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Monday
23Nov2009

A 'Howling' Remake Hurried Into Theaters in 2010

DateMonday, November 23, 2009 at 2:02AM
I have seen bad werewolf effects in New Moon and I have seen bad werewolf effects in the trailers for The Wolfman, and I have wondered why (or how) this particular school of wizardy has gone backward in the past 30 years. Yep, the standard is still Rick Baker's work in An American Werewolf in London. But that doesn't mean Hollywood won't keep trying, no matter how often or badly it fails.

And that's where The Howling comes into the picture. See, if there had been real progress in our werewolf technology, I'd be saying "Why not?" But we clearly haven't figured out a better way to bring The Howling back.

Incidentally, the original had plenty of good things going for it, not the least of which was a script by John Sayles (I know, right?) and it was directed by Joe Dante. Where the brand name got really off-track was with its - get this - six sequels. Uh-huh. Did you even know there were more than three Howling movies?

For the remake, Variety says we're in excellent hands: Former studio marketing guy Joe Nimziki will direct, and The Howling goes into production in February for a Halloween release. OK...so rookie director (who also wrote the new script) pushing a tested-and-failed visual effect concept with an eight-month window between production and release date.

Bad idea jeans.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment1 Comment |

Reader Comments (1)

The only way to do a decent monster movie is to show the monster less. So that's probably how this one's gonna be made.

Monday, November 23, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterTjei

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