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The Howling

The Howling

6.6/ 10

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1981

Release Year

91 min

Runtime

Horror

Overview

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.

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Keywords

adultery
based on novel or book
shapeshifting
secret society
woods
murder
serial killer
cabin
werewolf
psychiatrist
hunting
newswoman

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Reviews(4)

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John Chard

John Chard

November 2, 2015

10
10/10

A secret society exists, and is living among all of us. They are neither people nor animals, but something in-between. In the name of good television, newswoman Karen White (Dee Wallace) forms a bond with serial killer Eddie Quist (Robert Picardo). But when the meeting of the two arrives, it near

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

November 9, 2022

6
6/10

"Karen" (Dee Wallace) is an investigative reporter with a local television channel who is focussed on a local serial killer. When the police corner and kill this man, it has a curiously profound effect on the woman and she loses her memory. Needing a change of scenery, she heads to the remote "Colon

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The Movie Mob

The Movie Mob

@mooney240

January 2, 2023

4
4/10

**The Howling was groundbreaking for its time but isn’t the timeless classic I hoped it would be.** The Howling is a definitive werewolf horror film that introduced new ideas to the genre and broke new ground for special effects. The hidden secret werewolf community with opposing ideologies and o

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Wuchak

Wuchak

August 17, 2025

8
8/10

**_The first time cinema audiences saw werewolves like this!_** After a news anchor in Los Angeles (Dee Wallace) has a traumatic experience on the sleazy side of town, her therapist (Patrick Macnee) sends her and her hubby (Christopher Stone) to his secluded resort near the coast for treatment. W

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