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Black Wolf wrote:

Anyone watch "the Howling" Euro version special edition DVD?? I heard it has extra scenes and other stuff not available in the US format.

Oh, gotta go look at that.  I got some Amazon gift certificates.

What's obvious?? ROFLMAO!!

I thought I remember hearing that they were working on a remake of "the Howling".

Anyone know about this?

Another remake? The Howling? oh, great............

BlueEyesWolf wrote:

Another remake? The Howling? oh, great............

What's funny, is that they really did the Howling storyline twice, the first one kinda following the book and then the... think it was the fourth one, following the book pretty much exactly. BOGGLE So the 4th one was like a remake of the 1st!

What a mess they made.. %)

I really think that Freaks (6th Howling) was the only one that slightly compared to the 1st, mainly because of the very sympathetic (and cute) dude who was the werewolf. (and the cool wolf feet under the bed woohoo!)

BlueEyesWolf wrote:

Have you seen all of The Howling movies, WolfMontana?

I've seen all of them but the last one - New Moon Rising I think is the name?
And I haven't seen the 2nd one all the way through - I tried!! I just couldn't take it.   (maybe if I'd been a guy, I dunno

Howling I - awesome, what up with the pekinese at the end?
Howling II - o.O  meh??
Howling III - that was a joke... right? I was even living in Australia at the time dammit! It was embarrasing!!
Howling IV - zzzzzzz. but wait, it's like, exactly like the book! Incomplete dejavu - huh??
Howling V - ooooh, Powder Wolf! If I'm ever bursting through a ton of snow, I wish I could look that cool! Who needs snow machines! Not a great movie. Cool setting through.
Howling VI - Hey! Cute guy, plays the role with alot of heart, not a bad wolf (wolfy foot fetish under the bed) and hey, the bad dudes the the universal bad guy! How many movies has he been supernaturally bad in now?? And wtf did he just turn into?

I will one of these days get my hands on Howling VII Have you seen it?

Just rewatched Howling VI Still think it's an okay movie, the werewolf's a bit lumpy, and I got the wolf feet under the bed thing wrong   It was him walking around as a werewolf that I loved - the walking on extended wolf paws.

Re, the books. I know folks who still don't have their drivers licenses now, and they're in their 30's. It's not that far fetched for me, particularly if you've lived in the city or with really good public transport. I really loved the third book, though that was ages ago. Read it at least twice. I felt alot for the young kid caught in a suddenly very violent world.

well, I have the first movie on DVD but I'm waiting until HOWL-oween to watch it.

A McGuffin is something whose sole purpose is to further the plot, even if it is totally illogical.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin

Wolf Montana: good reviews on the first six Howling flicks. Here is my color on them.

Howling I - Excellent movie. Karen turning into benji? that was disappointing..lol
Howling II - What can I say? wolf smut.. lol
Howling III - No redeeming value. A waste of film..
Howling IV - Like the book, but on a shoe string budget..
Howling V - Ouch !
Howling VI - So bad its a guilty pleasure? lol

The thing a lot of people don't realize about the Howling is, before it came along, were-wolves were always guys with fangs and a rubber nose on their face running around with alka-seltzer foaming from thier mouths. Before The Howling, were-wolf movies were run by Paul Naschy and his ilk. The transformations were done by fade-ins, the storylines were all the same and the genre was pretty much dead.

When The Howling came out though, it completely blew away everything that came before. It transported the wolf to a modern day setting, it was smart and funny and even more so, the transformation happened right there on screen, right before our eyes (it beat American Were-Wolf In London to theaters by a couple of months).

Rob Bottin created the very concept of the effects used, and the design also, in just about every non-CG were-wolf movie you see today. They were going off wood carvings of actual old were-wolf stories, and had another design in mind before they got more money to make the full wolf effect they wanted. The result was, so far as I'm concerned, the biggest baddest were-wolf ever put on screen...bunny ears and all...I love that wolf design. When I was a kid and saw it for the first time, it had a permanent impact on me. Nobody had ever seen something so extraordinary. It changed the way people thought about were-wolves. Before then, it was all Lon Chaney Jr and I Was A Teenage Were-Wolf...after that though...were-wolves were taken seriously again.

Throughout my life whenever I drew a were-wolf (and it was a lot) I drew them with those ears...those red eyes. Over the years the design changed, becoming what is essentially going on in Cold Blooded...but it all started with The Howling.

Even to this day every were-wolf movie hopes to achieve what that movie did...to amaze audiences like that one did...but when I think about it...I can't even think of any were-wolf movie that even comes close to what The Howling did. It was so revolutionary for it's time. Granted, I think An American Were-Wolf In London is perhaps the better film, I say that with a grudge...but The Howling holds a hell of a place in my horror movie loving heart.

If you think about it, that one movie was powerful enough to support 6 terrible sequels.....

I'm not sure how well it stands the test of time, when I watch it I forget about all the other were-wolf movies and I'm there again...a kid again...watching it for the first time...

and I still think that wolf is the best ever made

Well, even Joe Dante admits the transformation kinda stops the film, but dang - it's cool. I think if someone started to do that right in front of me I wouldn't be able to move, either.

The Howling.

Yep, still the best werewolf movie out there.