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The Howling
Directed by
Joe Dante
R
1981
1h 31m
Horror
6.5
76%
60%
6.6
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After a bizarre and near deadly encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to a remote mountain resort whose residents may not be what they seem.
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Cast of The Howling
Dee Wallace
Karen White
Patrick Macnee
Dr. George Waggner
Dennis Dugan
Chris
Christopher Stone
R. William 'Bill' Neill
Belinda Balaski
Terry Fisher
Kevin McCarthy
Fred Francis
John Carradine
Erle Kenton
Slim Pickens
Sam Newfield
Elisabeth Brooks
Marsha Quist
Robert Picardo
Eddie Quist
Margie Impert
Donna
Noble Willingham
Charlie Barton
James Murtaugh
Jerry Warren
Jim McKrell
Lew Landers
Meshach Taylor
Shantz
Robert A. Burns
Porn Store Patron / Art Direction
Kenneth Tobey
Older Cop
Dick Miller
Walter Paisley - Bookstore Owner
Don McLeod
T.C. Quist
Bill Sorrells
Kline
The Howling Ratings & Reviews
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
It's a superior entertainment -- as creepy, witty, and suggestive as its disreputable genre would warrant.
New York Post
Archer Winsten
Director Joe Dante has handled these horrible horror without a qualm.
Boston Phoenix
Owen Gleiberman
If it's too clever for its own good, the movie is also full of entertaining ideas and special effects, and a lunatic wit seems to bubble up every time there's a lull in the action.
TIME Magazine
Richard Corliss
Rob Bottin's special make-up effects may deserve extended study, but the movie shouldn't stop dead in its lycanthropic tracks while a man turns oh-so-slowly into a werewolf -- twice.
New York Magazine/Vulture
David Denby
The Howling doesn't sustain the good, trashy erotic bravura of its best scenes -- it becomes just another fur-brained horror film.
Detroit Free Press
Jack Mathews
Dante's greatest achievement is the deft fusion of humor and action, with the balance swinging toward the lighter side. The dialogue and characters are sometimes fresh, sometimes camp, but always apropros.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Richard Zoglin
Horror films are not supposed to be boring, but this one is.
Houston Chronicle
Jeff Millar
It's a little eccentric, and it has some snap and intelligence.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Perry Stewart
Just about everything is predictable in the extreme.
Boston Globe
Michael Blowen
Dante's film eloquently blends elements of horror, satire and social commentary into a film that frightens and humors the audience with equanimity.
Newsday
Joseph Gelmis
What makes "The Howling" newsworthy is its exceptional monsters.
Arizona Republic
Michael Maza
By the end, the picture has about dissolved into comedy, which is fitting. Aside from the special effects, there was no real reason to make it.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
It's a hip, confidently made picture, loaded with inside references, but it does push to the limit the redeeming effects of humor upon sheer grisliness.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Desmond Ryan
What keeps it from prompting a snort of derision is its arch good humor and considerable technical verve.
San Francisco Chronicle
Judy Stone
A half-hearted little horror movie about werewolves.
Chicago Tribune
Larry Kart
Thanks to Dante and the screenwriters, there is far more to "The Howling" than mere shock.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Elston Brooks
The Howling is a step above your B-genre horror flick because of its inventive and frightening transformation makeup... Alas, the rest of the picture is on par with, well, the almost weekly deluge of horror-and-gore flicks of the past three years.
New York Daily News
Ernest Leogrande
Audiences undoubtedly will writhe and yell in happy disgust at the monsters.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Pollack
It has moments of cleverness, sparkles of humor, some superior special effects, and, of course, the usual amount of killings and blood.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
The film slides into its situation in a clever, fresh way, and the balance of wit and horror is well maintained throughout.
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