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The Howling (1981)

Directed by Joe Dante

Horror

Most recently watched by sensoria, JohnPeel, vivalaserdisc, seanCduregger

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.

Rated R | Length 91 minutes

Actors

Dee Wallace | Patrick Macnee | Dennis Dugan | Christopher Stone | Belinda Balaski | Kevin McCarthy | John Carradine | Slim Pickens | Elisabeth Brooks | Robert Picardo | Margie Impert | Noble Willingham | James Murtaugh | Jim McKrell | Meshach Taylor | Kenneth Tobey | Dick Miller | Don McLeod | Bill Sorrells | Ivan Saric | Steve Nevil | Sarina C. Grant | Wendell Wright | Herbie Braha | Joe Bratcher | Chico Martínez | Daniel Nunez | Michael O'Dwyer | Roger Corman | John Sayles | Jonathan Kaplan | Forrest J Ackerman | Robert A. Burns | Michael Chapman | Mick Garris

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Viewing Notes

I gotta say that John Carradine looks better here than he did in films much older than this. Glad to see him as I forgot he was in this. Part of my Childhood Films Project as I haven’t seen this in its entirety since I was a kid. Have seen clips over the years but the first half was foggy.

Also counting it for my 31 Days of Horror since I haven’t seen it in so long and barely remember most of it. It’s a damn fine werewolf flick that’s for sure. Dee Wallace is great but I wish she was given more to do. Really it’s Belinda Balaski and Dennis Dugan that are at the center of the mystery. But it all comes together quite nicely.

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