The trailer and adds in 1981 hid that this was a Werewolf movie when this was first in theaters. It was sold as a slasher film, partly because that they were popular and also to keep the mystery a secret.

That werewolf transformation is probably my favourite horror movie moment of all time

Great reaction Skele. This is such a classic. I was lucky enough to meet Dee Wallace at a local con a couple years ago. She was so down to earth. I loved hearing her speak about her experiences with this movie as well as many of her other films.

Rick Baker had a student and friend working with him under his apprentice named Rob Bottin. Rick told Rob that he had to work on two movies they both came with new ideas for the transformation effects. Rick was called off to AAWIL and said to Rob that he could do everything on The Howling and said this is your shot kid good luck. As you can see Rob was more than capable of even matching his mentors skills.

The transformations scene, so great even after all these years. They also said the actress had to sit and watch the practical effects and it scared the crap out of her.

I think hydraulics or pneumatics were used for the pulsating flesh during the scenes where they metamorphosize. One thing that I particularly like about THIS flick is how that one werewolf was a sadistic serial killer. THAT's something original that hadn't been done before. In all other werewolf movies, including American Werewolf in London, the guy who changed into the monster was always reluctant and guilt-stricken, and HERE we had one that was an evil person who actually enjoyed it. Instead of being a SPLIT-personality kind of thing it was an EXTENSION of his true personality.

I saw this movie when I was 9 years old and it caused a HUGE argument between my parents and my big sister! My sister was 17 and when her boyfriend was going to take her to the drive-in, I was sent along to cockblock. I came home and had loved the movie and started describing the werewolf sex scenes and my parents lost it... They're yelling at my sister... my sister points out that THEY were the ones who sent me to see the movie!!! She didn't want to bring me but my parents had insisted on it... which just escalated things. Nothing worse than a bunch of yelling and my parents saying "DON'T TALK BACK TO ME!".. but it got pretty heated! I don't know which show I enjoyed better that night! 🤣🤣🤣

Dog Soldiers is also a very watchable werewolf movie if you want to see more.

These pulsation effects were accomplished using air bladders. And they actually weren't first invented in the 80's (though that's when they really became "the rage"). They were invented at Universal studios during the 1950's. Films of THAT decade and studio like notably Creature from the Black Lagoon and This Island Earth had featured them (though not quite to the same extreme).

Such an under appreciated and unrecognized classic, the perfect blend of horror/creature blending of a movie. For it's time there was nothing like it, not even close. Thank you for picking this one, it bought back such great memories. I am a huge horror fan and I love watching your reactions, regardless of the movie.

This came out when I was about 10. I went to a birthday party where we went to the theater to see some childrens' movie and we all ended up sneaking into a showing of this. It totally burned itself into my 10 year old brain

Altered States (1980) featured similar kind effects. There's also a flick from around the same time called The Beast Within (1982) that's got a pretty wild and graphic metamorphosis.

This is a horror cult classic. Well done for it's time. There' something primally terrifying about being stuck in a forest community full of werewolves.

Wow, your book prop is so cool. Dead on perfect! You did amazing.

My favorite of the werewolf craze of the 80's. I'm not sure you recognized him after., but the werewolf that pulled the bullet out of his head was Robert Picardo. Like Dick Miller he was also in Gremlins 2. He was Clamp's eight hand man that was seduced by the female gremlin. The third werewolf film around that time was Wolfen. Another fun Joe Dante film from the 80's is Innerspace.

Hello Katie, I'm glad you enjoyed this movie. I had the privilege of meeting Robert Picardo (Eddie Quist in the film) at a Star Trek convention many years ago. He was a nice man and signed a couple of photos for me.

*Puppetry* . It’s a beautiful word.

The black and white film is The Wolf Man.

I met and got the autograph of the late,great Patrick MacNee-the Professor Character-a lovely man and true Gentleman 🎩

Dog soldiers ( a film about British soldiers with werewolves in Scotland), Wolves ( Jason Mamoa), American Werewolf in Paris and the Teen Wolf TV series are brilliant to watch. The effects in each title are amazing to see

Love the transformations in this, some of the best ever put on screen! If you want more werewolve goodness you should check out the films Dog Soldiers and The Brotherhood of the Wolf. Re-Animator is such a great movie! Love anything Lovecraftian! Cant wait for the next one!

The heart rate monitor on screen is such a great idea when watching a scary movie 😊

Gotta love the 80s horror movies with the creepy music and excellent practical effects. The husband and wife in the movie, Dee Wallace Stone and Christopher Stone were actually married when this was released. I went to see this movie when it came out in theaters and went to see An American Werewolf in London when it was released a few months later. Loved both movies.

