Yes, this is the third installment of the HOWLING series. And not surprisingly it outdid the incredibly repulsive, HOWLING 2. This one was a bit of a twist to it though. First of all, the whole thing takes place in Australia. Secondly, if you hadn't noticed by the title, these werewolves are marsupials! For those of you who don't know what that is, it means they have pouches on their bellies, and they raise their young in them! And, as werewolves, it's handy because they can keep an extra change of clothes in there when they turn human again! HAHA! Well, the story itself follows a were-girl named Jerboa who runs away from her family (think Australian rednecks) after her werewolf step dad tries raping her. She runs right into the waiting arms of Donny, who's working for some Hitchcock (I love that name) knock off who's making SHAPESHIFTER PART 8, which is, in turn, a knock off of the HOWLING. Donny and Jerb go on a date and see IT CAME FROM URANUS (I don't even need to make a joke about THAT title!), and after they have hot, sweaty, Australian sex, Jerboa tells him her secret and that a full moon doesn't make a werewolf (well, actually, Full Moon DOES make WEREWOLF REBORN...) it just makes em all stir crazy and insane. Well, after Jerb freaks out at the movie release party, she runs off and is hit by a car. At the hospital, the docs notice her bizarre bone structure and her pouch. THE JIG IS UP FOR JERB! Or it would be, had her family not shown up and slaughtered the hospital staff in one the most UN-gorey scenes ever. Also, some Russian ballerina/werewolf goes to Australia, searching out Jerboa's father to be her mate. But, some guys hunt the group (or pack) down and capture the Russian and the father wolf to do some testing. It turns out that the weres change when subjected to anger, fear, or strobe lights. But, this rebel doc falls in love with the ballerina, and sets her free. It turns into a hairy version of Crocodile Dundee 2, as the military hunts down Donny and Jerb and their new child. Oh, I didn't tell you about that part? Well, the two have a little marsupial and must protect it from the hunters. Luckily, ALL of the hunting party's guns jam and they all get killed by a SuperWerewolf. Then they blow it up with a rocket launcher! This is getting too confusing... Basically, after a shirt time lapse, it ends with Jerb and Don moving to CA to become Hollywood stars, werewolves are made legal residents, and the ballerina and the doctor live happily ever after with a child of their own. It's the train you don't see that'll kill ya...

Sequels: HOWLING IV: THE ORIGINAL NIGHTMARE, HOWLING V: THE REBIRTH, HOWLING VI: THE FREAKS, THE HOWLING: NEW MOON RISING

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