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Gary Brandner

Born May 31, 1930 · Saulte St. Marie - Michigan - USA

Died September 22, 2013 · aged 83

Gary Phil Brandner (May 31, 1930 – September 22, 2013) was an American horror fiction author best known for his werewolf-themed trilogy of novels, The Howling. The first book in the series was loosely adapted into a motion picture in 1981. Brandner's second and third Howling novels, published in 1979 and 1985 respectively, are not connected to the film series, although he did contribute to the scr…

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The HowlingThe Howling · 1981
The Howling
★ 6.61981
MovieHorror
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
The Marsupials: The Howling IIIThe Marsupials: The Howling III · 1987
The Marsupials: The Howling III
★ 4.51987
MovieHorror
A strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one. Is this a dangerous combination?
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf BitchHowling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch · 1985
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
★ 4.91985
MovieThrillerHorror
When a young journalist dies in violent circumstances, her brother soon learns, by way of the mysterious Stefan Crosscoe, that his sister has succumbed to the werewolf curse.
Howling V: The RebirthHowling V: The Rebirth · 1989
Howling V: The Rebirth
★ 4.71989
MovieHorror
When a group of people from different walks of life converge in a Hungarian castle situated in Budapest which has been sealed for 500 years, they bring with them a werewolf which slowly begins to cut their numbers down.
Cameron's ClosetCameron's Closet · 1988
Cameron's Closet
★ 4.71988
MovieHorror
A father who experiments with his son's psychokinetic powers is unaware that these experiments have released a demon from hell which lives in his son's closet, preparing to take over the young boy's soul.
Howling VI: The FreaksHowling VI: The Freaks · 1991
Howling VI: The Freaks
★ 4.41991
MovieHorror
A villainous carnival owner traps a young werewolf to include in his growing menagerie of inhuman exhibits.
Howling IV: The Original NightmareHowling IV: The Original Nightmare · 1988
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
★ 4.61988
MovieHorror
An author who was sent to the town Drakho, because of a nervous breakdown, gets wound up in a mystery revolving around demons and werewolves. She starts seeing ghosts and dismisses them as her own imagination, but when they turn out to be real she becomes suspicious of the odd town and of its past.
Howling: New Moon RisingHowling: New Moon Rising · 1995
Howling: New Moon Rising
★ 2.91995
MovieHorror
A number of vicious murders occur in a small California town after a motorcycle-riding stranger arrives. The gruesome slayings look disturbingly like the work of a werewolf. Meanwhile, in another nearby town, police are hot on the trail of a killer they believe is a werewolf.

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