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