with one other closely similar film, Cry of the Werewolf, that a woman discovers her bloodline suffers from the illness lycanthropy. She then uses it to protect her family. For Underworld, it is Michael that shares the bloodline with the Lycans. The werewolf clan has been searching for him for centuries. The vampires and Lycans are not supernatural creatures, but the end result of a virus. Some science fiction just as there is in The