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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT EAN: 9780792857266 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0792857267 Item Dimensions: Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Languages: Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) MPN: 1004817 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 26, 2003 Running Time: 91 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: April 10, 1981 Editorial Review: Product Description: Severely shaken after a near-fatal encounter with a serial killer TV newscaster Karen White (Dee Wallace E.T.) takes some much-needed time off. Hoping to conquer her inner demons she heads for "the Colony" a secluded retreat where her new neighbors are just a tad too eager to make her feel at home. Also there seems to be a bizarre link between her would-be attacker and this supposedly safe haven. And when after nights of being tormented by savage shrieks and unearthly cries Karen ventures into the forestito find answers she makes a terrifying discovery. Now she must fight not only for her life... but for her very soul!System Requirements:Starring: Belinda Balaski Elisabeth Brooks John Carradine Dennis Dugan Patrick Macnee Kevin McCarthy Slim Pickens Christopher Stone Dee Wallace Directed By: Joe Dante Running Time: 91 Min. Color Copyright 2003 MGM Studios.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: R UPC: 027616888471 Manufacturer No: 1004817 Amazon.com: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - werewolfThis 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! Rating: - Bark at the moon in Werewolf Camp! The movie that changed the lycanthrope myth forever.After viewing this film, did you ever wonder "What kind of lycanthrope should i become in a full moon night", the werewolf version of myself? I don't know about me, but i'm pretty sure my boyfriend should look like a mutant giant Saint-Bernard drooling all over the place, or maybe my little baby nephew should look like a cute little yorkshire terrier with a little pink lace. Now, how can those "deep" thoughts emerge out of this creepy, menacing, visceral, thrilling over the top horror clasic? Out ... Read More Rating: - A howling good time!!!This is a true classic .It scared the heck out of me when I saw it at the drive in.The werewolves are far advanced compared to Lon Chaneys wolfman.They are huge and imposing.This movie took me off guard.The little bits of nostalgia and humor make it lighter too.Seeing little red riding hood and the gypsy in Lon Chaneys "the Wolfman"footage along with Dee Wallace as the newsanchor turning into a cute werewolf then getting shot and switching quickly to a closeup of dogfood in a commercial were pretty ... Read More Rating: - Classic flicI saw it on the big screen as a teenager. Pretty intense back then - still good now though. Well acted. Fairly erotic too. Great sex scene with Elisabeth Brooks - what a knockout. Really must have stretched the R rating to its limit back then, when all you need to get an R rating was a 4 letter word or two. Never saw the sequels - should check them out sometime. Rating: - Great horror homageThe Howling I have always enjoyed because it mixes elements of fear and humour but mainly because it is this massive homage to the early years of horror. Horror collector extraordinaire Forrest J. Ackerman, and Roger Corman are in it and there is even a clip at one point of Lon Chaney Jr., in the Wolfman, and a reference to Wolfman Jack. Also characters in the film are named after horror directors such as George Waggner (Patrick Macnee), who directed Wolf Man, Man Made Monster; ... Read More |
