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Release Date:
10 April 1981 (USA)
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Tagline:
Imagine your worst fear a reality
Plot:
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 | full synopsis
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Serial Killer
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Werewolf
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Colony
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Woods
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Psychiatrist
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Awards:
2 wins
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2 nominations
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Remake of The Howling sharpens claws for Halloween 2010
(From The Geek Files. 24 November 2009, 5:16 AM, PST)
More Werewolf Movies Coming Thanks to New Moon
(From ReelzChannel. 24 November 2009, 1:00 AM, PST)
(From The Geek Files. 24 November 2009, 5:16 AM, PST)
More Werewolf Movies Coming Thanks to New Moon
(From ReelzChannel. 24 November 2009, 1:00 AM, PST)
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Intense & cheeky lycanthropy
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Cast
(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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91 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
Argentina:18 |
Finland:K-18 (cut) (1981) |
Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2004) |
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)
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To add to the hidden puns throughout this film, there is a book placed near a phone during one scene: Allen Ginsberg's "Howl".
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Continuity: Werewolf Eddie needed to press the Play and Record button at the same time to record Terry's attack. But only the Play button was pressed down.
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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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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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THE HOWLING (1981) *** Dee Wallace, Christopher Stone, Patric Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Belinda Balaski, Kevin McCarthy, Slim Pickens, John Carradine, Dick Miller. Tongue-in-cheek humor (thanks to John Sayles' shrewd script) and state-of-the-art make-up effects, by wizard Rob Bottin (incidentally, prodigy of make-up wiz Rick Baker, whose stellar work was the first recipient of an Academy Award for Best Make-Up for `An American Werewolf in London', which was released the same year and tended to overshadow this film's appeal) blend perfectly in director Joe Dante's valentine to B-horror films with some B-horror vets (Carradine & Miller) set in a cult-like spa where recovering from a breakdown, newscaster Wallace, finds herself hip-deep in werewolves(!) The aforementioned make-up is the real star here with some truly nasty `changing' sequences, that are still unsettling to watch. Atmospherically perfect for a full moon viewing!