The best werewolf movie EVER

The best werewolves ever. And if people were complaining and telling you that _Night of the Living Dead_ and _Dawn of the Dead_ had different directors they are full of crap.

PIRANHA (1978), Joe Dante directed!

Another movie that has a pack of werewolves in the movie is: The Company Of Wolves (1984)

This is the very first movie to give me nightmares.

Just to keep the request fresh: Pumpkinhead! Keep it up!

Stephen Kings "Silver Bullet" is another great werewolf movie you should watch. Also "Bad Moon" and ""Wolfen" are pretty good too.

Since everyone here has already mentioned all the great werewolf movies, I will instead recommend... *Cat People!* Both the original (1942) and remake (1982) are incredibly weird and awesome movies.

The old guy in the village us the late,great John Carredine🎩

The transformation scenes in both this and American Werewolf in London are linked... both films came out in 81, both used tech invented by Rick Baker... John Landis had been trying to make American Werewolf for a decade and got his friend Baker to invent this way of showing an in camera transformation... over a few years.. but by the time Landis got to make A.W.I.L., Baker got hired by Joe Dante to do... another werewolf movie.. stealing his makeup guy who'd promised him he'd get to debut that makeup for A.W.I.L. Landis chewed out Baker over the phone, called him a "motherfucker"... and Baker decided hed go do American Werewolf and leave the makeup in The Howling to Rob Bottin... who went on to be the makeup FX genius on movies like The Thing and Robocop. Dante did Gremlins after this... and you can see the same Smiley Face stickers used in this movie on Billy's fridge in Gremlins. Also, Dick Miller (Mr. Futterman in Gremlins) is in all of Dantes movies...here hes the occult book store guy. Miller and Dante go back to their days working for Roger Corman, king of the B movies. Therrs a great documentary about Dick Miller.. called "That Guy... Dick Miller"... cause hes one of those "hey, it's that guy"s in movies. The chief difference between Howling and American Werewolfs transformation is the lighting. Dante's is in shadow, while Landis' is in a fully lit room... which was kind of an intentional flex. No way to hide anything.

The remake of The Wolfman also has Rick Baker doing the effects. So there's a lot of gnarly transformations like An American Werewolf In London, but AAWIL focuses much more on the supernatural. The Wolfman remake focuses much more on the animal savagery (the werewolf in this one is definitely not misunderstood, it's very much a force of nature to be reckoned with). The remake also focuses on how man treats other man in an almost beastly way. The remake piqued my interest since it also stars Anthony Hopkins, who is one of my all time favorite actors. I personally was disappointed how it had a few too many unnecessary cheap jump scares, but it's not bad as a remake goes. Del Toro was a fan of the original source material, as well.

You gotta check out Silver Bullet next. Underrated and unintentionally hilarious.

The company of wolves is another interesting and surreal werewolf movie, directed by Neil Jordan.

This is a great one. A decent werewolf movie with a bit of mystery to it and great 80's effects. Which also makes it a bit hard to talk about since the werewolves are supposed to be a twist. Kinda like Stephen King's Salem's Lot. Also fun fact: Karen's coworker and fellow reporter, Lew Landers, makes a cameo on the TV at the very end of Gremlins reporting on the movie's events. His appearance means both Gremlins movies take place in the same universe as The Howling. Apparently, gremlins and werewolves exist together.

Werewolves being nocturnal creatures primarily have heightened night vision and bright lights overload their receptors so it hurts them I guess, like humans squinting in the dark and getting a torch shone in their eyes. I believe the older and more powerful a werewolf is the more able they are to transform at will instead of being purely governed by the lunar cycles, even able to transform during the day.

Skeletalk, there's a Robocop Documentary called Robodoc that you just GOTTA see. It's in 4 parts and goes in VERY deep in how everything was done. It's effing amazing. The talent they had to make that film is incredible. I highly recommend. Well I mean once you've seen Robocop...

24:09 "I don't think I've ever seen that" I should fucking hope not lol.

Firstly: intro music is fantastic choice! (still clocking new hours in Morrowind, despite I have been playing it since day it was released). Secondly: Since you are interested Makeup among other things, there's highly underrated Sam Raimi's film: Darkman (its actually Trilogy) but horror-esque Vigilant film might be worth of reacting just for the sake of make up.

Of course the transformations and practical effects are great, hehe-- They were done by Rob Bottin, who would absolutely outdo himself in '82 with... **drumroll**... "The Thing!" Dee Wallace is great as Karen. She is also in "Critters", which I believe you mentioned you were interested in watching at some point. Also, what is it with werewolf movies from the early 80s and adult movie theaters?!

