Karen, een TV-journaliste, wordt na een aanranding naar The Colony, een privé-inrichting gestuurd. Daar vindt zij alles behalve rust. 's Nachts klinkt uit de dampige bossen een afgrijselijk gehuil. Het begin van een bloedstollende trip in de sinistere wereld van de weerwolf.
Nee, helaas is The Howling nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Gary Brandner | Novel |
| Writing | Terence H. Winkless | Screenplay |
| Production | Daniel H. Blatt | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jack Conrad | Producer |
| Production | Michael Finnell | Producer |
| Production | Steven A. Lane | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Pino Donaggio | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | John Hora | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mark Goldblatt | Editor |
| Writing | John Sayles | Screenplay |
| Editing | Joe Dante | Editor |
| Directing | Joe Dante | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rob Bottin | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Davis | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gigi Williams | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Baker | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Greg Cannom | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe Beserra | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Prentice | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | David Allen | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | Peter Kuran | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Conrad E. Palmisano | Utility Stunts |
| Production | Rob Bottin | Associate Producer |
| Production | Susan Arnold | Casting |
| Production | Judith Weiner | Casting |
| Art | Robert A. Burns | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Buehler | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Josephine Turner | Wigmaker |
| Production | David C. Thomas | Production Manager |
| Directing | Jack Cummins | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Ivo Cristante | Property Master |
| Art | Steven Legler | Set Designer |
| Sound | Douglas Vaughan | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Roger Creed | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Norman Cattell | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Laurel Moore | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | John Murray | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Roger Sassen | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Kurt Young | Key Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nancy G. Fox | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Natale Massara | Conductor |
| Directing | Jeanne Rosenberg | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Roger George | Special Effects |
