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props to a filmmaker who doesn't shy away from close-up turning-into-a-monster scenes, no matter how bad the effects are

Kind of feels like there's an opportunity to escape here?

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Slowest werewolf transformation ever. Sailor Moon's whole party is gonna be transformed before he's done. #Monsterdon

Somewhat dismayed reporter girl died as I thought she was cool.

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Kill him, Karen. Kill him. #Monsterdon

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"Wait! Come back! I just wanted to AXE you a question!"

"The werewolves cut the phone lines!"

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Probably the neatest murdershack ever put to film. #Monsterdon

Reporter Girl does some investigating and discovers that the view of the coastline from the Colony is exactly matched by one of the killer's sketches, which she finds suspicious. To underscore her suspicions, the music score changes to Loopy Chaotic Organ music as she wanders off in the woods and listens to frogs.

Then the frogs turn into a rasping voice that says her name (I think) and she spots a secret domicile. This would be a good place to save her game before continuing.

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I have it on good authority that werewolves are supposed to do it doggy style. Movie is completely inaccurate.

The reporter couple investigating werewolves learn about this from a phone call, which they get while they're watching an old werewolf movie, which is a thing people did even before john mastodon invented #monsterdon to appease the spirit of Mothra.

The girl is suspicious that Mr. Mustache might be a werewolf now, so they drive to the country to allay these suspicions, to find Mr. Mustache eating raw meat.

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Ah yes, watchin' TV, a beer in one hand a boobie in the other. That's Reagan's America. #Monsterdon

"What do you do with these things?"

"Cook 'em."

"Oh."

...What did you THINK they did with 'em? #Monsterdon

What's with the video poker soundtrack? #Monsterdon

I'm a white guy and I get nervous when there are a bunch of white guys in the woods with guns....

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I don't recognize Bill without his signature sweater, he should wear a nametag on his mustache

"Well I hope these people aren't too weird"

popular Monsterdon saying

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Cops same as they ever were -_-; #Monsterdon

Yeah yeah, you're a misogynist murderer, it's 1980, you're like a dime a dozen. #Monsterdon

"Trapped in a porn booth with an incel"

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@allanb @moira

"Assault on Precinct Wolfteen"

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I can't tell if this is gonna be high end #Monsterdon or not?

@jonny
Oh, fucking way my bruh. 😆

2 and 3 at least have decent production values, and 3 ends in a future were lycanthropes and humans coexist I think.

The rest are pretty crap.

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@Andres4NY "Tired of waiting for your transformation? Get WereApp Pro for just $9.99 and get instant transformation and no ads!"
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@jonny shhhh! 😉 #Monsterdon

@moira Dog Soldiers is pretty good #Monsterdon

@allanb i've read some decent werewolf _novel_, so you can tell good werewolf _story_, that's all i'm saying

it should be possible dammit

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I feel like they had a good theme but they didn't really pay it off. The struggle between the animal and the human, the idea of a werewolf as something stuck in-between, that's all pretty compelling. But the film didn't really DO anything with the themes, they just kinda... Stated them. :/ #Monsterdon

I award the Howling 4 out of 5 hour-long werewolf transformation scenes. The lesson was not that werewolves are bad, but that serial killers are bad, especially if they are werewolves.

The best character was reporter girl, RIP. The worst character was... um... I dunno... the news boss guy. He was a jerk.

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One of the few times I don't think we rooted for the monster? #Monsterdon #TheHowling1981

oh, I guess they could after all! PLOT TWIST

https://social.ridetrans.it/@Andres4NY/115443756572916093

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hey, I need closure on that burger!

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Waiting for someone to say, "uh, uxcuse me, that burger's not rare..." #Monsterdon

Look, is there some reason the director thought we needed to see this fry cook's ENTIRE burger technique? #Monsterdon

@Taweret Thanks for hosting!

FFN girl looking at the camera with her last line really helped at the end there.

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In accordance with prophecy, Karen starts wolfing out on TV, going through a transitional "wookiee" phase. We see some kids watching the TV, and one of them says "the news lady is transforming into a werewolf!"

Then reporter boy shoots her because... fuck i dunno... maybe humans are the real monsters.

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just use a pistol if you are having trouble ending the scene where you're shooting werewolves with the silver bullets inside your car
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Let's see, she will transform on camera?
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werewolves can't shoot for shit!

They call them silver bullets because getting gutshot by one feels just like drinking a Coors Light

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Every werewolf in the county and they still can't knock down one barn door. Weeeeeak. #Monsterdon

(there was a scene earlier where the werewolf turned on the werewolf audio book aka casette tape)

Anyway, reporter boy is ambushed by the killer, whose face was melted because of the acid. Because the killer's fetish is transforming really slow, he hands reporter boy his gun (unaware of the silver bullets) so he can transform real show. Then reporter boy shoots him and hopefully he dies.

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He ain't falling for that "wait while I transform" schtick...

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Oh, Marsha Marsha Marsha. #Monsterdon

"See, Eddie, the problem is you always think everything's about YOU." #Monsterdon

Seriously though, while he was transforming she could have run or fashioned a crude cannon out of material lying nearby....

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@floatybirb I liked her too

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I was NOT expecting an 8 ft tall werewolf to just be hanging out in the office. 👀

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"Quist" sounds like a ZX Spectrum game

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okay that's a good werewolf

I approve

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I can't tell the Karens apart - are there two of them?

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Oof, domestic abuse time. The 80s, man..

