The novel has an incredible fast pace, no long and boring descriptions, just action from the start, so it is very entretaining. It´s funny how everyone that´s not like "people in a magazine ad. Young, beautiful, healthy, rich" ends up being a werewolf... I enjoyed it, but I think The Wolfen by Whitley Striber is a much better novel (and movie)
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Gary Brandner's Howling is the best book that I've ever read. A bit picturesque, grotesque, and erotic. Karyn is brutally raped in her apartment. Her therapist said that she and Roy vacation is Drago a town outside of Los Angeles,California. Things seem to get a little hairy while vacationing, Roy gets seduced by Marca then he gradually changes into a ''werewolf''. Karyn feels uncomfortable in this town when she hears prowls...
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I saw the movie version of "The Howling" many years ago. The one element which really stands out in my memory was the amazing special effects. It was the first movie to really show a graphic, "realistic" transformation from man to wolf, pulsing skin and all. Before "American Werewolf in London." Before "Thriller." But that's about ALL I really remember. The amazing transformations, not the story itself. As such, I cannot...
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Gary Brander's HOWLING was the first adult horor novel I ever read (back in 1978, when I was 11 or 12) and I credit it with launching my lifetime love (and obsession) for horror fiction. It's a bit tame by today's standards, but it is so engaging and neat, that I still find myself picking it up every few years to relive the excitement and delightful terror that it inspired in me the first time I read it... A young woman is...
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This book was good but wasn't great. There weren't too many frightening scenes, really. When you get down to it, the beginning rape scene is more shocking than anything else. This book also has a few explicit depictions of sex whichh makes the reader wonder whether or not this is a porno that claims to be horror. If you like this type of stuff, than make a decision. If you're looking for horror prepared to be disappointed...
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