well, the howling pre-dates those crimes by several decades. they used the smiley face stickers which were very popular starting in the very early 70's and into the 80's because basically they were sick of them!
i was in college when the howling was released. all of us horror fans loved the howling. the non-horror fans liked american werewolf in london. the lines were simply drawn/split that way; right down the middle with no exceptions. horror fans like the howling. non-horror fans like american werewolf. an am. ww/london was a BIG let down to all of us who had seen the howling first! i always liked the big bad wolf-type of werewolf walking on two dog-like legs. the four legged actual wolf type was always a let down to me. of course, am. ww has the four legged devil dog variety. during his transformation, david naughton is laying on his back. i have never seen ANY canine lay on their back EVER... much less for any protracted period of time. also in the john landis film when we see the transformation scene one hand elongates and transforms, but when we see the other hand it is still normal. it just seems like both hands would transform at the same time/same rate; just as both feet or other extremities would also transform 'together'. i will give am. ww / london the slaughtered lamb scene ('borrowed' from the opening of the invisible man) and the walking on the moors at night under a full moon scene; both are quite effective, but the film goes no where but down hill after that. for me, the howling's werewolves being able to transform at will was a revelation, a game changer, a new way of thinking about lycanthropy. larry talbot and most all, if not all, of the previous lycanthropy sufferers were very sympathetic characters. until karen's transformation at the howling's finale these werewolves were not sympathetic at all. they enjoyed being werewolves. MOST, not all, but most of american ww in london's humor is very broad, going for the big, obvious laugh, which for me destroys the over all tone and takes away from the horror elements. MOST of the humor in the howling is more like inside jokes FOR HORROR FANS. most of the humor in the howling goes for a chuckle. the howling's finale with the newslady turning into a ww, yes, of course that is an example of when the howling's humor does not go for the chuckle. robert picardo, who many will know as coach cutlip on the wonder years tv series, gives an outstanding performance as eddie. today when i watch the movie during the let me give you a piece of my mind scene i always am reminded of slash from guns 'n' roses. dee wallace gives a tremendous performance. after the hills have eyes, the howling and cujo i say the actress is the meryl streep of the horror genre. she can convey so many different emotions from strength to vulnerability. in the howling for the werewolves to actual speak works like no previous speaking werewolf before ... or since because the werewolves have PERSONALITY! eddie is down right funny, has a LOT of personality and is down right sarcastic. for me, the howling is made for horror fans and is a love letter to the history of ww films; while am. ww was made with non-horror fans in mind. there have been some good ww films post-the howling such as howl (ww's on a train!), the fairy tale world of the company of wolves 1984, wer 2013, the wolf of snow hollow, werewolves within + bad moon and late phases have their moments, but NONE measured up to joe dante's truly fantastic film. i wish none of the sequels even existed since they are lousy and dilute the reputation of the 1981 film. the howling is my number six all time favorite horror film and my all time favorite werewolf film. 1. halloween 1978. 2. texas chainsaw massacre 1974. 3. psycho 1960. 4. night of the living dead 1968. 5. the thing 1982. 6. the howling 1981. you missed the point totally about the music, dude!
Best werewolf movie ever made! The smiley face stickers came from the smiley face killer. More to this movie than most know.
well, the howling pre-dates those crimes by several decades. they used the smiley face stickers which were very popular starting in the very early 70's and into the 80's because basically they were sick of them!
I can only imagine I'm not a huge horror guy that's more my friend
i was in college when the howling was released. all of us horror fans loved the howling. the non-horror fans liked american werewolf in london. the lines were simply drawn/split that way; right down the middle with no exceptions. horror fans like the howling. non-horror fans like american werewolf. an am. ww/london was a BIG let down to all of us who had seen the howling first! i always liked the big bad wolf-type of werewolf walking on two dog-like legs. the four legged actual wolf type was always a let down to me. of course, am. ww has the four legged devil dog variety. during his transformation, david naughton is laying on his back. i have never seen ANY canine lay on their back EVER... much less for any protracted period of time. also in the john landis film when we see the transformation scene one hand elongates and transforms, but when we see the other hand it is still normal. it just seems like both hands would transform at the same time/same rate; just as both feet or other extremities would also transform 'together'. i will give am. ww / london the slaughtered lamb scene ('borrowed' from the opening of the invisible man) and the walking on the moors at night under a full moon scene; both are quite effective, but the film goes no where but down hill after that. for me, the howling's werewolves being able to transform at will was a revelation, a game changer, a new way of thinking about lycanthropy. larry talbot and most all, if not all, of the previous lycanthropy sufferers were very sympathetic characters. until karen's transformation at the howling's finale these werewolves were not sympathetic at all. they enjoyed being werewolves. MOST, not all, but most of american ww in london's humor is very broad, going for the big, obvious laugh, which for me destroys the over all tone and takes away from the horror elements. MOST of the humor in the howling is more like inside jokes FOR HORROR FANS. most of the humor in the howling goes for a chuckle. the howling's finale with the newslady turning into a ww, yes, of course that is an example of when the howling's humor does not go for the chuckle. robert picardo, who many will know as coach cutlip on the wonder years tv series, gives an outstanding performance as eddie. today when i watch the movie during the let me give you a piece of my mind scene i always am reminded of slash from guns 'n' roses. dee wallace gives a tremendous performance. after the hills have eyes, the howling and cujo i say the actress is the meryl streep of the horror genre. she can convey so many different emotions from strength to vulnerability. in the howling for the werewolves to actual speak works like no previous speaking werewolf before ... or since because the werewolves have PERSONALITY! eddie is down right funny, has a LOT of personality and is down right sarcastic. for me, the howling is made for horror fans and is a love letter to the history of ww films; while am. ww was made with non-horror fans in mind. there have been some good ww films post-the howling such as howl (ww's on a train!), the fairy tale world of the company of wolves 1984, wer 2013, the wolf of snow hollow, werewolves within + bad moon and late phases have their moments, but NONE measured up to joe dante's truly fantastic film. i wish none of the sequels even existed since they are lousy and dilute the reputation of the 1981 film. the howling is my number six all time favorite horror film and my all time favorite werewolf film. 1. halloween 1978. 2. texas chainsaw massacre 1974. 3. psycho 1960. 4. night of the living dead 1968. 5. the thing 1982. 6. the howling 1981. you missed the point totally about the music, dude!