---
title: 'The Howling (1981)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joe Dante'
released: '1981-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-howling-1981'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082533/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Howling (1981)

1981 · R · 89 min · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

The Howling is a 1981 American horror film directed and edited by Joe Dante, written by John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless, and starring Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, Belinda Balaski, Kevin McCarthy, John Carradine, Slim Pickens, and Elisabeth Brooks. Based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Gary Brandner, the film follows a news anchor who, following a traumatic encounter with a serial killer, visits a resort secretly inhabited by werewolves.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [John Sayles](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sayles), [Terence H. Winkless](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-h-winkless)
- **Director:** [Joe Dante](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-dante)
- **Editor:** [Joe Dante](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-dante)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Pino Donaggio](https://cinepixo.com/people/pino-donaggio)
- **Producer:** [Michael Finnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-finnell)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Hora](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hora)

## Cast

- [Christopher Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-stone)
- [Jonathan Kaplan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-kaplan)
- [Kevin McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-mccarthy)
- [Margie Impert](https://cinepixo.com/people/margie-impert)
- [Robert Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-carradine)
- [Forrest J Ackerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/forrest-j-ackerman)
- [Slim Pickens](https://cinepixo.com/people/slim-pickens)
- [John Carradine](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-carradine)
- [Belinda Balaski](https://cinepixo.com/people/belinda-balaski)
- [John Sayles](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sayles)
- [Noble Willingham](https://cinepixo.com/people/noble-willingham)
- [Patrick Macnee](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-macnee)
- [Kenneth Tobey](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-tobey)
- [Dick Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-miller)
- [Robert Picardo](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-picardo)

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