The Howling

A traumatised TV newswoman goes to stay at an isolated Californian retreat, desperate for a relaxing break. But her holiday takes a nightmarish turn when a horrifying secret comes to light. Tongue-in-cheek shocker, which spawned a series of lesser sequels. With Dee Wallace Stone, Patrick Macnee, Kevin McCarthy and eye-popping transformation sequences by effects wizards Rick Baker, who also worked on An American Werewolf in London, and Rob Bottin, who created the creatures for John Carpenter's The Thing. Including Entertainment News Extra