Howling III
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| the Howling III | |
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 Promotional Poster from the Howling III |
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| Directed by | Philippe Mora |
| Produced by | Steven A. Lane, Robert Pringle, Edward Simons, Edward Simons, Philippe Mora, Charles Waterstreet |
| Written by | Gary Brandner, Philippe Mora |
| Starring | Barry Otto, Imogen Annesley, Leigh Biolos, Ralph Cotterill |
| Music by | Allan Zavod |
| Cinematography | Louis Irving |
| Editing by | Lee Smith |
| Distributed by | Bacannia Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 1987 |
| Running time | 94 min |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch |
| Followed by | Howling IV: The Original Nightmare |
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Howling III (also known as Howling III: The Marsupials and Marsupials: The Howling III) is a 1987 Australian horror film directed by Philippe Mora and filmed on location in Sydney, Australia. Its the second sequel to the 1981 film The Howling. Although he was involved in writing the screenplay, the film is completely unrelated to Gary Brandner's "Howling III" novel, published in 1985. This film is also the only PG-13 rated entry in the series.
[edit] Plot summary
Howling III: The Marsupials is about a scientist involved with a cult of Australian werewolves via his love interest. The plot line is based on the premise of Australian werewolves descended from the now extinct Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial carnivore which was hunted to extinction by Australian farmers to protect their sheep. In the film the remaining Tasmanian Wolves were merged with humans by a mystical shaman to allow them to survive, with hopes of propagating a line of Were-Tasmanian wolves.
Most interesting to the story is the end: The scientist removes the antagonists and obstacles to his union with his werewolf girlfriend, eventually revealing himself as a European werewolf (standard werewolf). One day on live TV, the scientist turns into his wolf form to show the world werewolves do exist. The story then jumps twenty years into the future, to Sydney where a minor character gives a college lecture about the history of werewolf-human relations. It is one of the few werewolf movies where people become aware that they exist, though this story point is forgotten for nearly all the rest of the Howling movies.
[edit] Trivia
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The main characters watch Howling II in the movie, Death In Brunswick.
The film is spoofed in a 1991 episode of the Simpsons where Space Mutants V has the Space Mutants having marsupial variants with pouches. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_Charming
[edit] External links
- Howling III at the Internet Movie Database
- Howling III at Allmovie
- Howling III at Rotten Tomatoes
- Howling III: The Marsupials at the National Film and Sound Archive
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