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.
| Production | Steven A. Lane | Executive Producer |
| Writing | John Sayles | Screenplay |
| Sound | Pino Donaggio | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | John Hora | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Terence H. Winkless | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gary Brandner | Novel |
| Editing | Mark Goldblatt | Editor |
| Production | Jack Conrad | Producer |
| Production | Daniel H. Blatt | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Joe Dante | Editor |
| Directing | Joe Dante | Director |
| Production | Michael Finnell | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rob Bottin | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gigi Williams | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Davis | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| 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 | Peter Kuran | Visual Effects |
| Visual Effects | David Allen | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Conrad E. Palmisano | Utility Stunts |
| Production | Rob Bottin | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Buehler | Costume Design |
| Production | Judith Weiner | Casting |
| Art | Robert A. Burns | Art Direction |
| Production | Susan Arnold | Casting |
| Sound | Natale Massara | Conductor |
| Directing | Jeanne Rosenberg | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Roger Creed | Stunt Coordinator |
| Camera | Kurt Young | Key Grip |
| Camera | Norman Cattell | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Jack Cummins | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Steven Legler | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nancy G. Fox | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Production | David C. Thomas | Production Manager |
| Lighting | John Murray | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Josephine Turner | Wigmaker |
| Camera | Laurel Moore | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Douglas Vaughan | Boom Operator |
| Art | Ivo Cristante | Property Master |
| Lighting | Roger Sassen | Best Boy Electric |
| Crew | Roger George | Special Effects |