@Louisa At least the jumpscares wake me up occasionally 🥱 #monsterdon

@lytta holy shit are we about to find out she has been the leather wife and been turning everyone to werewolves the whole time #monsterdon

"You're not going to believe this Christopher...but Werewolves are real......no i have not 'been drinking again'"

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*Terry stumbles across an old shack in the woods*

Is this movie about to show us a real estate scam

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When the universe gives you an axe, you take it. #Monsterdon

Reporter girl wanders into the cabin and snoops around, a wolf paw having previously emerged behind her. The cabin is in use and its occupant is really into mason jars. She finds a pencil drawing like the ones in the killer's flat and takes pictures of it. She also finds a smiley face sticker like in the killer's flat and takes a picture of that. Then she finds a secret room full of weird drawings and crap like the killer had and takes pictures of that too.

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hi #monsterdon whats your favorite werewolf music genre in this movie?

I always follow whispers I hear in the woods

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The size of that tape recorder......you could hurt someone with it.

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jeez, so the only time were gonna see werewolves is when they bang?

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@Andres4NY It would be a good bit to make lycanthropy an STD

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I'm unclear what the having-sex-by-the-fire thing has to do with turning into a werewolf?

"Hello good friend"

Hello Good Friend, We Are Both Humans In This Movie! #Monsterdon

Yeah, perusing old used book stores used to be fun back in the day. Now everything is on the internet. Almost can't find an old book store anymore. 🙄

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back in the day where the local occult bookstore could afford an absolutely cavernous amount of real estate #monsterdon

Back in civilization, other reporters are visiting the coroner to look at the killer's body or something, and they don't know how he can eat hamburgers in the room he dissects people. Which is a fair thing to wonder about.

Anyway, they open the morgue drawer for the body but discover that it is missing, despite being there before. Uh oh.

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like cow-tippers, but they put the cows up on jacks so they can't walk.

The colony also has tennis, which helps with amnesia, so Karen and her girl friend are playing it, when an old cop appears to interview them about their coyote problem. He is impressed to see her because she is a newspaper on TV.

other #monsterdon people say this is a Slim Pickens cameo, which may explain why this scene exists.

Mentioned tennis, I'm counting that as a bechdel pass

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The male lead is Christopher Stone. He and Dee Wallace were married and had a daughter. He passed of a heart attack in 1995 when he was 55. #monsterdon

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this hoedown sucks is all I'm saying

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those synthetic pants are pretty flammable tho...

Who'd win in a fight?

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The book is Ayn Rand....

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Just how unsupportive were all the men over her PTSD freeze?

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Just lean out the window at Puppers and say "WOOF! I'M PUPPY AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!"

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Of course, it being 1980, nobody gets any therapy. #Monsterdon

The cops we saw driving around were tailing her into the porn shop and trying to find her. Then they heard her scream, so the cops fired and killed the criminal guy (who I guess was a serial murderer), then escort the reporter girl out. They note that they didn't find a knife or a gun on the killer, probably because he was a werewolf.

The reporter is confused because she doesn't know what happened in there and can't remember and seems disoriented.

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Just can't get over the husband's cardigan and blonde 'tache combo, I feel like I'm being sold nylon knitwear

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Quick Draw McGraw sounds like he belongs in that store

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#Monsterdon i like that the bead curtain has big red blooddrop beads, its very cute, very kitsch

The girl walks into one of the jerking off booths and I guess the criminal person walks in after her, putting his hands on her shoulders. On the screen some BDSM porn is playing. Or maybe its murder porn, because the guy is giving a creepy speech about how good he can make her feel and how "they" didn't feel a thing because they're dead now and he's going to light up her body. And then his voice changes into monster voice and she turns around to look and sees... something?

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I now remember why I don't eat moon pies. This tastes like hell. #Monsterdon

"Private booths" it's all so deliciously sleazy!

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So in the first five minutes of this movie a bunch of interrelated things are happening. A reporter girl is investigating something; her co-worker is rehersing his news update on her story in the bathroom, while her husband wanders in .

The police are tailing her or something; their team consists of a Generic Suit Man, a guy who reminds me of a non-evil Mark Zuckerberg, a black guy to remind us that mustaches and perms are Still In, and generic driving cops.

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"That's a brave lil' ol' girl you got dere."

Does she have a moustache like that too? Because *that's* brave. #Monsterdon

It's John Steed! From the original Avengers.

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On the other hand, the opening credits are a pretty good simulation of what flipping channels was like circa 1980. #Monsterdon

John Carradine? Wolves on the Night Train to Mundo Fine??? #Monsterdon

JUST BLOW UP THE FUCKING CREDITS #Monsterdon

@moira @CactuarJoe Lycratrophy is just a plot by big dyslexics to sell more stretchy pants.

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@Configures @moira ...and it turns out it's already on my to-read list 😛

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That movie was... something else? Best I can do rn. Thanks to @Taweret as always and good night #Monsterdon 🤘

@_L1vY_
Got shot.

Got acid thrown on him.

Then he got shot again to death, when he thought he was an immortal killer. 😖

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This concludes my thread for the Howling, a movie with multiple murders and multiple awooos!

Thanks to all who participated and to @Taweret for hosting!

until next time... um... remember to buy silver bullets at the bookstore I guess. also if you get bit by a werewolf remember to transform on live TV but also try not to get shot afterwards.

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this procession coulda happened during the opening titles. just sayin.

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stay tuned for the post credits scene! it sets up the WCU sequels (werewolf cinematic universe)

Aww Karen turned into a kinda cute were-puppy on LIVE TV!

Pity she had to be put down like that

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Inside of us areally are 2 wolves!

Or...like a wolf and a Yorkshire Terrier or something I dunno

Thanks for a howling good #Monsterdon @Taweret !