Title: Tongue-in-cheek (or fang-in-cheek) fun, effects.
Product review: A werewolf movie that is part comedy and part horror, The Howling is a genre classic. Joe Dante directed this with flair, and the leads are engaging, especially Dee Wallace and Elisabeth Brooks as her evil double. Wallace, a TV reporter, puts her life on the line to help catch a sociopath named "Eddie" at the film's beginning. But things go haywire and she goes to a remote colony with her husband to recoup. This colony is actually a colony of werewolves, and from there Wallace and her friends try to stop what is happening. Lots of good werewolf lore included, a ton of in-jokes and cameo appearances (including Slim Pickens, Dick Miller and Forrest J Ackerman), but the real star of this film is the make-up effects by Rob Bottin, which are still the industry standard (people made a large fuss about Baker's work for An American Werewolf in London, but Bottin's work is better). This is a load of campy fun. Avoid the sequels, avoid them at all costs.
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