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