Howling III (1987)

Country of Origin: Australia
Year of Production: 1987
Running Times: 94 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Bancannia Pictures
Copyright: Bancannia Holdings Pty Ltd  MCMLXXXVII
Executive Producers: Steve Lane, Robert Pringle, Edward Simons
Produced by: Charles Waterstreet, Philippe Mora
Co-Producer: Gilda Baracchi
Associate Producer: Bob McCarron
Unit Manager: Stephen MacCagnan
Assistant Unit Manager: Justin Plummer
Production Co-ordinator: Rosslyn Abernathy

SCRIPT
Screen Story and Screenplay by: Philippe Mora
Based upon the book "The Howling III" by Gary Brandner

DIRECTION
Directed by: Philippe Mora
1st Assistant Director: Stuart Wood
2nd Assistant Director: John Titley
3rd Assistant Director: Adam Spencer

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Louis Irving
Clapper / Loader: Peter Terakes
Focus Puller: Derry Field
Gaffer: Reg Garside
best Boy: Bobbie Vernerk
3rd Electrics: Garry Hill
Key Grip: Paul Thompson
Assistant Grip: Damon Merryman
Stills Photography: John Lewis, William Yang
Lenses and Panaflex Camera by: Panavision
Colour Grader: Tony Manning
Lab Liaison: Gary Kier
Laboratory: Atlab Australia

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Lee Smith
Assistant Picture Editors: Noelleen Westcombe, Jerry Cler, April Cooper, Nicola Wylie
Post Production Co-ordinator: Alan Lake
Neg Matching: Prime Cuts

MUSIC
Music Composed by (opening credits)  Score written and composed by (end credits): Allan Zavod
Fairlight Series III  and Piano Performer: Allan Zavod
Recording Engineer and Fairlight Programmer: Doreen Kippen
Music Recorded At: Music and FX Sound Laboratory, Melbourne

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Bob Clayton
Sound Mixers: Martin Oswin, Jon Purvis, John Herron
Mixed By: Colorfilm at the facilities of Film Australia
Boom Operator: Gerry Nucifora
Digital Sound Design: Robert Heaton
Associate Sound Editor: Simon Smithers
Assistant Sound Editors: Catherine Sheehan, Suzanne Mabey, Noelleen Westcombe
Foley Recordist: Michael Eahas
Dolby Consultant: David Rawlinson
Post Production Facilities: Film Production Services, Sydney

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Supervisor of Make-up: Bob McCarron
Make-up Artist: Sonjia Smlik
Hairdresser: Paul Williams
Costumes by: Ross Major
Wardrobe Buyers: Terrie Lamera, Andrea Hood, Anne McCarthy
Stand-bys: Terrie Lamera, Andrea Hood

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make-up Effects (opening credits)  Prosthetics & Special Make-up Designed by (end credits): Bob McCarron
Marsupial Hair Design: Ascot Wigs Australia
Prosthetics & Model Makers: Nik Dorning, John Cox, Belinda Villani, Vivienne MacGillaclody
Contact Lenses: IFX

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Steve Courtney
Animatronics: Calvin Lim

VISUAL EFFECTS
Titles by: Optical & Graphic

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Design by: Ross Major
Set Decorator: Brian Edmonds
Stand-by Props: Peter Moyes
Art Department Co-ordinator: Penny Lang

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Sian Fatouros
Production Accountants: Catch 123 Pty, Tony Holstrum
Producer's Assistants: Angelina Sifis, Janice Sammlit
Driver: Justin Plummer
Unit Runner: Charlie Revai
Armourer: Robert Colby
Animal Wrangler: Dale Aspin
Safety Report by: Jade Clayton
Safety Officer: Rangi Nicola
Unit Nurse: Annie O'Halloran
Film School Attachment: Anthony Bosch, Belinda Roberts
Publicist: Lionel Midford
Choreographer: Diane Garcia
Ballerinas: Halliday Dance Arts Centre
Unit Catering: Cut to Lunch, Film Catering Service
Eggs Benedict: Musso and Frank, Los Angeles
Vehicles: Orana Film Transport
Insurance: Cinesure Pty Ltd
Completion Guarantee by: Cinebond Pty Ltd
Financial Services by: Daniel Martinez in association with NZI Securities Australia Ltd
Financial Consultant: Alan Gottesman

LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Stephen MacCagnan
Additional Locations: Peter Lawless

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Producers Would Like To Thank: Southern Cross Hotel, Sydney; Hotel Intercontinental, Sydney; Sebel Town House; Clark Hatch Fitness Centre; Rosemont Estate Wines; Wardell Chambers - The 16th Floor; Heather Jessurlin; Leon Fink; Bill Waterstreet; Jeremy Griffiths; Brian Burgess; Ted Gomillion

