The Howling is a 1981 werewolf-themed horror film directed by Joe Dante. Based on the novel of the same name by Gary Brandner, the screenplay is written by John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless. The original music score is composed by Pino Donaggio. Karen White is a Los Angeles television news anchor who is being stalked by a serial murderer named Eddie Quist . In cooperation with the police, she takes part in a scheme to capture Eddie by agreeing to meet him in a sleazy porno theater. Eddie forces Karen to watch a video of a young woman being raped, and when Karen turns around to see Eddie... she screams. The police enter and shoot Eddie, and although Karen is safe, she suffers amnesia. Her therapist, Dr. George Waggner , decides to send her and her husband, Bill Neill , to "The Colony", a secluded resort in the countryside where he sends patients for treatment. The colony is filled with strange characters, and one, a sultry nymphomaniac named Marsha Quist , tries to seduce Bill.
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| Release date: | March 13, 1981 |
| Directed by: | Joe Dante |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 91 Minutes |
| Producer: | Daniel H. Blatt, Jack Conrad, Michael Finnell, Steven A. Lane |
| Editor: | Joe Dante, Mark Goldblatt |
| Music by: | Pino Donaggio |
| Cinematography: | John Hora |
| Screenplay by: | John Sayles, Terence H. Winkless |
| Estimated budget: | $1,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Howling |