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An unconventional - and very old print titled Werewolf by Lucas Cranach. There is no full moon, no fangs, no howling - just a yard littered with bodies and body parts and a horrific depiction of a small child being carried away in the mouth of a madman whose only indication of wolf-ness is what may or may not be long ears coming out of his hair.

This is a depiction of Jean Grenier, a famous french werewolf.

If he was French, he was undoubtedly a good chef as well as a werewolf.

From the site: "An English curate and the author of several books on religious subjects, Edward Topsell is best remembered for The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes and The Historie of Serpents. Born in 1572, Topsell attended Cambridge before becoming a clergyman in the Church of England. He published The Reward of Religion in 1596, and Time's Lamentation in 1599. In 1604 Topsell became curate of St. Botolph, Aldersgate, a position he held until his death. In 1607, Topsell published his magnificent illustrated work Historie of Foure-footed Beastes, Describing the True and Lively Figure of Every Beast. The book was closely based on the Historiae Animalium of Swiss author Conrad Gesner. In 1608 he followed it with The Historie of Serpents; Or the Second Booke of Living Creatures, which also drew on Gesner's Historiae. The woodcuts for both of Topsell's books came directly from Gesner's pages. Topsell authored one more religious work in 1610 called The Householder. He served as vicar and chaplain in various areas of England until his death in about 1638."

Old 1800-type prints/woodcuttings/etc of demons, ghosts, etc from the Cornell University Library

An unconventional representation of a vampire. There are no fangs, no wide-open eyes, no crosses and no blood. Just two figures hunched over in the darkness, one with it's mouth apparently at the neck of the other. More is implied than described.

Vampire, a painting by Edvard Munch, with woodcut variations.

I believe someone picked this piece out as one of their favorites in an art magazine on the first day of class! (Erin, maybe?)

Revolution, Revelation and Apocalypse; a set of images from an archive of an exhibition at The Tate.  Some really nice Blake and Fuseli.

A great collection of images focusing on death.