The Howling: Reborn (Video 2011)

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Sarah Tyler returns to her troubled family home in the isolated countryside, for a much put-off visit. As a storm rages outside, Sarah, her family and friends shore up for the night, cut ... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Landon Liboiron	...	Will Kidman
	Lindsey Shaw	...	Eliana Wynter (as Lindsey Marie Shaw)
	Ivana Milicevic	...	Kathryn / Kay
	Jesse Rath	...	Sachin
	Niels Schneider	...	Roland
	Frank Schorpion	...	Jack Kidman
	Kristian Hodko	...	Tribe
	Sean Mercado	...	Pierce (as Sean David Mercado)
	Sacha Charles	...	Roddick
	Erin Agostino	...	Regina
	Mark Camacho	...	Principal Larouche
	Cecile Cristobal	...	Nurse
	Adrian Burhop	...	Picardo
	Erica Deutschman	...	Pill Popping Party Girl
	Danny Blanco Hall	...	History Teacher

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On the eve of his high school graduation, unremarkable Will Kidman finally bonds with the girl he has long yearned for, reclusive Eliana Wynter. But he also discovers a dark secret from his past... that he is about to become a werewolf. Now, in an effort to fight destiny and save their love as well as their lives, they must battle not only Will's growing blood lust but an army of fearsome beasts bent on killing them... and then, us all. Written by Deeww

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Full Moon. New Blood.

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Rated R for horror violence, some sexuality and drug use | See all certifications »

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Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 October 2011 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Howling VIII See more »

Filming Locations:

Canada See more »

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Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$180,871

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Production Co:

Anchor Bay Films, Moonstone Entertainment, Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit See more »

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Runtime:

88 min | 93 min (Showtime)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

Landon also plays a werewolf on the Netflix original series hemlock grove See more »

Goofs

(At around 1 hr 24 mins) A computer displays "TRANSMITION COMPLETE" with an obvious spelling error. See more »

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No actual werewolves were harmed in the making of this motion picture. See more »

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Follows The Howling (1981) See more »

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After All
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Not For Fans of the Original - More like Teen Wolf Reborn

22 August 2012 | by czarnobog – See all my reviews

There is a theory of film study which asserts that an important factor in how a film is experienced is the time and setting in which one sees it. It's especially true for horror films. Teens who see films like the original Texas Chainsaw and The Howling for the first time decades after they were made will compare them to films like Saw and other films they've seen earlier. People who saw them when they first came out got the full impact of the new ground they were breaking at the time.

The Howling: Reborn breaks no new ground. It does however break one of the cardinal rules of screen writing: avoid voice-over as much as possible. This film is plastered wall-to-wall with the pretentious observations of a "teenaged mind." The main characters are like rejects from an MTV dramedy, slinging pseudo-pithy ruminations of teen angst that only a pre-adolescent could find intriguing.

It's not all bad though. There is Lindsey Shaw to look at. And the lighting is top notch. Unfortunately the cinematography is lost in a flashy mess of music video after effects and choppy editing, apparently used to cover up the less-than-state-of-the-art CG work.

The original Howling was a notable entry in the horror genre. Aside from the fact that it was genuinely scary and atmospheric, it featured the first truly impressive "real time" full body on screen transformation of a man into a werewolf. (Yes American Werewolf had good efx too, if you found it impressive to see one hand transform at a time.) And this was before CG, when make-up artists had to figure out complex robotics combined with masterful sculpted skins.

And while the original Howling drew you in with realistic situations and characters, Reborn starts off with a few unreal clunkers. One is a security guard in charge of a school lockdown system that would be the envy of any maximum security prison. The second is when a high school student is pushed against a locker and has a three inch blood-gushing gash sliced across his jugular, and shrugs it off as if the school bully just rubbed a booger in his hair.

Not long after that we find ourselves immersed in a wannabe feature length MTV video with standard rock video efx like color desaturation, flash cuts, and worst of all, a string of songs with sappy vocals that make the mickey mouse orchestral score even more mickey mouse.

In the end, the bombastic direction and flashy editing fail to make up for what this film lacks: substance.

Kids will probably like it though. Fans of the original hoping for a state-of-the-art update will be sorely disappointed.