STUNTS
Stunt Coiordinator: Max Aspin
Stunts Performed by: Dale Aspin, Peter Armstrong, Wayne Pleace, Robert Simper

CASTING
Casting by: Forcast
Extras & Doubles Casting: Extras Agency, Lesley Burgess, Ken Shepherd

CAST
William Yang (Siberian peasant)
Deby Wightman (wolf woman)
Christopher Pate (agent #1)
Jerome Patillo (agent #2)
Barry Otto (Professor Harry Beckmeyer)
Michael Pate (President)
Imogen Annesley (Jerboa)
Carole Skinner (Yara)
Jenny Vuletic (Goolah)
Glenda Linscott (Bahloo)
Max Fairchild (Thylo)
Roger Eagle (priest)
Ralph Cotterill (Professor Sharp)
Ric Carter (1st drunk)
Lionel Curtin (2nd drunk)
Leigh Biolos (Donny Martin)
Bob McCarron (werewolf in park)
Frank Thring (Jack Citron)
Mary Acres (paper seller)
Steve Shaw (horror movie actor)
Megan Shapcott (horrow movie starlet)
Bob Barrett (policeman #1)
Bill Collins (doctor #1)
David Cahill (doctor #2)
Mary Haire (nurse)
Alec Maksimovich (policeman #9)
Penny Linden (policewoman #10)
Fred Welsh (Dan Ruggle)
Brian Adams (General Miller)
Jon Ewing (General Forster)
Dasha Blahova (real name: Dagmar Bláhová( (Olga Gorki)
Pieter Van der Stolk (Michael)
Rodney Francis (male dancer)
Sam Toomey (policeman #4)
Burnham Burnham (Kendi)
Alan Penney (Spud McCormack)
Tony Deary (Max)
Gerry Skilton (hunter #1)
Steve Rackman (hunter #2)
Gary McGuire (hunter #3)
Peter Armstrong (hunter #4)
Robert Simper (hunter #5)
Wayne Pleace (hunter #6)
Alan Dargin (tracker)
Patrick Rowe (policeman #6)
Max Aspin (policeman #7)
Paul Lennon (policeman #8)
Peter Baird (Omega #1)
Lee Rice (Omega #2)
Max Skipper (Zac aged 4)
Andreas Bayonas (Zac aged 23)
Maia Horniak (Gracie aged 5)
Danielle Sharp (Gracie aged 15)
Aminatta Joy Abraham (UCLA girl student)
Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage)

PLOT SUMMARY

In Australia, a species of humans that periodically transform into violent marsupials is discovered.

CAPSULE REVIEW

There's an indecision about Howling III that finally proves to be its undoing. Like its lycanthropic protagonists, it's neither one thing nor the other, effective as neither comedy nor horror. If Mora could just have made his mind up which way he wanted to go it could have been one of the better werewolf movies of the 80s. In the end, it's a missed opportunity, one that has meagre rewards for those willing to stick it out. But by the end, you might want to question whether or not it was worth your time. (Full review)

AVAILABILITY

Australia
Theatrical Distributors: Bancannia Holdings Pty Ltd
Video Distributors: CBS/Fox Home Video

Germany
DVD Distributors: M.I.B.

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Square Pictures
Video Distributors: International Video Entertainment; Vista Home Video
Laserdisc Distributors: Image Entertainment (ID 6123 IV)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 16

Australia
Rating: M

Denmark
Rating: 15

Finland
Rating: K-16 (1988 (with cuts)); K-18 (2004 (uncut))

Iceland
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 18

Singapore
Rating: M18

Sweden
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: PG-13

West Germany
Rating: 18

TIMELINE

1987
October
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release

2006
June
9: UK - television broadcast (on The Horror Channel)

POSTER TAGS

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Down Under

The "Howling" terror continues...

The fear is breeding...fast!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Aullidos 3 - Spanish title
Aullidos: El regreso - Argentinean title
Howling III: The Marsupials
Hurlements III - French title
The Marsupials: The Howling III - UK title
Suden huuto - Howling III - Finnish DVD title
Suden huuto - Finnish video title
Wolfmen - West German title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
The Howling (1981)
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)

SEQUELS
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)
Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)
Howling VI: The Freaks (1991)
Howling: New Moon Rising (1995)

REFERENCES

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits (complete except for songs which were almost impossible to read!)

KEYWORDS

aborigines, australia, bestiality, book into film, curses, film makers, monsters, scientists, sequels, shapeshifters, skeletons, skulls, the supernatural, werewolves

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009