Werewolves are hands down my favorite horror movie creatures. Another great werewolf movie you should check out Skele is a French movie called Brotherhood Of The Wolf. It's amazing and based off an actual series of deaths that took place in France from 1764 to 1767 and the creature was known as The Beast of Gevaudan. As always it's a pleasure watching your reactions Katie 🐺

Thanks!

Please put Silver Bullet on your list!

Awesome reaction Katie! Fun Fact: the effects for this movie is what happens when you get Rick Baker(did the special effects for American werewolf in london) and Rob Bottin (did the special effects for the Thing) together. If you are interested in more werewolf movies -The Wolfman (original and remake) -Teen wolf (Not the show) -Silver bullet (Stephen King movie) -Underworld (all movies) -Bad moon -Cursed (by Wes Craven) -Werewolf of London (the original) -Ginger snaps -Company of wolves(fantasy horror) -dog soldiers -wolf And bonus movie "Monster Squad" because it's not just a werewolf movie

Dee Wallace Stone plays the mum in ET

It was filmed at the California Coast.

There is actually quite a bit of history of lycanthropy in history. The term lycanthrope is Greek for "man wolf" and while not directly, has been linked as far back as the time of Herodotus. That wasn't official term for it and it was viewed as a curse from the gods (King Lycaon, Damarchus), but there were man-animal hybrids, the most obvious being the Minotaur. The French have a WEALTH of werewolf lore, as well as the Asian Hengeyokai. Yes, there are different forms of lycanthropy from the more common infection, to curses (either from a witch/shaman, or the gods/spirits), to witchcraft (the French loup-garou was imagined to have to meld with the skins of wolves to transform). Most of the exterior scenes are in Mendocino, California. The ocean scenes are the Russian Gulch State Park in Mendocino. The forest scenes had many locations around Mendocino, largely.

Great practical effects in a great werewolf movie. I take some issue with the lead actress becoming a "cute" werewolf for whatever reason, but that aside it's a great watch.

If you want to watch some non horror stuff with puppets and practical effects. You might want to check out the tv series Farscape, it is a scifi series. Jim Henson did the puppets, which is has a few and a lot of practical effects that people wear to be aliens.

Man I forgot how amazing the transformations are in this movie! =D =) Yay, Re-Animator, I can't wait! =D =) Like I wrote earlier ;) There are 4-5 more sequels. The 2nd movie is called The Howling 2: Your Sister Is A Werewolf, but I prefer the alternative title, which I believe it was England that came up with that one: The Howling 2: Stirba - Werewolf B*tch 🤣 (I'm not kidding! 😂😜) I recently found out that The Howling is based on a book with the same name and that the author wrote two more books, but none of the sequels has actually made an adaptation on any of the sequel books (but they have however borrowed some elements from those books in the movies).

So glad you saw this one! It doesn't get as much attention as "An American Werewolf in London" but is an absolute gem. The makeup FX were done by the great Rob Bottin, who did all the brilliant makeup work in "The Thing" as well. You had wondered about how the "skin" was moved. They used air bladders under the appliances that they would inflate and deflate to get the movement, a technique pioneered by the brilliant Dick Smith, in "Altered States." The lead, Dee Wallace, also played Elliot's mom in "E.T." and was in the movie "Cujo." Another great werewolf film that you should see is "Ginger Snaps." I think you would really enjoy it.

If you want to see a good science fiction movie, I would recommend reacting to the 1984 science fiction adventure classic The Last Starfighter, starring Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Dan O'Herlihy, and Catherine Mary Stewart, if that's OKay? It's a space opera movie about a teenager who gets a really high score in an arcade video game, gets recruited by an alien defense force to fight in an interstellar war, and has to play the game for real. I think it's an underrated gem of the 80s, although I think more people appreciate it for what it is now. It's also really cool because it's one of the first movies to use computer generated imagery in it. It uses CGI for some pretty great space flight and space combat scenes. It's a fun watch, and it'd make for a great reaction.

Hi Katie enjoyed your reaction to this enjoyable werewolf film but for me I prefer American Werewolf in London, anyway Rick Baker who did the effects on American Werewolf was the original guy on this film but left to come to England to work on the aforementioned film, but the guy that took over was Rob Bottin and he had worked for Rick Baker for many years by this point, so everything he knew about practical effects he learned from Rick, but he didn't copy him he put hes own spin on the effects and created his own style, anyway this film is based on a book if you ever feel like reading it. Rob Bottin has worked on a lot of amazing films over the years, but the ones which you might enjoy the most are Piranha 1978 directed by Joe Dante, The Fog 1980 directed by John Carpenter, Legend 1985 is a dark fantasy staring Tim Curry and a young Tom Cruise directed by Ridley Scott, RoboCop 1987 directed by Paul Verhoeven, and Total Recall 1990 directed by Paul Verhoeven.

