Alvin and the Chipmunks had a horror crossover with The Wolf Man.

With his new film The Wolf Man, Lee Whannell has become the latest director to bring the eponymous classic universal shape-shifting monster to the screen. In his review of Vanella’s reinterpretation/The film’s director, Jeremy Mattai, observed that the film “reimagines the title character and accompanying curse in a moody, atmospheric thriller that cares as much (if not more) about the family at the center of this tragedy as it does about the real fears.”

Part of what makes werewolf movies unique is that they’re not just monsters, they’re also people who transform from monster to human. This allows a werewolf movie to be universal; instead of relying on their characters to keep coming and encountering the monster for the convenience of the plot, the monster stays with the characters throughout these films, hiding among them until it’s too late. Werewolf movies make for great fantasy films, horror comedies, body horrors, dramas, westerns, and more—as evidenced by our own list of the best werewolf movies. These aren’t just R-rated genre films for mature audiences; in fact, there is plenty of children’s media that treats werewolves with whimsy and playfulness, with Goosebumps, Scooby-Doo, and Ghostbusters making the concept child-friendly.

Indeed, one of the most interesting and unexpected takes on the horror subgenre combines the classic werewolf story with the beloved singing rodent franchise. That’s right, Alvin and the Chipmunks meet the Wolf Man at one point, and it’s as freakishly fun as you can imagine.

In Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolf Man, Alvin is convinced that his neighbor is a werewolf and is having nightmares. Looking for evidence, he and his brother Simon ignore the fact that their neighbor is innocent, but there there is a werewolf among them – namely Theodore. Yes, it’s a children’s cartoon about a rodent that turns into a magical wolf (a chip wolf, if you will). It’s very silly and cute, and a fun take on a classic monster.

This isn’t the first time Alvin and his siblings have met the classic Universal monster, either. Just like Abbott and CostelloThe Chipmunks have been on their way to meeting every major monster in the world, starting with Frankenstein in 1999’s Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein and ending with their 2000 crossover The Wolf Man. (Unfortunately, none of the chipmunks turned into Frankenstein’s monster during the first one.) Unfortunately, the chipmunks never met Dracula. A third “Dating” movie was proposed after “Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Wolfman,” but was scrapped after franchise creators Ross Baghdasarian Jr. and Janice Carman sued Universal for breach of contract and won the rights to the characters back in 2000 — meaning Universal could no longer make direct-to-home Chipmunks cartoons. C’est la vie.