Howling III

Ok, yes it's bad. But it's bad in the wake up in the morning and grab a candy bar and dip it in hot fudge for breakfast kind of way. It's indulgent, unrepentant horror sludge, or in other words--a delicacy for those who like cheap gore. The effects are good, the acting is surprisingly unterrible, and the premise is ridiculous. Werekangaroos, I shit you not.

A friend of mine who passed away years ago wrote a long article defending Howling III, attempting a 'socio-political' reading within the context of the conservative Australian culture of the 1980's, well before it was fashionable to champion 'Ozploitation'. It was quite possibly what sparked my interest in meeting him, so for that I'm grateful, but it was also more interesting than the film itself, which is a gigantic mess pitched awkwardly (i.e. amateurishly) between camp and satire.

It redeems itself a bit when instead of going with usual action heavy finale the movie switches gear into depicting the leads living a peaceful secluded life. Turning this from a the typical monster movie into a pro-lycanthrope film. But it is too little too late, cause if that was the intention all along the focus and tone before was wrong. It also doesn't excuse it from being such poorly made rubbish, that's (unintentional) hilarious at times, and even more unforgivable very dull.

Featuring surprisingly not bad performances from *most* of the cast & some fun effects throughout, it's nowhere near as bad as Howling 2- but it's still a mess. Characters make nonsensical choices left & right, entire chunks of plot seem to be just missing, the tone is all over the place, very little of what's happening makes sense, and the editing is very choppy. It's also, for the most part, painfully boring. Adorable marsupial baby aside, there's not much to see here.

I was hoping for some killer koalas or a wallaby walloping but alas it was just werewolves with pouches. This movie started off pretty good. Then about halfway through something changes. The movie gets incredibly boring. Like it becomes an ABC Family drama. It's all about nurturing their babies out in the wild and avoiding their natural predators (humans). There are some really good scenes in this, particularly in the beginning...

Drugs are bad, ok? Too bad no one told the folx involved with this movie.

What a stupendously horrible movie. Everyone involved with this had to be on meth. Like, lots of meth

Very difficult to rate. Howling III was clearly made with a degree of self-awareness that the second film either lacked or was far too ambiguous about, and for that I think it can be forgiven a number of sins. Considering the meta-narrative running throughout, the "kitchen sink" approach to tone and story development, the relentlessly unpredictably bad dialogue, were-marsupials, Hitchschlock and wolf-nuns... I just can't help but love it.

There's nothing really wrong with the idea of a Werewolf Dundee movie. Well, no more than any of the Paul Hogan sequels anyway. But in practice, once it gets past the fun-ish meta setup it just becomes so... boring.

Best in the series, including the original.

Liked this when I was a teen, but on a recent re-viewing found it much more boring than remembered. Still, it's amusing in some bits.

Utterly bizarre. Valuable only as a curio.

It really should be seen if you love terrible movies, but be forewarned: After watching Imogen Annesley put her baby in her pouch, I didn't get an erection for six weeks.

Completely ridiculous and strangely compelling.

Fun to watch :)

An attempt at locating the werewolf film in Australia, with marsupial werewolves, a sense of humour and combined with an environmental message...the result is as awkward and cinematic as a wet fart. Neither does it work as a good film or as a guilty pleasure; bar the birthing sequence, seen in the documentary Not Quite Hollywood, it feels as if the film should be hidden behind the cupboard in embarrassment of its tediousness.

This movie is terribly made and pretty incomprehensible, but I had a blast watching it.

Is this a dangerous combination??? More like a steaming pile of turd