User Reviews

***May be Spoilers here***Made for nothing more then the cost for a blank-about.25 cents-DVD the movie "Howls" is nothing more then about a dog that gets lost in the woods and it's owners getting themselves lost looking for it. The cute doggie named either Sydney or Cindy is let out to play by it's owner Paul and never comes back. It's then that Paul and his friends George & Jeremy go out looking for it and are later in the movie confronted by a Bigfoot and its fellow Bigfeet who check them out, with the exception of Jeremy who made it back home, and without doing anything go back into the woods or into town to buy groceries.

As for Paul & George they seem to have lost any interest in finding the dog but mostly bicker with each other about Paul's upcoming marriage and who among the two, George and the at the time missing Jeremy, will end up being his best man? The movie is saved by the photography of the wilderness scenes that makes one forget it's very crummy plot that makes those involved in it, Paul George & Jeremy, seem to want out of it-the movie-but are forced by contract to sit or act it out until the very bitter end.

The Bigfoot in the movie did about the best acting in it by just standing still and not, by acting up, making a jerk of himself like the other actors in it. As for the dog who disappeared and was never to appearer again he or she, its gender was somewhat in dispute, had the best idea of anyone there by getting lost and never having a thing to do with the film. Which is more then you can say of any of the humans or Bigfeet in it.

Someone had way too much time on their hands to make this schlock. Similar to Chester Novell Turner's films, this is as low budget as it gets.

Two young men go camping in the woods--no this isn't 'Brokeback Mountain,' and get scared when they think bigfoots (or is it "bigfeets?") are hunting them. Get ready for 90 minutes of two guy pretending to be scared of a monster we never see chasing them.

Reasons this isn't scary: there is no real build up of how the boys are miles from civilization cut off from any hope of rescue! For example, they could have explained how they're in Alaska, or trespassing on a giant nature preserve, or on an island and their one boat sank. No! They're just in the woods! Keep running in the same direction and you're going to run into something within an hour! This is America! At least 'The Blair Witch' explained the improbability of getting lost in the woods for days by blaming it on the supernatural.

Second reason, they have guns! That's right! A bear would be scarier than bigfoot but not if you have a gun. Just shoot it and they'll be the most famous people in the world for finding bigfoot. They should be hunting bigfoot! This error could easily be solved by simple not giving the characters guns to begin with! Spoiler alert!!! At least these guys were smart enough to steal their ending from a good bigfoot movie, 'The Abominable Snowman.' When bigfoot does appear he is friendly. He's just curious to take a look at them. They all stare at each other and then walk away. This of course begs the question, what would indicate that bigfoots are friendly or curious about humans? They've been hiding from humans so effectively all these years! Even if they're non violence herbivores they certainly aren't curious about humans! Sit this one out. If you're considering seeing this you're probably asking, "How does this compare with 'Paranormal Activity?'" It's fxxxing Shakespeare! I've had trips to the dentists that were more fun than 'Paranormal Activity!'