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Howling III (also known as Howling III: The Marsupials and Marsupials: The Howling III) is a 1987 Australian horror sequel to The Howling, directed by Howling II director Philippe Mora and filmed on location in Sydney, Australia.

Although Gary Brandner approved the director’s purchase of the right to the name The Howling, the film is completely unrelated to Gary Brandner’s “Howling III” novel, published in 1985. It does feature some small amount of similarity in terms of plot and sympathetic view of the werewolf. (This aspect would be revisited in Howling VI).

This film is also the only PG-13 rated entry in the series.

Howling III: The Marsupials is about a scientist involved with a cult of Australian werewolves via his love interest. The plot line is based on the premise of Australian werewolves descended from the now extinct Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, a marsupial carnivore which was hunted to extinction by Australian farmers to protect their sheep.