Event Horizon is a decent scifi horror.

I remember watching it the first time and thinking "hmmm werewolf sex scene didn't need that in my life" 😂😂

a dark magic cult type of shop is a curio shop, prefer your description though.

Karens boyfriend in the film was her real life husband Christopher Stone they were in Stephen Kings Cujo together Also Dee Wallace was in Wes Craven the Hills Have Eyes and Peter Jacksons of Lord of the Rings fame The Frightners with Michael J Fox think you would like that one Katie but she is most famous as being Elliotts mum in ET

Good reaction, i thought you might enjoy this one. Pandorum is a good choice, others had mentioned Dog Soldiers if you wanted more werewolves, its a cool little film you'd like. How about the Westworld movie? A scifi classic from the early seventies, with Yul Brunner as the most terrifying cowboy you'll vver meet. Has a great 70's style vision of the future, cool sets and design too.

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Hi Katie hope your Always a joy watching your review Rick Baker was originally up for the werewolf special effects He had promised to the effects for John Landis American Werewolf in London who was starting at the same time as a compromise his assistant Rob Bottin did the effects for the Howling went on to do The Thing all time favourite Robocop Total Recall Robert Picardo Quist married the Gremlin in Gremlins 2 Dick Miller you will recognise as the book shop owner Gremlins 1 and 2 Joe Dante always liked same actors for his films If you want to carry on werewolf theme there is Stephen Kings Silver Bullet and my favourite Dog Soldiers all pratical effects and really good comedy Very Best Wishes Steve

If you want to see a really good werewolf movie, I would recommend reacting to the 1985 horror classic Silver Bullet, starring Corey Haim, Gary Busey, Everett McGill, and Terry O'Quinn, if that's OKay? It's a Stephen King movie about a series of mysterious, unexplained murders that occur in a quiet town and how a boy in a wheelchair named Marty starts figuring out what is killing people. I think it's an underrated gem of the 80's that not enough people talk about. It's actually one of the few times where I think the adaptation is better than the original book it's based on. It's a great watch, and it'd make for a great reaction.

I eat a hamburger every time I watch this movie. :)

I would like to recommend silver bullet by Stephen King.❤

I think I prefer the comedy in American Werewolf, but The Howling has better practical effects. For other werewolf films; the only one I'm going to recommend is The Company of Wolves (1984) by Neil Jordan because it's weird and I've not seen that many films like it. Also, I definitely recommend The StoryTeller. It's an anthology series retelling classic European folk tales and Brian Henson voices a talking dog. It's great.

you should follow tom savini as well. great practical effects albert needed a faux fur stole love your book so far just looked up to be sure but it was rated R and was filmed in various locations in california dee wallace was the star and the ending was great i have to say that of the franchise this and the howling: reborn [a guilty pleasure i admit] i enjoy oh have you watched 'the sixth sense?'

I’ve always been into lycanthropy after i saw this, American Werewolf and another one for you to react to Curse Of The Werewolf with Oliver Reed. And The Beast Must Die with Peter Cushing where you have to guess who the werewolf is. Blood And Chocolate is a different werewolf movie to the others.

Another great science fiction movie I'd recommend is the 1985 science fiction drama movie Enemy Mine, starring Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr., if that's OKay? It's about a human and an alien who crash land on a hostile planet and have to put aside their hatred for each other in order to survive. It's a really touching story and a great anti-war anti-hatred movie 🙂

Be sure to stick around for Howling 3 Marsupials. Not just bad, but really really stupid.

I've realized I've never seen this somehow....be back later.

Have you seen American Werewolf in Paris? I would like to see you react to this one.

'Werewolves, not swear-wolves'

The effects were not actually effects, as back in the eighties werewolves actually existed and used in the movie.

Hi darling lady !

Ive never seen this movie i might give it a watch now but i did see Howling 2 and it wasn't great from what i remember. The only other Joe Dante movie ive seen was The Explorers 1985 its not horror just a fun Sci Fi movie, its great.

Dolls 1987.

You need tomfinish off the year of the wolf ie 1981 and do Wolfen which came out in no of 1981 which in many ways is my favorite. also wach howing II your sister is a werewolf. you'll piss yourslef laughing.

A cheap budget film more artsy than artistic but one that can still get you in the feels if you can handle its quarkiness is the 2009 movie, Lo, by Travis Betz. Very niche but I would be curious on your thoughts. Lots of practical effects, some cheesy, because that is all they had to work with.

The Howling 2 is a low point in Christopher Lee's career