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The Howling Movie Review

Starring: Dee Wallace Stone, Patrick MacNee, Slim Pickens, John Carradine, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone
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Review Summaries
"Karen White (Dee Wallace Stone) plays a TV anchorwoman who helps the police catch serial killer Eddie "The Mangler" Quist (Robert Picardo) who gets shot dead by the police. The stress causes Karen to seek the help of psychologist Dr. George wagner (Patrick Macnee). On his advice she goes to a therapeutic rest camp known as "The Colony" which turns out to be a group of werewolves who are not so happy with Karen."
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - fantasy story on present day Earth
Horror film? Yes
Kind of Horror Story - werewolf teething

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - journalist
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (woman) long, wavy
Body type - average (woman)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - criminal
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - super strength
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 40%
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (man) long, like a girl
Body type - average (man)
Intelligence - Average Intelligence

Setting
Forests? Yes
Big cities? Yes
Kind of city - Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Tone of movie - fearful
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - touching of personal anatomy - licking - seeing breasts - seeing nude female butt - seeing nude male butt - seeing full frontal--women
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X - nasty human transformations
Is this movie based on a - book
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