{"id":31019,"date":"2018-09-27T12:42:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T17:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/?p=31019"},"modified":"2018-09-27T12:42:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T17:42:09","slug":"razs-midnight-macabre-horror-review-the-howling-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/razs-midnight-macabre-horror-review-the-howling-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Raz\u2019s Midnight Macabre Horror Review: The Howling Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Well folks, there you have it. The entire \u201cThe Howling\u201d franchise review.<\/h4>\n<h4>I have to say it&#8217;s been interesting looking back over this franchise.<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31021\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/razs-midnight-macabre-horror-review-the-howling-overview\/cover_howling\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cover_howling.jpg?fit=1600%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cover_howling\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cover_howling.jpg?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cover_howling.jpg?fit=660%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31021\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cover_howling.jpg?resize=600%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cover_howling.jpg?resize=660%2C330&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cover_howling.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/cover_howling.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>For those of you who may not know the franchise started out as a book series, there are three books all by\u00a0Gary Brandner so if you are intrigued be sure to seek them out. I&#8217;ve never read the books myself, though I have heard good things, I&#8217;ve also heard that none of the films do them justice.<\/h4>\n<h4>There was a cycle of were wolf movies during the 1980&#8217;s, we saw films like &#8220;Wolfen&#8221;, &#8220;The Howling&#8221;, &#8220;Teen Wolf&#8221;, &#8220;Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf&#8221;, &#8220;Full Moon High&#8221;, &#8220;Teen Wolf Too&#8221;, &#8220;The Company Of Wolves&#8221;, &#8220;The Marsupials: The Howling III&#8221; and &#8220;An American Werewolf In London&#8221;. People must&#8217;ve been sick of Werewolf movies by the end of the 80&#8217;s.<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31024\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/razs-midnight-macabre-horror-review-the-howling-overview\/howling-3-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howling-3-1.jpg?fit=1184%2C917&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1184,917\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"howling-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howling-3-1.jpg?fit=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howling-3-1.jpg?fit=660%2C511&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howling-3-1.jpg?resize=600%2C465\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howling-3-1.jpg?resize=660%2C511&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howling-3-1.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howling-3-1.jpg?w=1184&amp;ssl=1 1184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Though there has been no new entries in the franchise since 2011&#8217;s &#8220;The Howling: Reborn&#8221; though it wouldn&#8217;t surprise me to see more releases in the future as Werewolves are becoming more popular again. There was an eight part comic series titled &#8220;The Howling: Revenge Of The Werewolf Queen&#8221; which got pretty good reviews.<\/h4>\n<h4>I&#8217;ll finish this on a funny story:\u00a0Joe Dante had been very critical of the book that the first movie is based on, he did many interviews talking about how the book wasn&#8217;t much good and how they had improved it in this movie. One day at a lecture, Dante started bad-mouthing the book. A man raised his hand from the audience and said, &#8220;So you don&#8217;t like the book, huh?&#8221; and Dante answered, &#8220;Well no, not really&#8221;, to which the man in the audience replied, &#8220;Because I wrote that book&#8221;, the man in the audience was none other than Gary Brandner, the man who wrote the book. Dante was caught by the author on television.<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31025\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/razs-midnight-macabre-horror-review-the-howling-overview\/howlingeddiesmile-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howlingeddiesmile-1.jpg?fit=600%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,330\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"howlingeddiesmile\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howlingeddiesmile-1.jpg?fit=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howlingeddiesmile-1.jpg?fit=600%2C330&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31025 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howlingeddiesmile-1.jpg?resize=600%2C330\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howlingeddiesmile-1.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/howlingeddiesmile-1.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>If were honest &#8220;The Howling&#8221; as a franchise is well known for being pretty weak though it does have it&#8217;s moments, I&#8217;d pick and choose which films you&#8217;d watch, don&#8217;t worry continuity isn&#8217;t a problem.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more Horror?\u00a0Click on the links below:<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Raz\u2019s Midnight Macabre\u00a0Facebook page (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RazsMidnightMacabre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">HERE<\/span><\/a><\/strong>)<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Raz\u2019s Midnight Macabre\u00a0Blog page (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/razsmidnightmacabre.blogspot.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/span>)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Well folks, there you have it. The entire \u201cThe Howling\u201d franchise review. I have to say it&#8217;s been interesting looking back over this franchise. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":31020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,305,725],"tags":[230,928,1384,2997],"class_list":["post-31019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-movies","category-razs-horror","tag-horror","tag-razs-midnight-macabre","tag-somewhatnerdy","tag-the-howling","latest_post"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/somewhatnerdy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/tumblr_n5xjicmDoo1t7b5qro1_1280.jpg?fit=1253%2C1696&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p35LLI-84j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31026,"href":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31019\/revisions\/31026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}