The Wolfman for The Monster Squad (1987), sculpted and realized by John Rosengrant based on concept sketches by Stan Winston.
Winston and Rosengrant wanted to find a middle ground between the original Jack Pierce design for the Universal Wolf Man (which was copyrighted no less, and Monster Squad was not a Universal movie), and the then-newer designs seen in An American Werewolf in London and The Howling.
It was dacided that they would go for 'wolfish humanoid' rather than 'humanoid wolf' (ie The Howling); the design was still more complicated than the original Wolf Man design though. The skull was longer with eyes set apart, like those of a real wolf; the head was fitted with radio-controlled animatronics to make it blink and snarl. Also, Stan Winston used his own face as reference when sketching the Wolf Man, causing the final Wolf Man sculpt to resemble his own face!
