Back in July, IT and IT: CHAPTER TWO director Andy Muschietti said he'd like to remake Joe Dante's classic werewolf horror-comedy THE HOWLING. And last night, he moderated a panel with the cast of UNDERWATER and confirmed that after directing DC's THE FLASH, he will team up with Netflix for a new adaptation of THE HOWLING. Nice! We'll let you know when we hear more.
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The original werewolf creature feature followed:
a television journalist in Los Angeles named Karen White (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 Karen 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.
GREMLINS director Joe Dante helmed THE HOWLING from a screenplay written by John Sayles (ALLIGATOR, PIRANHA) and Terence H. Winkless based on the book by Gary Brandner. Michael Finnell and Jack Conrad produced, and the movie starred Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, and Belinda Balaski. Embassy Pictures unleashed the horror-comedy into a theater near your parents back on April 10, 1981.