#the howling 1981

[braindamage]

THE HOWLING (1981) dir. Joe Dante

[ninjadeathmedia]

The Howling (1981) Directed by Joe Dante

[fanofspooky]

Scream Queen - Dee Wallace

[texaschainsawmascara]

The Howling (1981)

[dobescrusher2]

Well! I've been chipping away on this for a while, but I think I'm ready to share it. My little tribute to The Howling and its impeccable werewolves.

[luxi-lilith]

Werewolf movie marathons always lifts my spirit

[planetofsnarfs]

[schlock-luster-video]

On April 20, 1981, The Howling debuted in Denmark.

[theydrewfirst]

TC Quist is so stinky, I love him fr fr

[pumpkizz]

When many people go for Eddie or Marsha, I’m on their gremlin brother, TC.

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[weirdlookindog]

The Howling (1981)

[fanofspooky]

Horror sub genres #18

Werewolves:

Ginger Snaps - The Howling

The Wolf Man - Bad Moon

Dog Soldiers - Van Helsing

[monstersonscreen]

One of the most iconic BTS images from The Howling was for a prop never used in the final film! Bottin had a lot of woes when trying to decide how the final film's werewolves would be realized as, deciding to opt out of the 'man in a suit' method.

It was decided werewolves would be realized as a rod puppet, similar to those in Japanese theatre. The eight feet tall puppet was designed and constructed by Jeff Shank (along with Steve Shank), and impressed Dante and Bottin; the puppet had a clearly wolf-like frame, rather than clearly being an actor in a suit.

However, the rod puppet eventually was rejected due to being unable to walk (Dante wanted the werewolves to be seen walking) and also having potential problems they weren't sure they could sort out before finishing, meaning it was never used in the final film. Bottin wished to have another puppet built for close-ups, but this was shot down by Shank and Dante. The final film would have a return to the 'man in suit' method.

[gorgynei]

ive said it before and ill say it again, but enid sinclair in wednesday is soooo fun as a werewolf mostly because she goes against all genre standards for werewolves!!! werewolves are so often relegated to just one of a couple categories:

the genre standard werewolf protagonist. probably broody, fighting with their nature, and dies a tragic death.

the antagonist werewolves. oftentimes comes with a twist reveal. they always die, probably at the hands of the protagonist.

The Beast. hardly even a character, basically just a monster. likely not shown out of wolf form much, if at all.

there are other movies with werewolves that fall outside of these of course, but they're the three most common (arguably). HOWEVER. werewolf fiction as a genre en total has a pretty grim tone with a focus on horror/tension. even the most genre defying characters (ginger fitzgerald, for example) fit within that tone

BUT ENID DOESN'T !!! wednesday is a show with a relatively dark tone, but not at all in the same way as typical werewolf fiction. and especially not when it comes to enid or her being a werewolf!!! plus, enid looks nothing like any other werewolves in any other stories.

shes COLOURFUL!!!! shes bubbly, sweet, and the only thing she laments about being a werewolf is that her parents put pressure on her about it. its great

sorry to werewolf purists but i think that they should get to have fun and be teenage girls and they should get to live. we deserve more werewolves that get to be werewolves in a fun way. even just as a palette cleanser

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The Howling (1981) directed and edited by Joe Dante