The Howling

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film horror film werewolf film

The Howling is a 1981 horror film renowned for its groundbreaking werewolf transformation effects and influential contribution to modern werewolf cinema.

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Label Occurrences
The Howling canonical 16
Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf 1
The Howling (novel) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
horror film ⓘ
werewolf film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Gary Brandner ⓘ
basedOn The Howling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Howling (novel)
cinematographer John Hora ⓘ
composer Pino Donaggio ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive ⓘ
cultStatus cult classic ⓘ
director Joe Dante ⓘ
distributor Embassy Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Avco Embassy Pictures
editor Mark Goldblatt NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 1980s American horror cinema ⓘ
filmingLocation California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
followedBy The Howling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf
genre horror ⓘ
supernatural horror ⓘ
werewolf ⓘ
homeMedia Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
influenced modern werewolf cinema ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
narrativeFocus television news anchor traumatized by encounter with serial killer ⓘ
notableFor groundbreaking werewolf transformation effects ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries The Howling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Howling film series
plotElement remote therapy retreat that is actually a werewolf colony ⓘ
producer Jack Conrad ⓘ
Michael Finnell ⓘ
productionCompany Embassy Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1981-03-13 ⓘ
releaseYear 1981 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 91 ⓘ
screenwriter John Sayles ⓘ
Terence H. Winkless ⓘ
setIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
specialEffectsArtist Rob Bottin ⓘ
starred Belinda Balaski ⓘ
Christopher Stone ⓘ
Dee Wallace ⓘ
Dennis Dugan ⓘ
Elisabeth Brooks ⓘ
John Carradine ⓘ
Kevin McCarthy ⓘ
Patrick Macnee ⓘ
Robert Picardo ⓘ
Slim Pickens ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rick Baker → notableWork → The Howling ⓘ
John Carradine → notableWork → The Howling ⓘ
Dee Wallace → notableWork → The Howling ⓘ
Dee Wallace → appearedIn → The Howling ⓘ
Slim Pickens → notableWork → The Howling ⓘ
Robert Picardo → notableWork → The Howling ⓘ
Robert Picardo → performedIn → The Howling ⓘ
Joe Dante → notableWork → The Howling ⓘ
Joe Dante → directed → The Howling ⓘ
Michael Finnell → notableWork → The Howling ⓘ
Michael Finnell → workedOn → The Howling ⓘ
Patrick Macnee → workedOn → The Howling ⓘ
Mark Goldblatt → notableWork → The Howling ⓘ
Mark Goldblatt → edited → The Howling ⓘ
The Howling → basedOn → The Howling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Howling (novel)
The Howling → partOfSeries → The Howling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Howling film series
The Howling → followedBy → The Howling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Howling II: Your Sister Is a Werewolf
Richard A. Baker → notableWork → The Howling ⓘ
Richard A. Baker → workedOn → The Howling ⓘ