THE YOWLING

THE HOWLING (1981)
dir: Joe Dante

THE YOWLING
Crazy #80, November 1981
w: Paul Kupperberg
a: Bob Camp

Karen White (Dee Wallace) is a news reporter who has arranged to meet her stalker Eddie "The Mangler" (Robert Picardo) at a sting operation in an adult movie theater.

She almost gets attacked and the police are able to get the killer in time, but she is traumatized by the incident. (Not shown: her unable to speak on the air)

Karen's psychuatrist Dr. Waggner (Patrick Macnee) suggests a retreat for her and her husband. Reporters Terry (Brenda Belaski) and Chris (Dennis Dugan) investigate "The Mangler", finding further clues at his home. Karen is having marital problems with her husband Bill (Christopher Stone)

The scenes here are not in the same order as the actual movie.

The residents of the retreat, known as the Colony, are given more detail in the movie. The bookstore owner is played by Dick Miller, reprising his character from Bucket of Blood.

Everyone at the Canyon is a werewolf, and everyone they touch turns into one. It is not shown, bit one of the residence is a notorious nymphomaniac, seduces Bill, and turns him into a werewolf. In the city, Chris one of the investigative reporters, is also one.

Chris comes up to the Canyon, and being the only one not bitten, can thus save her. At fist they thought the sheriff (Slim Pickens) was an ally, but turns out to be lycanthropic as well.

The final scene is not shown, where Karen is back at the studio, and uses her on-air platform to warn the others of the curse that has plagued everyone, including herself. See if you can spot Dick Miller, who was in practically every low-budget movie of the 60s and 70s.