Hard to pick. My favorite is probably Jon Talbain/Gallon from Darkstalkers, but that's mostly because he's had a consistent role, has a neat character design, and was in a beloved horror fighting franchise. Well, either him or Nora from Being Human.
And, like many here, I had a werewolf in Skyrim.
JCvgluvr posted...
We really haven't seen many prominent werewolf/lycanthrope characters since the original wolf man back in the day.
Well, there's never been an iconic, definitive character on par with Dracula. A large part of that likely comes to down to werewolves both being dichotomous (ie, they're either wolf or man, whereas a vamp is always a vamp) and due to their frequent portrayal as reluctant monsters (whereas Dracula is a straight-up evil dude).
And, of course, werewolf characters usually don't get sequels. Even in arguably the most iconic werewolf franchise -- The Howling -- there were usually new werewolves each time. Even Ginger Snaps *technically* had new werewolves each time (although the werewolf that was tracking Bridgette *may* have been that one douche Ginger slept with in the first movie), even if they reused the actresses.
JCvgluvr posted...
Bonus question: Do you agree that werewolf characters don't get as much focus as other monsters, such as vampires? If so, why do you think that's the case?
Uh, werewolves are one of the biggest stock monsters so... no. The fact that they've traditionally played second-fiddle to vampires is pretty meaningless and, although the zombie craze has effectively bumped them to the third-most prevalent monster, they're still the third-most prevalent monster. Well, maybe fourth counting ghosts, if you count ghosts.
In fact, if we count all supernatural creatures, the order of prevalence is probably: 1) Ghosts (Partly because a large number of people believe they're real.) 2) Vampires 3) Zombies 4) Either werewolves or witches
And that's keeping in mind that vampires and werewolves get similar billing in a lot of movies, thanks to the whole monster vs monster trope. This includes the Underworld films and even the Twilight movies (although supposedly the werewolves in that aren't technically werewolves but it's fucking close enough). Plus, while Harry Potter -- a film series about witches -- has no vampires, it does have at least one werewolf (in addition to animagi). And they're both pretty prevalent on tv and, in fact, are sometimes roommates >_>
the vampires in that movie aren't vampires either ---