MOVIE · 1981
The Howling
Horror91 min
After a near-fatal encounter with a serial killer, a television newswoman is sent to an isolated mountain retreat that promises recovery and privacy. Dee Wallace is the shaken reporter at its center, surrounded by residents, therapists, and hangers-on whose new-age calm starts to look like something more secretive. Joe Dante folds murder-case unease, commune rituals, and life deep in the woods into a werewolf story where the people around her may not be human.
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