{"id":846,"date":"2021-10-11T15:51:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T19:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/31horrormovies.wordpress.com\/?p=846"},"modified":"2021-10-11T15:51:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T19:51:35","slug":"oct-11th-the-howling-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/?p=846","title":{"rendered":"Oct. 11th: The Howling (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Howling (1981)
Directed by Joe Dante<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Werewolf movies are a dime a dozen. Seriously! In 1981 there were like 4 released. American Werewolf in London might be my favorite of the genre, but how is the Howling? I\u2019ve seen this once before, but it\u2019s been a while. I fired up the CED player and gave this disc a spin.
The plot for this is, a woman has a near death experience with a serial killer, so her doctor tells her to take a trip with her husband to help recoup. Well of course once they\u2019re there they find out theres fuckin werewolves. It is honestly pretty basic. The movie starts off feeling more like an Italian Giallo film, but once they go on the trip it takes a drastic turn. I\u2019m always confused with the beginning of this movie and it catches me off guard.
The special effects are awesome. The werewolves look incredible and the death scenes are great as well. American Werewolf may have had the greatest transformation scene ever but this isn\u2019t far behind. Joe Dante always does an amazing job directing, see Gremlins. The acting is pretty solid with Dee Wallace as the main woman. She\u2019s always great in everything. I really don\u2019t have much to complain about other than the pacing is a little slow at times. The run time is perfect however. I\u2019ve always said that no horror movie should be over an hour and 45minutes long. This clocks in at 91minutes.
While I still prefer American Werewolf, The Howling is a pretty solid werewolf movie. The effects are great, the acting is solid, and the directing is well done. The story might take a little while to take off, which could scare some people away, but it is worth it. I give the Howling a B. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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