The Worst Film Ever

Excellent, smart action film.

A Brilliant Conflict

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

The take of this film on the werewolf myth, interpreting it as a separate biological race, is refreshing and intriguing. The casting is good, and especially the female werewolf protagonist suits her role well. It contains many bizarre, and at the same time visually beautiful and imaginative scenes, and lots of stunningly beautiful aerial views of Sidney, which in themselves makes the film worth a watch. The only downside is that the progression halters somewhat at the end, and the film seems unsure of how to actually end. I would still say this is one of the best films in the "howling" installment.

I've interviewed the director of this movie, Philippe Mora, and he's a top bloke, but this is not his finest hour. The thin plot is that werewolves have evolved from Tassie Tigers down under and are being hunted to extinction. Set mostly in Sydney, Australia from the 80's so you have to forgive it a lot for the fashion, music, sfx etc. How they signed up Barry Otto, Frank Thring, Barry Humphries and Michael Pate is a miracle. Picture Alien marsupials bursting out of bellies and into pouches. #nuffsaid

A strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist (Barry Otto) who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one (Dagmar Bláhová). Meanwhile one of the creatures Jerboa (Imogen Annesley) escapes her pack, and abusive leader Thylo (Max Fairchild), and runs off to the city were she falls for a film producer Donny (Leigh Biolos), are both a dangerous combination? Once again directed by Phillipe Mora, this time however being shot in his native Australia instead of Eastern Europe. Howling III i must say is a step better then its predecessor, apparently Mora wasn't happy with the end result of "Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf", and disliked both the story and the fact that producers added the famous extra shots of Sybil Dannings breasts. So Mora and co-producer Charles Waterstreet came up with there own money and Howling III: The Marsupials was born, and I must say this film tries to be everything you can imagine it wants to be a psychological thriller, a horror romance, a satire of horror movies, and a werewolf picture all in one and fails to deliver on these aspects two fold, it also doesn't help that even tho this is branded a horror film, ill be damned if I see anything scary or horror oriented here, and obviously it doesn't help that the film is PG-13 rated and really needed a R rating to discuss a lot of its overtones. Apparently Mora was trying tell a story and give you values and morals, but, it just doesn't come off right and it winds up just being the campy flick that it is, and that's what makes me come on to this movie its entertaining and I never was bored the whole ninety six minutes I was viewing it. Unlike, the later Howling films, Mora has know problem in giving you werewolf action, while there not jumping out all over the place like in the second film, but, he manages to out do everything he did on Howling II and that's good. The special effects here are better then in the second film, there's a werewolf transformation witch is good and well directed, and also a funny as hell spoof of a werewolf film inside a werewolf film witch is great, as for violence there's not really anything there then a small werewolf human hybrid hoping out of someones stomach which is decently gory, and a werewolf which massacres a group of hunters, and nothing is really shown there, as for nudity its comes close a couple of times, but, doesn't ever get there. The cast also does a nice job, nothing award worthy, but, still its nothing that will make you cringe, and its a lot better then in the second film. I also like the soundtrack here, there's a cover of Creedance Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" by The Reels, and a great song by Vitamin Z called "Wipe Your Tears Away" that plays during the end credits. All in all, I liked Howling III: The Marsupials its definitely one of the better Howling sequels, tho not my favorite that one will be coming up soon, but, Mora manages to make a way better film then his second installment, and that's what makes Howling III enjoyable, its camp entertainment at its best.

I am shocked this movie is not a stoner/camp classic. It is at times meta and knowingly funny, and at times painfully earnest. The effects are laughable, the horror minimal. I don't know quite what this movie was trying to be. Take the title: "The Marsupials." That term does not invoke any sort of horror; it invokes cuteness. And indeed the lead female werewolf/marsupial gives birth to a Gizmo looking thing who grows into a tow headed child actor then a slightly studly monosyllabic brunet. Plot-wise, at first you think you're watching an origin story, with evidence of werewolves in early 20th century Australia. Then you get a comedic "modern" story where one werewolf woman escapes a Deliverance like town and is cast in a movie with a pervy director, and another werewolf woman tries to join a ballet co. but is thwarted when she accidentally turns during a performance. Then a horror action plot where some soldiers and medical types attempt to ID, study and eliminate the were-whatevers, and then the plot comes to a halt with both werewomen giving birth and a 20 minute, filmed like a dryer sheet commercial, montage in favor of bestiality, otherkin/human relations, furry-ism, nudism or some thing or another. I think if these filmmakers had had Tumblr, this movie would never have been necessary. The movie ends on a laugh line and a Dame Edna cameo. Had it been 20 minutes shorter, I might have totally recommended it.