Shown again on the Horror channel lastnight, this British horror film (set aboard
a stranded commuter train) was directed
by Paul Hyett, best known for his colla-
borations with Neil Marshall, maker of
the werewolf feature, Dog Soldiers.
The interior train scenes were shot in
Croydon and Waterloo station, whilst
location filming was undertaken at Black
Park close to Pinewood studios.
Howl had no theatrical release, but
premiered at the German Fantasy Film-
fest held in 2015 before a home video
release at Halloween. The indie production
was well received - it featured Ed Speelers
(pictured), and twelve Doctor Who cast
and crew connections:
- Sean Pertwee (Driver) made a cameo appearance in The Five(ish) Doctors
- Elliot Cowan (Adrian) voiced Gark for Big Finish's The Fifth Traveller (2006)
- Amit Shah (Matthew) was Rahul in The Woman Who Fell to Earth
- Duncan Preston (Ged) voiced the titular alien in the Doctor Who and Crayola sketch for Victoria Wood as Seen on TV
- Calvin Dean (Paul) was Ha-Ha in Nightmare in Silver
- Brett Goldstein (David) was Astos in The Tsuranga Conundrum
- Ross Mullan (Werewolf) was a Silent in The Time of the Doctor, the Teller in Time Heist, and the Wraith in Hell Bent
- Robert Strange [aka Nairne] (Hunchback) was the Bogeyman in Space Babies
- Guy Murray Brown was also first assistant director on Can You Hear Me?, The Haunting of Villa Diodati and Revolution of the Daleks
- SFX technician Tony Auger began his career as an assistant on K9 & Company, then was the VFX designer on Black Orchid
- art finisher Olivia Whitaker was Millennium FX mould maker on sixteen episodes (from Sleep No More to The Woman Who Fell to Earth) and Class
- fabricator Simone Macdonald was technician on The Rings of Akhaten and Nightmare in Silver
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