The Howling packs enough laughs into its lycanthropic carnage to distinguish it from other werewolf entries, with impressive visual effects adding some bite.
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          Director 
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            Joe Dante 
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          Producer 
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            Daniel H. Blatt , Jack Conrad , Michael Finnell , Steven A. Lane 
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          Screenwriter 
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            Gary Brandner , John Sayles , Terence H. Winkless 
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          Distributor 
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            AVCO Embassy Pictures , MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc. , Image Entertainment Inc. , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 
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          Production Co 
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            AVCO Embassy Pictures 
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          Rating 
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            R 
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          Genre 
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            Horror 
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          Original Language 
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            English 
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          Release Date (Theaters) 
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            Apr 3, 1981, Original 
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          Release Date (Streaming) 
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            May 3, 2017 
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          Runtime 
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            1h 31m 
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