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The Howling | 
| Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, Belinda Balaski
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  126 reviews
Sales Rank: 41652
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 079285067X
UPC: 027616865489
EAN: 9780792850670
ASIN: B00005K3NW
Theatrical Release Date: April 10, 1981
Release Date: August 28, 2001
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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
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 The Original & Still The Best January 20, 2009
Taheen Lopez (United States- San Diego, CA)
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.
An excellent start to a mostly excellent werewolf franchise! November 11, 2008
Allen Bowers (Dover, De United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!
A Classic Werewolf Movie.. Still Great Today! October 21, 2008
Movie Monger (PARTS UNKNOWN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!
Fun film with fantastic extras October 13, 2008
KlownArt (Georgia)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
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 Eddie at a local adult shop. She arrives at the shop and enters a theater booth. In the booth, she is assaulted by Eddie. Karen narrowly escapes due to the police arriving just in time. Eddie is shot and assumed dead. Karen is traumatized by the event and has breakdowns just thinking of what happened in the booth. Her doctor suggests taking time off at a secluded retreat known as "The Colony." "The Colony" is not what it appears to be though. Many hairy secrets are hidden underneath the anomalous characters living in "The Colony."
I doubt I am going to spoil the story for anyone when I say that Werewolves are the huge secret. Karen Shaub, a fellow reviewer, asked me not to use the word cheesy in my reviews anymore, so I will try to use other words to describe these furry beasts. The Werewolves epitomize the archetypal 80s style monster. Clearly, you cannot expect Underworld type visuals from this 80s classic. The Werewolves are frequently men in imaginative Werewolf costumes. The transformations, while detailed, lasted far too long and came off as ridiculous. The Werewolves might have been good for their time, but are nothing compared to some of today's CG marvels.
The acting in this movie is decent. Sometimes you will deal with overacting or under acting. At one point, Karen's best friend is killed. Karen sits in sorrow for less than a second and continues what she is doing. Music works to perfection. Suspense is created with the sound track. Even those who are not usually afraid of 80s horror will find themselves jumping every now and then.
This DVD is a dual-sided disk packed with extras. On the side with the film, you can listen to a commentary track with the director and others. The other side of the disk is jam packed with good extras. There are many making of features. There are also deleted scenes and outtakes. There are trailers and a photo gallery. This pulls The Howling up to a four-star rating. Pick this one up to satisfy you 80s horror craving.
werewolf April 18, 2008
D. Krueger
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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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