Howl (2015)

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Howl is a good horror flick at least until the end where it got predictable and weak yet it engages you nevertheless. Any effects or makeup used are also done quite realistically. Probably the best performance among the characters would be Elliot Cowan as the cocky, selfish Adrian and even Ania Marson as the frail Jenny. The thick forest, a full moon, a train stuck at the tracks, the howls..all are captured so well to add to the spook factor. Few scenes lack conviction, for example initially the werewolves are unable to open the train doors but they do it easily later in the movie. And as told earlier, the climax could have been as tense as the rest of the movie. Yet, this movie is very watchable, grab your popcorn :)

I wanted to really love this movie, from other reviews I'd read, it seemed like I would. But alas, I didn't. However, nor did I hate it. The setting was creepy - you can't get better than an English forest for a werewolf setting, but the filmmakers didn't utilize it as much as they could have, probably due to budgetary and scheduling constraints - it's tough and time consuming to do too many setups in a forest (I've been there and done that, so I can talk from experience). I also think they spent too much time on the bickering passengers. I understand that they were trying to develop characters and create tension, but in the end, the tension should have been derived more from the attacking creatures. The in-fighting of the passengers just got annoying in the end. After all, we know most of these people were just meat for the beast so who cares that much about them? And really, if this happened in reality, I think folks would very quickly realize that something supernatural was happening and get serious. The last thing that bothered me was, although the creatures were cool and horrifying, they did not look so much like werewolves except for their feet. They resembled a cross between Nosferatu and a Chupacabra. And I think that if you're making a werewolf picture, your monsters should be traditional. All in all though, I'm glad I've got this in my collection.

It was quite good until we could perfectly see the "werewolf". I'm sorry, but it was one of the worst werewolves I've ever seen. The acting was really poor sometimes, although the story was pretty original. One positive thing also was the constant suspense and it was bloody but not too much, so that's really good. Special effects are nice, excepting to the werewolves. Something that I don't understand is the final scene, when the sun has raised but the werewolves are still transformed...that makes no sense. It is OK to watch at home when you are bored, but I wouldn't pay for watching it. Also I have to say that I've seen worse films of this type, but it could have been better.

I read reviews about Howl that gave 2 out of 10, how is that possible?Were you watching the same film as I did?I found it genuinely scary, it kept me on the edge of my seat, and bearing in mind, I have stayed away from this genre since Dog Soldiers, It was a howling surprise to watch this Bloody Brilliant Brit-flick, after some - very - negative reactions. It had everything, night, rain, suspense, and death.It is a true British horror film in every sense. I recommend this film as a 'must watch', and as a future 'cult' favourite. A howling success! Ash