79/100
Me declaron fan de sus atmósferas decadentes que de pronto se tornan opresivas, de sus detalles escenográficos en rojo y del sentido del humor ácido de Joe Dante. Por un momento deseé ver a Lolita Ayala convertirse en loba frente a las cámaras.

Hard to believe this was only made a year before American Werewolf in London as the effects are like chalk and cheese. Still, the ending always makes me desperate for a hamburger served rare.

Awful awful awful. No redeeming qualities.

Quite entertaining werewolf horror spoof

The Howling's werewolf creature effects, though not as good as those of An American Werewolf in London, are actually pretty decent and scary. The problem for this movie is that there isn't enough of them and the werewolves don't really make an appearance until the final act of the movie. The snoozer of a plot isn't enough to keep your interest until then, which is a shame because those last seqences are pretty harrowing. They should have sprinkled more of those throughout the movie instead of jamming them all in at the end.

A really good werewolf movie that sees Dee Wallace start with a Stalker and ends up finding a secret community. What I did like was the graphic scenes of people transforming into werewolves which was done on screen right in front of you and for effects that are 30 years old they still looked very good and convincing. If you enjoy horror films then you will enjoy this film.

I've seen this one many times before, but I re-watched it on Scream Factory's new Blu-ray and loved it once again.

Es una película mala, pero tiene el mejor diseño de hombres lobo que he visto; y me encantan los efectos "old school".

Cuando hablamos de hombres lobo, prefiero la idea del monstruo antropomórfico sobre la del que, literalmente, se transforma en un lobo (¿me estás oyendo Hemlock Grove?). Dicho esto, para una película del '81, los efectos de las transformaciones están buenísimos. Creo que es la primera peli de hombres lobos a la que oficialmente le doy un sello de aprobación.

for being 1981 when the humans turned into werewolves, that was pretty impressive.

as odd as this sounds, this has a better sex scene than some movies.

im working on watching this whole franchise so we'll see how this goes

Le he dado un 2 por cariño y respeto a la mejor escena de toda la película: la transformación de 7 horas. El resto es un poco infumable. Con una introducción confusa repleta de cabinas de teléfono, smilies y pelis porno y una protagonista muy muy insoportable, te deja muy tocado para apreciar el verdadero film, que comienza en la última media hora.

After an almost 2 month intermission, Dantefest continues.

As far as werewolf movies go, quite good. That said, I have never seen a werewolf movie I like without major reservations. Not that this is bad, just not my thing nor does it transcend its pulpy origins. What can I say? I prefer Dante in cartoon mode.

Awful awful awful. No redeeming qualities.

Just a fantastic Werewolf film. There's a nice little mystery to what is going on, and a very solid cast: especially if you love Dante films! Balaski was a big stand out for me, just sad for her character.

The one woman that has the big campfire nude scene is flat out stunning. In every aspect.

And the effects are actually great. Maybe not as much gore as you'd hope, but the effects on the werewolves are some of the best.

And the ending is poetic in a way. You really won't see many characters in that circumstance go down like that in a werewolf film.

This was increibly scary when it first came out. Now it seems a slow to develop werewolf saga that hasn’t aged well, but is still creepy. The special effects are the most glaring shortcoming but they were top notch when the movie was released.