The Howling Review
Written by: MistressOf Horror
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The Howling opens up with reporter, Karen White (Dee Wallace), on an undercover investigation of the grisly serial killer Eddie Quist (Robert Picardo).. Her investigation into the serial killings leads her down seedy city streets and into the basement of a porno shop. She is about to encounter the beast and guess what… Her eye’s said ‘yes’ before her lips said ‘no’… Unfortunately, the beast was shot (though not killed) before he could fully change. Because of the traumatic experience of witnessing the shooting of Eddie Quist, she and her husband (Christopher Stone) are offered a get-away at a retreat called “The Colony” by Dr. Waggner. ( a psychologist who is treating her )
Now I don’t know about anyone else but ANY place that is referred to as the creepy word “colony” is a huge NO-NO…To me it implies cult like practices, inbreeding and some sense of ‘us versus them’. So why go, that’s what I want to know? Too bad they didn’t have the Internet to go online and read a review for the ‘Colony’, “Beautiful views, loved the cabin…Could have done with less of the werewolves!”
From the time of Karen and her husband’s arrival things were strange. Weird Old men trying to throw themselves into the fire … Overly friendly people… What did these people want anyway? It turns out they were looking for converts, they were no evangelicals, but they were looking for people to be born again. Born again as werewolves that is.
The rest of the story unwinds with the death of a few people. a wereolf plot. a racy sex scene, silver bullets to the heart and the eventual escape of a key character back to civilization - only somewhat scathed and changed.
The Howling is a wonderful movie; A genuine werewolf scare and a treat for werewolf fans. But…Here’s a word to the wise if you find yourself suddenly invited for a free vacation to a remote “colony’ on the bluffs of an ocean; Do not wander off by yourself, do not under any circumstances answer phantom voices calling to you in the night …don't have sex with any potential werewolves.. and take plenty of silver bullets.
e want anyway? It turns out they were looking for converts, they were no evangelicals, but they were looking for people to be born again. Born again as werewolves that is.
The rest of the story unwinds with the death of a few people. a wereolf plot. a racy sex scene, silver bullets to the heart and the eventual escape of a key character back to civilization - only somewhat scathed and changed.
The Howling is a wonderful movie; A genuine werewolf scare and a treat for werewolf fans. But…Here’s a word to the wise if you find yourself suddenly invited for a free vacation to a remote “colony’ on the bluffs of an ocean; Do not wander off by yourself, do not under any circumstances answer phantom voices calling to you in the night …don't have sex with any potential werewolves.. and take plenty of silver bullets.