Howling III: The Marsupials is a 1987 Australia comedy horror by Philippe Mora. Starring William Yang, Deby Wightman and Christopher Pate.
There are no censorship issues with this release. There is a little bit of discrepancy in age ratings though. The BBFC claim that it should be 18 rated, whilst the MPAA have decided on a PG-13 rating. The 2019 Blu-ray release was passed 18
uncut by the BBFC for strong gory images for:
- 2019 Screenbound Pictures (RB) Blu-ray at UK Amazon released on 7th
October 2019
The 1987 rating from the MPAA pre-dates rating reasons, but PG-13 has the generic warning: Parents Strongly Cautioned - Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. And by way of a tie break, IMDb's parental guidance seems
to side with the MPAA's opinion: Violence & Gore Edit Mild. Lots of werewolves attacks are obscured and off camera, but some blood and bite marks are shown.
Frightening & Intense Scenes Edit Mild. Some werewolf transformations may appear frightening to young children.
I've never heard of any alternative versions
of the film that would explain this apparent discrepancy. Promotional Material Barry Otto (Strictly Ballroom) is maverick Professor Harry Beckmeyer who learns to understand the torment of a freak species
when he experiments on a captured "Werewolf" in his lab. When the goverments wants the experiments stopped and all traces of the species wiped out Harry (who's now fallen in love with the marsupial girl, Jerboa - Imogen Annesley) is determined
to protect her no matter what. |