Of all the 80s campy horror flicks which relied on sex, overly dramatic special effects, a tint of Catholic guilt, and bad camera shots I think the Howling series was the best. The story line of people turning into animals at least connected all those dots better. The sex scenes were classic horror nudity to essentially compete with the newly popular 1980s porn, but was also a satirical play on it. In the Howling I they have an obviously controversial full-frontal female nude sex scene.. but it is also the scene where we first see people turn into wherewolves. All of the sexuality is in part, exaggerated in the wherewolves as bestial. Hence the Catholic guilt. Our inner demons. Yet, really, think of all the gossip in this world, isn't a huge deal of it caused by sex? People sleeping with people they maybe shouldn't have, or wouldn't have, or at the least the timing was bad. Yes, I bet y'all didn't realize that the cheesy Howling series was a morality play.. much like the Bush II Administration
