aaah . the thing . to see a horror film in which not only be every character over the age of thirty and but distinctly unattractive and make a refreshing change and and remind me of those distant time when actor be choose because of their talent and their ability to play realistic character and rather than because of their teen appeal on a magazine cover . and carpenter chooses a production designer and a cinematographer who can actually create realistic environment rather than over styled parody . and there no gimmicky twist end and or cameo celebrity appearance and or lame pseudo romantic subplot . and i really miss on set physical effect while with all those 20 year old kid try out crazy new idea with vat of blood and latex and early animatronics . in the 5 year between 1979 and 1984 we saw alien and the elephant man and poltergeist and the howling and an american werewolf in london and the thing and the company of wolf and a nightmare on elm street . what an era for horror effect . and do not get me start on the death of matte painting . the matte work in this movie be beautiful and seamless . what do we have now . third rate cgi and former music video director and professional stylist and that make even gritty horror movie look like glossy mtv video . now i be go to go netflix the howling .