Halloween Animated: Howling to Finish

Halloween Animated: Howling to Finish is the first (spoof and fake) animated "Halloween" movie in the "Halloween" franchise. The movie was produced by New World Pictures & Trancas International Films, and is distributed by Republic Pictures. The film was directed by Phillipe Mora and written by John Sayles.

Plot
On October 30, 1986 at Geneseo, Illinois. Michael Myers (android built by Silver Shamrock in 1983) enters this location. He's at the top of the hill, when suddenly, a lightning strikes, charging up on Michael by the sword. On October 31, 1986 (Halloween), At the Geneseo Mental Hospital, an orphan, traumatic patient named Lauren Fisher (but was changed to Katherine Kamen because she was adopted by her foster parents. Don & Maria earlier in November 1971 after her parents murdered on Halloween) is placed in the mental hospital ever since Don & Maria killed by the werewolf on September 18, 1986, after refused to believe what Lauren said. Dr. Robert Royce needs to asks Lauren about the werewolf murders. Meanwhile, at Geneseo police department, there was a man named Kevin Mitchell, in jail for arguing with the sheriffs, Richard & Ron Romanus, after his foster parents, Lan & Shelia, murdered by the same werewolf who murdered Don & Maria Kamen. Now Dr. Samuel J. Loomis (built by Silver Shamrock in 1983) came to rescue Kevin Mitchell by forcing Sheriffs Ron & Richard to release Kevin...and succeeded.

That night, Lauren is placed in the room and is bed-strapped by Dr. George Roosevelt in bed, so she never escapes again. He left out of her room. Unbeknownst to him, she spits out of a paper clip, she uses it to make a locksmith to unstrap herself. Meanwhile, Michael Myers and the Witch, Theresa LaMora, arrived at Geneseo Mental Hospital, and Michael murdered a security guard Andrew, and they breached inside. Theresa privately transforms the werewolf spell onto Andrew and their foster parents earlier. Now, George Roosevelt (played by Christopher Stone) wants a cup of cherry kool-aid. It must be my lucky day for George, But not lucky enough, because Michael came to kill George Roosevelt stabbed to death.

Dr. Robert Royce went to a janitor's room, but, there was a broken stick on a mop, but Lauren broke it, which makes to become a weapon to kill Dr. Royce...and succeeded. As for Joanne Neill, she escaped unharmed, stopping by Kevin, Loomis, Ron & Richard, who might know where Lauren is. But they are interrupted by the werewolf Andrew, though they shoot werewolf Andrew and quickly went through. Unaware the werewolf Andrew survives because ordinary bullets are useless. Meanwhile, Lauren runs in the hall until Theresea came, but Lauren attacks the witch. Now, Michael Myers went to the elevator while Lauren is running in the halls. Now, he's coming to kill Lauren. Lauren screamed while Kevin and Richard heard her scream in the distance and they know where Lauren is. Lauren went to the janitor's room to close the door. Theresa orders Lauren to opens the door, but she refuses and yells. Michael uses a sword to breaks down the door to kill Lauren, but Dr. Loomis shoots him with a pistol gun just in time. Kevin rescued Lauren as a childhood reunion. Wasting no time, the werewolves arrived and Michael survived the attack. Now, Kevin, Lauren, Loomis, Ron & Richard are running to the elevator. The elevator goes down, but Michael got on top of the elevator and tries to kill the top of it. However, they are lie down and use a gun to shoot Michael. But Michael stabs Ron & Richard to death After the elevator went down and opens, Kevin and Lauren escapes to the police car. Michael got down and goes after them. Michael got on a bus and tries to kill Lauren, but Kevin uses a shotgun to kill Michael, and he got down on the road.

