The best along with American Werewolf from a great decade
Added 11/16/2009
This movie along with "American" has the best special FX from a decade where people has to use the inteligence to creat great sequences without the presence of CGI, that's what make them the best of the market and its story telling of course... and It's a shame that at this time there isn't a bluray version, don't know what are they waiting.
Highly recommended.
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Most boring horror movie ever
Added 10/4/2009
Sorry, I just don't get the rave reviews for The Howling. Terrible acting, stupid and boring storyline where absolutely nothing happens for the first two thirds of the movie, and ridiculous looking werewolves.
Thank God I only paid $2 for this on special - it's one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Ended up fast forwarding thru most of the middle of the movie, just to get to the ending. Blaaaah.
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The Original & Still The Best
Added 1/20/2009
THE HOWLING is the best werewolf flick I've ever seen in my lifetime and both Dee Wallace and Elizabeth Brooks do an awesome performance, especially when kids see Dee Wallace transforming into a werewolf on the news at the end of the movie and when Elizabeth Brooks & Christopher Stone are deliciously nasty doing werewolf sex showing Liz Brooks in full frontal nudity coochie, tatas, and all, which definelty made Liz Brooks eyecandy.
The one thing I found baffling and gross about this movie was when Liz Brooks is in the cafe and the waiter asks her how does she want her hamburger and Liz Brooks says "Rare".
This horror flick also takes me all the way back to memory lane to when we had all those budget cuts going on during the recession we had going on back in 1981-1982 when Ronald Regan was president since I was 9 years old in the 3rd grade at Rockwood Elementry School in Calexico, CA and living in my hometown(El Centro, CA)at the time THE HOWLING was released in all the movie theatres, which was during my childhood days of living in the Imperial Valley.
Overall, I would have to say that this was the best Howling of them all, since I didn't care for all the other Howling sequels.
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An excellent start to a mostly excellent werewolf franchise!
Added 11/11/2008
While growing up I've watched alot of fabulous movies comedies, action movies, and of course horror (the majority of which were way better than what's been coming out in the past 10 years!) And needless to say "The Howling is definitly one of those such enduring classics! What's clever about The Howling is the way by which it starts out fooling you into thinking it's a crime drama only to give you that false sense of security that the character Eddie Quist(Robert Picardo) is dead! To say nothing of him ending up actually being a werewolf! Very clever!! Who knew?! And just when Dee Wallace's beautiful news reporter character gets advice from her therapist(masterfully played by Patrick Macnee) to go to some kind of retreat or something she eventually learns that nothing and no one is as it/they seem(s) when she runs afoul with not only Eddie Quist but a whole culture of other werewolves as well! What in particularly makes this movie a masterpiece is its usage of fog,darkness,suspense, and needless to say some really awesome werewolf transformation effects the likes by which have barely been topped by anyone elses efforts!! To say the least this movie proves great nastalgia for me and reminds me of not only a superior GOLDEN AGE of movies but what was greatly possible effects and storytelling wise in the pre-digital age. I will say it is a shocker to think that actor Robert Picardo who is usually a comedic "goofball" could not only be an evil monster but also pull it off so seemlessly! I have fond memories of him as Coach Cutlip on the Wonder Years! I can't say that I could see that much about this movie that was funny however. I admit the little children musing over Dee Wallace's changing into a werewolf on the news to say nothing of her ending up looking like a female Wookiee always gives me a great guffaw though! All I'm saying is if you're a big 80's horror fan as well as a big werewolf movie fan than The Howling is a must see! PS if you love The Howling then also check out The Howling parts 2,3,5&6 and An American Werewolf in London,An American Werewolf in Paris, and Skin Walkers!
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A Classic Werewolf Movie.. Still Great Today!
Added 10/21/2008
I wish my mom had not let me watch this as a kid. It freaked me out like the original Salems Lot did. Watching "The Howling" today reminds me of how there have been no quality werewolf films in years. The old-school effects and makeup in this film are magnificent and still creepy today. I let some twenty-somethings at work borrow this and they all liked it. The werewolf in Van Helsing is ruined by awful CGI and pales in comparison to the werewolves in "The Howling". Highly-recommended! Also, there is a classic-old-school B*SH shot! Weed wacker recommended.LOL!
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The best along with American Werewolf from a great decade
Added 11/16/2009
This movie along with "American" has the best special FX from a decade where people has to use the inteligence to creat great sequences without the presence of CGI, that's what make them the best of the market and its story telling of course... and It's a shame that at this time there isn't a bluray version, don't know what are they waiting.
Highly recommended.
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Most boring horror movie ever
Added 10/4/2009
Sorry, I just don't get the rave reviews for The Howling. Terrible acting, stupid and boring storyline where absolutely nothing happens for the first two thirds of the movie, and ridiculous looking werewolves.
Thank God I only paid $2 for this on special - it's one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Ended up fast forwarding thru most of the middle of the movie, just to get to the ending. Blaaaah.
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The Original & Still The Best
Added 1/20/2009
THE HOWLING is the best werewolf flick I've ever seen in my lifetime and both Dee Wallace and Elizabeth Brooks do an awesome performance, especially when kids see Dee Wallace transforming into a werewolf on the news at the end of the movie and when Elizabeth Brooks & Christopher Stone are deliciously nasty doing werewolf sex showing Liz Brooks in full frontal nudity coochie, tatas, and all, which definelty made Liz Brooks eyecandy.
The one thing I found baffling and gross about this movie was when Liz Brooks is in the cafe and the waiter asks her how does she want her hamburger and Liz Brooks says "Rare".
This horror flick also takes me all the way back to memory lane to when we had all those budget cuts going on during the recession we had going on back in 1981-1982 when Ronald Regan was president since I was 9 years old in the 3rd grade at Rockwood Elementry School in Calexico, CA and living in my hometown(El Centro, CA)at the time THE HOWLING was released in all the movie theatres, which was during my childhood days of living in the Imperial Valley.
Overall, I would have to say that this was the best Howling of them all, since I didn't care for all the other Howling sequels.
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