News caster Karen White heads to a new age-y mental health retreat in the aftermath of having a close run in with serial killer Eddie Quist. After witnessing him gunned down, after he nearly kills her, she and her husband Bill head to the resort, called "The Colony", which is run by ground breaking psychotherapist Dr. George Waggner, who had been working as a consultant on the case of Eddie Quist, a past patient of Dr. Waggner's, helping to profile him for the police.
Populated by eccentrics and townies, soon Karen is ulocking blocked memories of the attack, and her husband, who has been targeted by the local near-feral nymphomaniac Marcia Quist (yup, Eddie's sister) is taking a few too many late night walks. When Bill returns one night after having been bitten by "a dog", things start to get, well, hairy!
With a screenplay from the legendary screenwriter/director John Sayles (MATEWAN, LONE STAR) who was still doing genre work at the time, and directed by Joe Dante, this is in my top 3 werewolf films. the cast is rock solid as well, with Dee Wallace, her real life husband Chris Stone, Patrick Macnee, Slim Pickens, John Carradine, Dennis Dugan, Belinda Balaski, and cameos from Dick Miller and FAMOUS MONSTERS ediitor "Uncle" Forry J. Ackerman, THE HOWLING is a bona fide classic of high quality 80's terror. And with FX from a still teenaged Rob Bottin (John carpenter's THE THING) the transformation scene remains a jaw dropper to this very day. You already knew this though, didn't you?
Damn, we love this movie here at THE BONUS MATERIAL!
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