Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- adultery
- based on novel or book
- shapeshifting
- secret society
- woods
- murder
- serial killer
- cabin
- werewolf
- psychiatrist
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Meshach Taylor — Shantz
- Directed
- Joe Dante
- Written
- John Sayles, Terence H. Winkless
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 918 ratings
- Studio
- AVCO Embassy Pictures, International Film Investors, Wescom Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1981 · You’re hereThe Howling
Where it starts.
Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch
1985
The Marsupials: The Howling III
1987
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
