Movie Reviews for Writers: Howling IV

As a werewolf flick, it’s very minimalist, more about atmosphere and setting than about actual werewolves (or at least showing them). And that’s fine. It makes the movie far more interesting than just a bunch of violent attack scenes stitched together.

But what does it actually have to say about writing? Well, it makes its best point as a film about the writer’s imagination. The ludicrous notion espoused by the doctor that Marie (the writer) needs to take a vacation from her imagination may be the trigger for the film but it’s the most ridiculous idea I’ve just about ever heard about a writer. Not one writer I know can set the stories in his, her, or their head aside and just operate independent of them. Regardless of whether or not words are being put down on paper (or into a computer), the imagination never turns off (not even during so-called Writers Block).

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