Anchor Bay has announced that Moonstone Entertainment has plans to bring back The Howling series. What would have been the best werewolf movie of all time (if only those Americans had stayed off the moors…) continued with six sequels of dubious quality, with the seventh installment hitting in 1995. So why shouldn’t it be time for an eighth?
The Howling: Reborn will be a completely new Howling story, written and directed by one Joe Nimzinki, who according to imdb has only a single episode of The Outer Limits under his belt.
“It is Joe Nimziki’s drive, creative vision and execution that has taken this franchise to the next level,” commented Etchie Stroh, CEO of Moonstone Entertainment, in a press release. “Joe [has] worked very hard to make sure the film reaches an even wider demographic while preserving the original storyline.”
Anchor Bay has rights to all English speaking territories for the film. Could it finally be the werewolf’s time to shine? Every time it looks like they’re going to have a big resurgence that rivals the popularity of vampires and werewolves we get a Cursed or Skinwalkers and the whole thing (rightfully) collapses.
If you haven’t seen the original, Joe Dante directed it and it’s absolutely fantastic. Get on that.
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Give it to Dante and then you'd have something.
The Moors? You seem a lil' confused.
Methinks you have to rewatch it. It's a pretty famous line.
Erm……….there have been 7 Howling films so far so it's had 6 sequels not 3.
Arg, you are correct, sir. Must have tried to erase my memory of them.
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The Moors reference is to An American Werewolf in London in that had those Americans not gone onto the Moors in that then AWIL would not have been made allowing the Howling to be the best werewolf movie of all time……..instead of 2nd best.
American Werewolf in London gets far too much credit for it's own good in an effort it seems to put the Howling down and in the end, The Howling really had more of a grim tone the way a werewolf movie should've been while American Werewolf in London relied on more tongue in cheek and it was good, don't get me wrong, but praised a little too much…
"Stay off the moors….but we haven't seen any since 1614 so it shouldn't be a problem."
I watched "The Howling" recently and it hasn't aged too well. I at one time did consider it to be "second best" to AWIL, but now its dropped further down the list. I consider "Silver Bullet" to be the second best werewolf movie at this point. A new addition to the Howling series is welcome though. Aside from the original, the only one worth watching was Howling VI: The Freaks. That seventh film….. even Joe Bob Briggs was helpless before the might of its sucktitude!
I agree w/ #10, Silver Bullett is strong stait up ww film
Anyone know where Rob Bottin is today? What's the chances of him coming back for this?
It's awesome for the lovely, fluffy and groomed werewolf ending alone.
I agree with Vault Master – Howling VI The Freaks is a pretty good film that possibly suffered by being called a Howling film – especially after 2,3,4 and 5 being so dismal.
the orignal was the best the rest sucked ass sorry but when they gave the rights over to idiots to do 2, 3,4,and so on with lack of dignity and class they blew it. its almost as bad as the chinese i can fly thru the air for 5 miles and then kick films aka B.S.
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