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6.6After 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.
Released: 1981-01-2191 minDir: Joe DanteHorrorBudget: $1.0MBox office: $18.0MPart of: The Howling Collection
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Cast
- Dee Wallace as Karen White
- Patrick Macnee as Dr. George Waggner
- Dennis Dugan as Chris
- Christopher Stone as R. William 'Bill' Neill
- Belinda Balaski as Terry Fisher
- Kevin McCarthy as Fred Francis
Themes
- adultery
- based on novel or book
- shapeshifting
- secret society
- woods
- murder
- serial killer
- cabin
- werewolf
- psychiatrist
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
42,806 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
76%
Metacritic
68/100
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Horror
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 100428
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- publication date
- 1981-04-10
- title
- The Howling
- capital cost
- 1000000
- review score
- 6.4/10
- box office
- 17985893
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Categories
1980s serial killer films1980s supernatural horror films1981 American films1981 English-language films1981 films1981 horror films1981 independent filmsAmerican exploitation filmsAmerican independent filmsAmerican supernatural horror filmsAmerican werewolf filmsEmbassy Pictures filmsEnglish-language crime filmsEnglish-language horror filmsEnglish-language independent filmsFilms about adultery in the United StatesFilms about amnesiaFilms about resurrectionFilms about television peopleFilms based on American horror novelsFilms directed by Joe DanteFilms scored by Pino DonaggioFilms set in Los AngelesFilms using stop-motion animation