DVD 91 mins IMDB
R (Restricted)
The Howling
MGM/UA (1981)
In Collection
#489

Seen It:
Yes
Horror, Thriller
USA  /  English

Dee Wallace-Stone 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

Director Joe Dante
Producer Michael Finnell; Jack Conrad
Writer John Sayles; Terence H. Winkless
Cinematography John Thomas
Musician Pino Donaggio

“The Howling” is a horror film about TV newswoman, Karen White (Dee Wallace) who breaks a story about a serial killer, Eddie Quist (Robert Picardo) who was on the loose. After the events of that encounter, Karen is traumatized and needs to get away. So Karen and her boyfriend Chris (Dennis Dugan) go off on a retreat to a tiny community where Eddie had come from in the wilderness. While vacationing there Karen is met with mixed feelings from the locales. Here they stumble upon what is called ‘The Colony’. Eddie was an outcast of a pack of werewolves who are trying to remain undetected in the modern day and will protect their secrets at any cost.

Edition Details
Distributor MGM Home Entertainment
Barcode 027616865489
Region Region 1
Release Date 8/28/2001
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)
Subtitles French; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Original Theatrical Trailer