The Howling is the latest in classic horror films to be remade!!
Director Andy Muschietti said he’d like the chance to update Gremlins and The Howling. Now it has been confirmed Andy will direct a new take on The Howling for Netflix.
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The Howling centers on a television journalist played by Dee Wallace who is traumatized in the course of aiding the police in their arrest of a serial murderer. Her doctor recommends that she attend an isolated psychiatric retreat led by Dr. George Waggner (Patrick Macnee). But while she is undergoing therapy, her colleague Chris (Dennis Dugan), investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding her shock. When his work leads him to suspect the supernatural, he begins to fear for Karen’s life. Then werewolves show up.
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Directed by Joe Dante and produced by Michael Finnell and Jack Conrad from a screenplay written by John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless based on the novel by Gary Brandner. Starred: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, and Belinda Balaski. Embassy Pictures released it on March 13, 1981.
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