Now, Dr Loomis, Kevin and Lauren went back to Lauren's foster house, so Kevin and Lauren fall in love privately as Lauren shows her own "invisibility" to Kevin..and they tell the stories about her identity changed to Katherine Kamen because she was adopted by her foster parents long ago. And Kevin was adopted by Dan & Shelia, his foster parents. On the Full Moon night of September 1986, Lauren saw a werewolf named Eddie Euromene, but her foster parents never believed her. And she is placed in the basement, only for werewolf Eddie to break through the window of the foster parents' bedroom, mauling Don & Maria to death. And then, werewolf Eddie went to Kevin's foster house. Kevin sees a werewolf, but his parents never believed him. And he is placed in the basement, only for werewolf Eddie to break through the window of the foster parents' bedroom, mauling Dan & Shelia to death. Katherine (Lauren) ends up in Geneseo Mental Hospital and Kevin ends up in Geneseo Police Station the next day. After they finished telling true stories, they kissed each other. Meanwhile, the witch transforms the murder victims into werewolves, beginning to howl. Meanwhile, Kevin and Lauren wake up, seeing Eddie, confessing to them about he was transformed into a werewolf by the witch and Eddie, who's mauling their foster parents a month earlier...right before he eventually transforms into a werewolf. And so, Kevin and Lauren evacuate to the car. Michael tries to kill Lauren & Kevin, but Dr. Loomis sacrificed (before android Loomis destroyed) to saved them both, who got away. Now, they went to the Geneseo laboratory looking for the potion of hydrofluoric acid, but the witch appeared, only for Lauren to throw a potion of hydrofluoric acid onto the witch, killing her instantly, Now, Michael Shows up, but Lauren uses a silver bullet shotgun to shoots Michael in the face. All of a sudden, his head blasted off from his own body, revealing his mechanical body stops functionally. And so the werewolves came for Lauren and Kevin. Before she tells Eddie to go "Rot in Purgatory", she shoots werewolf Eddie to death in the heart by the silver bullet shotgun. And werewolf Eddie howls one last time before dying, transforming himself into a now deceased human, along with all of the other werewolves transforms back to humans, becoming deceased, much to the happiness of Kevin and Lauren. And so, they return home to fall in love again. As for Nurse Joanne Neill, she's at the restaurant, having a fully-cooked hamburger.

Cast
Me (imitating so many voices as dubbed version for my unreleased homemade animated movies).
 * Amy Jo Johnson as Lauren Fisher (nickname "Katherine Kamen" for adoption; Johnson introduced in her first film)
 * Donald Pleasence as Dr. Samuel J. Loomis
 * Maria Conchita Alonso as the Witch (Theresa LaMora)
 * Mark Lindsay Chapman as Michael Myers (The Shape)
 * Jason David Frank as Kevin Mitchell (Frank introduced in his first film)
 * Ernest Borgnine as Robert Royce (Doctor)
 * Elizabeth Brooks as Maria Kamen (Brooks' final film before her death in 1997).
 * Keith Carradine as Don Kamen
 * Michael T. Weiss as Eddie Euromene (Werewolf)
 * Christopher Stone as George Roosevelt (Doctor)
 * Traci Lords as Joanne Neill (Assistant Nurse)
 * Forest Whitaker as Richard Romanus (Sheriff)
 * Frankie Faison as Ron Romanus (Sheriff)
 * Kevin McCarthy as Andrew (Security Guard)
 * Dennis Dugan as Lan (Kevin's stepfather)
 * Belinda Balaski as Shelia (Kevin's stepmother)

Soundtrack

 * Most of the musical themes from "The Howling" (1980/1981) soundtrack are used for "Halloween Animated: Howling to Finish" (1991) soundtrack
 * "Halloween Theme" (1978) - John Carpenter

Trivia

 * Geneseo, is the name of the real city name of Illinois.
 * Michael Myers & Dr. Loomis are androids built by Silver Shamrock in 1983 for the real ones.
 * This is Elizabeth Brooks' final film before dying of brain cancer on September 7, 1997.
 * The fictional character, Lauren Fisher, looks similar to Phoebe Cates.
 * This animated feature is based on the novels, such as "Cycle of the Werewolf" (by Stephen King) and "The Howling" trilogy (by Gary Brandner).
 * Laurel-King Productions, Inc. has founded by Richard P. Rubinstein, Mitchell Galin and Stephen King.
 * The opening sequence (after the opening credits) shows the theatrical trailer of "The Howling" (1980/1981)
 * The closing sequence (after the closing credits) shows the "Heaven Help You" quick clip from "The Wolfman" (1941), also used for "The Howling" (1980/1981) and "Howling H20" (2000/2001).
 * Pino Donaggio uses most of the soundtracks from "The Howling" (1980/1981) for the first animated Halloween movie.

Release
Halloween Animated: Howling to Finish has released in theaters in USA on October 25, 1991 by Republic Pictures.