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The Howling (1980)
Director: Joe Dante
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From Time Out Film Guide
Though it works well enough as a werewolf thriller (not, admittedly, a genre packed with masterpieces), Dante's film - which has TV reporter Wallace seeking therapy with bizarre consciousness-raising group 'The Colony' after a traumatic incident involving a serial killer - succeeds best as a witty, knowing commentary on the genre itself. References to lycanthropic lore, literature and cinema abound; gags are plentiful; and the whole thing casts a pleasingly sceptical glance at various social fashions and fads of the times. Hardly surprising, given Dante's irreverent sense of humour and the fact that the film was co-written by John Sayles.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Joe Dante
Producer: Michael Finnell, Jack Conrad
Cast: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, Belinda Balaski, John Carradine, Slim Pickens full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 90 mins
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