Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman

It's easy to dismiss this as just another cheap Chipmunks production designed to appeal to kids and nobody else but, if you have a nostalgic eye for the "Alvin and the Chipmunks Meets" films (as I do), there's still some value in going back and revisiting them.

The story is pretty simple and straightforward: a creepy man moves into town and Alvin is sure that man is the Wolfman. When Theodore winds up confronting the man face-to-face, he begins to undergo some frightening changes. Is it just a bunch of Halloween pranks or is there some validity to the psychic and monster-crazed books in Alvin's collection?

This film really gets its appeal in the music. The songs are well done, catchy little ear worms that are an absolute delight to revisit every year around the Halloween season.

This film definitely isn't a great cinematic achievement (although it's better than the more recent Chipmunks films), but for those of us who grew up on it, it'll always hold a special place in our hearts.