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Best Scary Human-to-Werewolf transition ever


This is tied in first place with An American Werewolf in London for the BEST change into a werewolf scene in the movies, IMO. The transition scene is absolutely frightening, even though I've seen every werewolf movie every made. The transition scene in Werewolf in London may be technically better, and pretty scary, but the one in Howling is frightening.

This is a REALLY good werewolf movie. The werewolves are really scary, and are really evil. The director milked the suspense to the point where it hurts. For you guys, there is a sexy female werewolf you'd probably think would be worth dying for. What a way to go, huh?

A REALLY good werewolf movie. If you love werewolf movies, you won't be disappointed.

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I totally agree about the transformation. It is genuinely alarming and creepy. I've seen this movie many times and I still have to look away during parts of the Eddie Quist transformation.



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I agree they both are very good. On the AWIL board I rated its transformation as the best. And watching this movie today, the AWIL transformation is still the scariest because of the pain you mention. But as posted on another thread, the skill used in this movie beats CGI any day.

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