The Howling (I) (2017) User Reviews

One of the worse movies I have seen

[clairetlawrence · 1/10 · 21 November 2017]

I have no problems with college looking movies. After all, the Blair Witch Project was a classic. First problem with this movie is the name. The Howling was a classic movie first released in 1981. If a movie can't even think of an original name and uses a classic, you know there are problems. The story line was weak, the filming looked cheap and characters such as Baron Rathbone IV were laughable and demonstrated some of the worse acting I have ever seen. Run, don't walk from your movie. You will be upset that you wasted the time.

Stick with the Dante film!

[Leofwine_draca · 1/10 · 30 December 2017]

No, this isn't the Joe Dante werewolf classic, but rather an uninteresting shot-on-video indie about a mad scientist and the teenagers who go looking for him. It's a British film that's been shot in black and white with virtually no money, and like many modern features it draws in a cyber backdrop and plenty of classic genre tropes. Sadly, the end result is some sub-Frankenstein shenanigans and a whole lot of embarrassingly bad amateur acting.

Sad so sad

[johnandrewssammy · 1/10 · 6 September 2018]

I am a Doctor and the Medics fan, which is why I saw this movie. Oh how the mighty have fallen. It is so sad to see the desperation of washed up 80's stars to try to regain glory. It is even sadder to see Clive Jackson to be proud of this mess. The movie looks like it was shot by high school students. With no budget. Actually, high school students would have done a better job. Poor story line, poor acting, poor character development. It shows anybody can make a movie.

Spoiler: there's no howling in this entire movie

[twood5376 · 1/10 · 29 January 2022]

I get it, Tubi is a free service; and with commercials so far and few between, as well as a great selection of old horror and even some modern films, it's an excellent free service. This was not a hidden gem like so much of the rest of Tubi's catalog. The choice to present the movie in black and white seems motivated by the terribly inconsistent lighting more then anything. The flashes of color to highlight gore and horror only shed light on watered down corn syrup blood and DIY latex creatures. I'm only writing this because I actually sat through this thinking (like the few other reviewers) it's a reproduction of 1981's classic The Howling. It is not making the title the strangest choice of all. Why? None of the creatures even howl. If anything this could be considered loosely inspired by The Island of Dr. Moreau. A mad scientist is creating manimals to find the secret of immortality because... horror? I'm kinda a glutton for garbage films. There's a charm to them. This one, however, has a reeking pretentiousness about it that just leaves a bad taste. It's hard to appreciate even ironically.

This is an innovative UK movie placing emphasis on characters over fx

[missstellaparis · 20 October 2017]

Steven M Smith is a prolific UK producer of Horror and gangster genre movies, predominantly based in or around East London, Kent and Essex. The Howling is an artistic portrayal of a horror movie with shades of Nosferatu and other classic horror influences. Some great character work particularly by JP Gates. Recommended to all lovers of the genre.

The Boweling

[tmccull52 · 1/10 · 25 October 2023]

I have to give credit where credit is due; it really takes some doing to out-Polonia the Polonia Brothers when it comes to cinematic turds. The producers of "The Howling" (2017) have managed the feat. This is one of the absolutely stupidest movies that I've ever seen. The director and producers tried to pay homage to virtually every classic horror movie from the original "Halloween"(1978) to "Frankenstein", "The Bride of Frankenstein, "The Wolfman", and "The Island of Dr. Moreau". Instead, it insults every one of those horror classics".

"The Howling" is a shambling, disjointed mess that goes off in 18 different directions without managing to actually go anywhere. I've seen hundreds of micro and no budget crapfests, and this rancid turd ranks among the very worst of them. This is the type of movie that could inspire. It could inspire violent emesis, for example. It could inspire someone to track down any and everyone who had anything whatsoever to do with making this farce, and then beating the living s**t out of them.

IMdB seriously needs to seriously consider adding a negative star rating system for movies like this one.

Passionate...

[RosanaBotafogo · 7/10 · 24 January 2021]

In the presentation we are already informed that this is a B movie, as a tribute to the 60s, I intend to watch the original version of The Howling, from 1981, the script is reasonable, the production is crude, but if you don't take it seriously , we embarked on Ed Wood's films, blood, guts, high-pitched screams, mean interpretations, passionate...