Dante's Howling Good Time

[@dannystaton5386]

Still my favorite werewolf movie 🎉

[@christermyrberg3661]

Same here

[@Er_Guille]

I saw this at the movies when it premiered, being a 16-year-old boy. I had to wriggle my way into the theater and I still don't remember how I managed. I was both terrified, thrilled and even a little "titillated" by this movie and still remember it fondly to this day and age. Thanks for the review.

[@philosophicalviking6808]

In 1981 I was 15 and snuck into the theater to watch this. It’s what we did back then. In my case, I had a friend who worked at the theater that helped me sneak in. Great movie and a great time.

[@christopherwaldrop5293]

The original The Wolf Man remains my favorite werewolf movie but An American Werewolf In London will always have a special place because of the scene where David and Jack walk into a pub and the entire place goes silent. That actually happened to me in Wales. And it's really great to see Ladyhawke in your top three. Such an underappreciated film.

[@stevenhandzel5929]

While American Werewolf has the superior transformation scene, I’ve always like The Howling more. Maybe for its humor, though this is still in the same dark vein as Piranha. Or maybe because there’s more werewolves, and they’re upright the way werewolves should be. Or maybe because of Dick Miller once again playing Walter Paisley.

[@Demolitiondude]

This one is a favorite. It's also a reference in werewolf the apocalypse of how a caern operates and a bit of werewolf politics between the elders Marsha and the psychiatrist. Even did a version for my world of darkness campaigns. It's a summer camp near a local lake, and like many things it escalated quickly. The caern increasing in power with a werebat caern being moved, which activated an werebull caern that was inadvertently was created by a local farmer. One of the elders being possessed by a avatar of grandfather Thunder which had the power to move a caern. And one of the packs making a powerful caern first try, threatening a imbalance of the local werewolf politics.

[@danthsmith]

Love it. I saw it on a double bill with the Fog when it came out. My favourite werewolf movie. Sayles wrote Alligator simultaneously

[@wimvanderstraeten6521]

Dante claims the werewolves in The Howling were inspired by medieval manuscripts, but they most closely rememble a 1765 engraving showing the Beast of Gevaudan in a London newspaper. BTW: I can recommend the 2012 movie Werewolf: The Beast Among Us. It's a neat little movie with a light steampunk touch.

[@gemmalittleredcorvette4668]

Beast of Gevaudan is such a cool tale of horror from history. Lots of contemporary sources to back it up. It's a great mystery because that was no ordinary wolf.

[@ConsciousMigration]

When it comes to modern day shapeshifting scenes and physical transformations from human to beast, the attitude seems to be "just get from Point A to Point B as fast and cheap as possible". Movies like THE HOWLING understood what some of us geeks want out of a good werewolf flick (or other shapeshifting creature-feature): We want care, imagination and effort on full display during the transformation. I ask you: Am I asking for too much here??

[@stevenhandzel5929]

You really stumped me at first with “house built by a castle.” But I’ll be this house has a skeleton in it.

[@TheUnapologeticGeek]

You'd win that bet for sure...

[@Monkismo]

It's amazing that the werewolf serial killer is played by the same sweet man who was so great as the doctor on Deep Space 9. 😀

[@iancroft1447]

Saw it when it came out & Loved the Effects. Rob Bottin is a GENIUS ! Thanx TUG for Yet Another Great Review/Episode man !

[@behindthescenesphotos5133]

Howling, An American Werewolf in London, Wolfen, Full Moon High... 1981 was to werewolf movies what 1979 was to vampires

[@mickeymackenna1090]

I thoroughly enjoyed "The Howling." I must express my admiration for Rob Bottin's creative talent with the werewolf effects, and his tutelage under Rick Baker. Despite its cheesiness, "The Howling" offers an entertaining take on werewolf mythology.

[@gemmalittleredcorvette4668]

Great movie, but since I'd already watched American werewolf in London and that is still one of my top all time movies let alone werewolf movies, it didn't really have a huge impact on me on first viewing. Didn't help I'd heard it built up so much by people raving about it so my expectations were probably too high. I just prefer the more stylised, comedic, romantic Landis movie. I love the nazi werewolf sequence and the soundtrack is great. Still a cool movie and a great review 🎉

[@JohnWilliamNowak]

My favorite's the original Wolf Man, just for the fact it kind of invented a lot of the werewolf myth. One I don't often hear mentioned is Wolf (1994), which has a very strong undercurrent about how aggression can benefit the aggressor.

[@Malvito]

I love this one; saw it when it was first in the movie theaters. Honestly, I preferred this one over AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, though that may be based on the fact that I saw THE HOWLING first and I mesh better with Joe Dante's sense of humor than John Landis'. I am somewhat curious about the "sequels", enough to have seen HOWLING II: YOUR SISTER IS A BITCH, though that was less based on any anticipation of a good movie than because of the presence of Sybil Danning. (My heart ... ) I guess not curious enough to have tried to watch them. Maybe, someday, though I would not tr to binge them because there seem to be as many HOWLING Roman Numerals as there are Children of the Corn or Amityvillei. "A house built by a castle" ... hmmm. It has been a mo since I have taken a wild guess based on your hints, but I was intrigued by this one; I am going to guess that your next look will be THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL.

[@jameskerr8091]

Very good review. I sawcthis when it was released. There was alot of word of mouth about the werewolf transformation that made people see it.

[@joshsalwen]

I saw it on HBO shortly after it came out. It scared the (bleep) out of me. Great practical effects

[@indyspotes3310]

I wonder how many times Wolfman Jack had to turn Dante down for the cameo as the guy at the radio station, because you just know he asked... When I was a kid my mom had me cover my eyes during any nude scenes. She got rid of that rule not too long before this movie came out. Talk about timing! I believe you may have just convinced me to re-watch it for the first time since it came out now that I have some historical cinema context to work with. At least, I intend on blaming you for it at any rate... Hmmm... I'm not sure how I feel about considering Ladyhawke a werewolf movie given that his cycle is based on the sun rather than the moon. Although, I will grant that it is more of a "werewolf" movie than Twilight is a "vampire" one. Every time it seems I've plumbed the depths of my pedantism, somebody hands me a shovel...

[@jamesschulziii9098]

I actually read the book 💯😎

[@mikesilva3868]

😊 great movie

[@SnarkNSass]

✌🏻😎

[@rsacchi100]

It is a good werewolf movie. Did it push forward the genre with tribes of werewolves rather than a lone wolf? Pun intended. A nice twist ending.

[@MichaelJohnson-kx3ln]

What about...The Whooing?😅😂🤣🤣🤣