The Howling: Reborn (2011)

Sadly Over-hyped

Nice effects though.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Don't Believe the Hype

This is supposed to be part of the "Howling" franchise of films. How did it get to this stage? "The Howling: Reborn" was just grim with dull colours and bleak scripts. A teenage schoolboy who looks like a young man from "Twilight" and probably isn't discovers he's a werewolf. He relies on his nerdy friend to give him info. He lives with his widowed dad because his mother died while she was pregnant. Then we all find out that she's alive and really a werewolf who's been watching him growing up. His crush is a very grown up girl who likes parties but her personality flip flops. Sometimes she's tough and other times she's a damsel in distress. No one ever asked about the dead school bully. Finding all of the people kept in a slimey tunnel was familiar. The werewolves in this film look like big bogeys. I just found it so bland and really struggled to keep watching anymore.

The Howling: Reborn, was not a reborn at all, this movie is trying to make some money out of the of success of Twilight movie series and we have seen this in a lot of direct to DVD movies, even so I like some aspect of the movie. The element of who is the werewolf? Is really good execute in it I also like some part of the dialog and the story is not that bad.The acting was not good at all and the werewolves make – up well more of a Halloween costume really disappoints a lot.The Howling: Reborn, is one of the weakest installments on The Howling series.

Now, there were a lot of sequels to the The Howling after it came out back in the 1980's, most of which were forgettable.This one is actually made with a lot of solid special effects, and some okay writing. It's really kind of slow in the first half hour with some tiresome teenage angst. the movie kind of gets going later, but not really that much.They use the same kinds of special effects they used in the 1981 film, but they look tired and dated here. There are a few clever lines such as "The Evolution will not be Televised", and when a silver trophy is used to kill a werewolf "Aren't you glad you didn't win the gold.Not a bad film, but not great. Worth a Weekend rental.

On the eve of his high school graduation, Will Kidman finally looks up to catch the eye of the girl he's lusted over for the last four years, mysterious Eliana.He's always been shy, but when he discovers a dark secret from his past - that he is heir to a powerful line of werewolves - he finds he has a choice to make between succumbing to his primal nature, or turning against his own, and maintaining his humanity.In order to fight the destiny of his legacy, and save Eliana - as well as himself - he must battle not only his growing blood lust but an army of fearsome beasts bent on killing him....An awful attempt to cash in on the name of a horror movie that was tarnished by some of the worse sequels ever made and obviously the Twilight saga.The main guy looks like Harry Potter without the personality, and he spends the movie being stared at by some angry Backstreet Boys wannabes and some woman who looks like his dead mother, just without glasses.The story makes no sense, he falls in love with some girl who sleepwalks through the film, and Werewolves, they should be called Where? wolves, because you never really see the things in full.Please, if you want to see a blatant rip off of the Twilight saga, watch Vampires Suck, it's just as bad, but at least you will get references.Or watch the Howling instead, and refuse to believe that this exists.Boring and dreadful.