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DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 28, 2001
Budget $1,000,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 31 minutes
Country USA
Studio Avco Embassy Pictures, International Film Investors
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Other Titles
• The Howling
• Das Tier (1981)
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Genre: Horror, Werewolf, Monsters, Suspense, Doctor, Infidelity, Serial Killer, Gore, Cult Classic, Murder, Supernatural, Investigation
Tagline: Imagine your worst fear a reality
Plot: Based on the best-selling novel by Gary Brandner, this horror film makes effective use of the classic werewolf tale. Dee Wallace stars as Karen White, a popular female reporter in Los Angeles who cannot escape the horror of a traumatic experience that she suffered while trying to capture Eddie Quist (Robert Ricardo), a dangerous serial killer. When her psychologist (Patrick Macnee) recommends a retreat to "The Colony," up the Northern California coast, she reluctantly agrees, hoping to recover from her nightmarish visions. Karen and her husband (Christopher Stone) arrive at the remote retreat and are shocked at the bizarre behavior of the motley crew of residents. Lurking in the ominous Northern California woods, blanketed by fog, strange sounds can be heard at night, luring the members of the retreat into the forest. In anguish, Karen stumbles on the deadly secret of the community: when sexually excited, they turn into werewolves! The horrified journalist tries to escape from the retreat, battling the lair of leering lycanthropes in a fight for her life. Superb special effects add to the picture, with several shocking human-to-monster transformation
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 ...a movie both expertly crafted and exceedingly entertaining, as fun as it is frightening. Every facet of the film works perfectly, creating a satisfying experience seldom found in any horror movie, let alone a werewolf picture.--John Dedeke (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
A good werewolf flick, although the werewolf action doesn't start until about half the movie. A little slow, but starts to pick up after the first half. Worth a watch just on the werewolf transformation alone. 7/10--FrighT MasteR (UHM)
Kind of interesting low-budgeter only manages to be fitfully entertaining despite the names involved.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
This nearly classic werewolf film, which came out the same year as John Landis' "American Werewolf in London," is the last great, serious lycanthropy film. ... "Howling" may be a B-movie, but is dead serious about its subject.-- (eSplatter.com)
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Joe Dante
Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The 'burbs |
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Gary Brandner
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch, Howling III, Howling IV: The Original Nightmare | John Sayles
Piranha, The Clan of the Cave Bear, Battle Beyond the Stars |
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"The Howling" is a somber, layered and reference-filled flick with a whoop-ass finale. It’s not an action movie, so those of you expecting rabid werewolf's going Coo-Coo for Co-Co Blood will be disappointed. But if you're looking for a well communicated story filled with chills, brains, a likeable female lead and Grade-A werewolf transformations...you’ve come to the right dog park. Not only a solid werewolf film…a solid film period!  --'The Arrow' (Arrow)
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