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Release Date:
10 April 1981 (USA) moreTagline:
Imagine your worst fear a realityPlot:
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. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(23 articles)
Exclusive Interview: Hugo Weaving on The Wolfman (From Fangoria. 22 August 2009, 11:30 AM, PDT)
Excl: Haley Bennett on Joe Dante's The Hole
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Very good. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
| Kenneth Tobey | ... | Older Cop |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
91 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Argentina:18 | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2004) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1981) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | New Zealand:R16 | UK:(Banned) (Special Edition DVD) | New Zealand:(Banned) (Special Edition DVD) | UK:R (Special Edition DVD) | France:-12 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Norway:18 (video premiere) (1984) | Norway:(Banned) (1981-2003) (cinema release)Filming Locations:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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Originally Rick Baker was doing the special effects for the film, but he left the production to do An American Werewolf in London (1981). Baker left the effects job for this film in the hands of assistant Rob Bottin. Both this film and "An American Werewolf in London" were released the same year and both received praise for their makeup work. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Eddie is transforming into a wolf in front of Karen, his left hand turns gray and grows hair down to the knuckles. Then in the shot of his arm muscles expanding, his left hand has a normal skin color and hair only down to his wrist. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Dr. George Waggner: Repression. Repression is the father of neurosis, of self-hatred. Now, stress results when we fight against our impulses. We've all heard people talk about animal magnetism, the natural man. the noble savage, as if we'd lost something valuable in our long evolution into civilized human beings. Now there's a good reason for this.
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Attractive reporter(Dee Wallace Stone)is coming to a small health resort.What she doesn't know is that all the residents of this resort are werewolves."The Howling" is one of my favourite werewolf flicks.It features some of the best transformation scenes ever filmed,excellent special effects and a bit of irony.The acting is pretty good,and Joe Dante's direction is well-handled.There's a nice amount of blood and gore too!This shocker offers also some delicious sleaze(sex and full frontal nudity).However I'm not going to waste my time writing about its sequels,because they pretty much suck(still I haven't seen the fourth and fifth installments of this series).Joe Dante also made the kick-ass "Piranha"(1978).