Retrofantasma Presents The Howling & Maximum Overdrive Friday, February 12

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The Howling

Imagine your worst fear a reality.  From the director of Gremlins comes the ultimate masterpiece of primal terror. Severely traumatized by a near-fatal encounter with a serial killer, TV newscaster Karen White (Dee Wallace) takes refuge at a secluded wilderness retreat.  After nights of being tormented by bestial, bloodcurdling cries, Karen ventures into the woods and makes a terrifying discovery.  Now she must fight not only for her life but for her soul!

Did you know...
A graduate of Roger Corman’s school of low-budget ingenuity, Joe Dante gained enough momentum with 1978’s Piranha to rise to the challenge of The Howling, and he brought along Piranha screenwriter John Sayles to co-write this instant werewolf classic. Makeup wizard Rob Bottin was recruited to create what was then the wildest onscreen transformation ever seen. Originally Rick Baker was doing the special effects for the film, but he left the production to do An American Werewolf in London (1981). Both The Howling and An American Werewolf in London were released the same year and both received praise for their makeup work. Art director Robert A. Burns had previously worked on the sets for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974). In fact many of the grisly set dressings for The Howling were hold-overs from Massacre.  Dick Miller’s bookstore owner, Walter Paisley, gets his name from Miller’s starring role in the low-budget horror film A Bucket of Blood (1959).  The Howling won the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film.

Maximum Overdrive

The day horrror went into overdrive!  Get ready for the ultimate battle of man vs. bloodthirsty machine in this terrifying Stephen King classic!  When Earth passes through the tail of a mysterious comet, all machines suddently come to life and terrorize their human creators.  Now it's up to a small group of people trapped in a desolate truck stop to defeat the killer machines - or be killed by them!