Movie connections for
The Howling (1981) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)
Howling III (1987)
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988) (V)
Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)
Howling VI: The Freaks (1991) (V)
Howling: New Moon Rising (1995) (V)

Edited into

"The 100 Scariest Movie Moments" (2004)

References

Werewolf of London (1935)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
The Thing from Another World (1951)
A Bucket of Blood (1959)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Face of the Screaming Werewolf (1964)
Legend of the Werewolf (1975)

Referenced in

Gremlins (1984)
Dead End (1985)
 -  happy face on bathroom door, while wolf howls in distance
Critters (1986)
Wolfman Chronicles (1991)
 -  referred to in voiceover, and stills from movie shown
Hélas pour moi (1993)
 -  on video store shelf
Scream (1996/I)
The Truman Show (1998)
Dogma (1999)
 -  When Azrael is urging Silent Bob to use the golf club on him, he says "Call it a gift," and "Come on Bright Boy, don't you know anything?"
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Dog Soldiers (2002)
Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' (2002) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Cursed (2005)
The Werewolf Cult Chronicles: Vietnam 1969 (2005) (V)
 -  Main opening title tribute.
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Werewolves (#6.11)" (2006)
 -  A character says the second Howling is better than this first one.
An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder (2006) (V)
 -  Kevin refers to the movie and acts out part of a transformation
The Commune (2009/I)
 -  "Jenny can you see now?" is an homage to Karen's repressed werewolf memories

Features

The Big Bad Wolf (1934)
Little Boy Blue (1936)
 -  A night watchman watches it.
The Wolf Man (1941)
 -  Two characters watch the film on TV; later, the scene in which the gypsy tells Larry Talbott he is a wolfman is on TV in a diner at the end of the film
Zabriskie Point (1970)
 -  stock footage during the barn burning

Featured in

Making a Monster Movie: Inside 'The Howling' (1981) (TV)
 -  making of documentary featuring several scenes from the film.
The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982) (TV)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
Heartstoppers: Horror at the Movies (1992) (TV)
"The Directors: The Films of Roger Corman (#1.5)" (1999)
 -  Clip shown.
Unleashing the Beast: Making 'The Howling' (2003) (V)

Spoofed in

"Futurama: The Honking (#3.1)" (2000)
 -  title and plot of the episode spoof this (were-car instead of werewolf)

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