http://ambival.net/movies/howling-ii Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:29:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://ambival.net/movies/howling-ii#comment-384 Ambival.net » Movies » Howling IV: The Original Nightmare Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:56:51 +0000 http://ambival.net/?p=629#comment-384 [...] The opening credits to this movie state that it’s based on the books, “Howling I, II and III” ... go figure, this bears no resemblence to any of the preceeding movies, anyway. This is just yet another bad horror movie that winds up being more softcore porn than the gorefest it should be. It isn’t even jawdroppingly bad as Your Sister is a Werewolf or as hilariously bad as The Marcupials. It’s just excruciatingly bad bad. There is gore if you’re patient, but it’s so meaninglessly random (one guy melts, random freaks poke their heads out from behind the trees) it’s pointless. I’ve gotta say, though, I still get a guilty pleasure out of just how random this series is, and I can’t wait to watch the remaining three installments. [...] [...] The opening credits to this movie state that it’s based on the books, “Howling I, II and III” ... go figure, this bears no resemblence to any of the preceeding movies, anyway. This is just yet another bad horror movie that winds up being more softcore porn than the gorefest it should be. It isn’t even jawdroppingly bad as Your Sister is a Werewolf or as hilariously bad as The Marcupials. It’s just excruciatingly bad bad. There is gore if you’re patient, but it’s so meaninglessly random (one guy melts, random freaks poke their heads out from behind the trees) it’s pointless. I’ve gotta say, though, I still get a guilty pleasure out of just how random this series is, and I can’t wait to watch the remaining three installments. [...]

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