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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300146440
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6300146448
Label: Nelson Entertainment
Manufacturer: Nelson Entertainment
Publication Date: 1992-08
Publisher: Nelson Entertainment
Sales Rank: 35991
Studio: Nelson Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: April 10, 1981
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A graduate of Roger Corman's school of low-budget ingenuity, Joe Dante gained enough momentum with 1978's Piranha to rise to the challenge of The Howling, and he brought along Piranha screenwriter John Sayles to cowrite this instant werewolf classic. Makeup wizard Rob Bottin was recruited to create what was then the wildest onscreen transformation ever seen. With Gary Brandner's novel The Howling as a starting point, Sayles and Dante conceived a werewolf colony on the California coast, posing as a self-help haven led by a seemingly benevolent doctor (Patrick Macnee), and populated by a variety of 'patients,' from sexy, leather-clad sirens (among them Elisabeth Brooks) to an old coot (John Carradine) who's quite literally long in the tooth. When a TV reporter (Dee Wallace) arrives at the colony to recover from a recent trauma, the resident lycanthropes prepare for a howlin' good time.
Dante handles it all with equal measures of humor, sex, gore, and horror, pulling out all the stops when the ravenous Eddie (Dante favorite Robert Picardo, later known as the Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager) transforms into a towering, bloodthirsty werewolf. (Bottin's mentor Rick Baker would soon raise the makeup ante with An American Werewolf in London.) As usual, in-jokes abound, from characters named after werewolf-movie directors, amusing cameos (Corman, Sayles, Forrest J. Ackerman), and hammy inserts of wolfish cartoons and Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl.' It's best appreciated now as a quintessential example of early-'80s horror, with low-budget limitations evident throughout, but The Howling remains a giddy genre milestone. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - An excellent start to a mostly excellent werewolf franchise!
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 ... Read More
Rating:  - A Classic Werewolf Movie.. Still Great Today!
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Very good when compared to several others
In a joint operation to apprehend a serial killer. Newcaster Karen White(Dee Wallace) volunteers to help the police by posing as bait. After a horrible encounter with the killer that left Karen traumatized. She was advised by her pyschiatrist to seek treatment in a place called "The Colony". There she could hope to overcome her problem through group therapy.
The Howling is a movie that I enjoyed more when I was younger. The special effects during the transformations are amazing, I'll give ... Read More
Rating: - Fun film with fantastic extras
The Howling
In an attempt to get back into the Halloween spirit, I decided to watch "one of the best werewolf movies ever made" according to the Los Angeles. The Howling is a classic 80s horror film that took werewolf action to a new level. The modern era might look down on this movie due to its out-dated special effects. However, there is a great time to be had with The Howling.
Karen White, a TV newscaster, is on the edge of catching a serial killer named Eddie. She is told to meet ... Read More
Rating: - werewolf
This movie kept me from sleeping when I saw it as a kid. I still love it today. It is a little dated but the werewolfs and the story are still great even today!
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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300146440
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6300146448
Label: Nelson Entertainment
Manufacturer: Nelson Entertainment
Publication Date: 1992-08
Publisher: Nelson Entertainment
Sales Rank: 35991
Studio: Nelson Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: April 10, 1981