Rent Howl (2015)
2.9 of 5 from 111 ratings
1h 29min
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- Synopsis:
- Ticket collector Joe is overseeing the last train out of London on a dark and stormy night when suddenly the train screeches to a halt in a forest after hitting something on the tracks.When the investigating driver fails to return, Joe is left to protect the passengers. Realising an unknown and dangerous threat is lurking in the woods the disparate group of strangers must work together in order to survive a common feral enemy.
- Actors:
- Ed Speleers, Holly Weston, Elliot Cowan, Amit Shah, Sam Gittins, Shauna MacDonald, Duncan Preston, Ania Marson, Rosie Day, Calvin Dean, Sean Pertwee, Brett Goldstein, Ryan Oliva, Ross Mullan, Driek Constantine, Jack Hansford, Phelim Kelly, Robert Nairne, Joel Phillimore, Aaron Sequerah
- Directors:
- Paul Hyett
- Producers:
- Martin Gentles, Ed King
- Writers:
- Mark Huckerby, Nick Ostler
- Studio:
- Metrodome
- Genres:
- Horror
- Collections:
- Top 10 Films About Trains: Thrillers, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/10/2015
- Run Time:
- 92 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Go Behind the Scenes with the Cast and Crew and Discover How Howl Was Created: Sounds; The Grade; The Humans; The Train; The Werewolves
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Reviews (2) of Howl
Spoilers follow ... - Howl review by NP
Paul Hyett's low-budget rail-based lycanthropy thriller focusses on under-appreciated Joe, a train guard who tolerates the vague rudeness of the general public as part of his day-to-day job. We're on his side from the off, so when 'outside influences' appear to cause the train to come to a halt in the middle of nowhere, bad fortune is guaranteed. This is especially true for the train driver, played by Sean Pertwee, after the actor's previous encounter with werewolves in 1994's 'Dog Soldiers.'
Apart from Ed Speleers as Joe, there's a plethora of passengers, all flawed of course, that are too interesting to be dismissed as fodder for the wolves. Whether that is their fate or not, you'll have to watch to find out.
'Howl' doesn't provide much that is new or revolutionary concerning our hirsute antagonists, but what it does, it does very well. My score is 8 out of 10.
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Same old, same old - Howl review by TR
Hackneyed werewolf fare done a million times before. Low-budget, so what looked like it might be the start of a transformation, er, wasn't.
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