History Trivia / TheHowling

** The comic ''Revenge of the Werewolf Queen'' is a direct continuation of the first film, ignoring the other eight films, and came out in 2017, ''36'' years after the 1981 movie.

* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: In addition to being the lead actor of ''New Moon Rising'', Clive Turner is credited as the film's writer, director, producer, editor, and accountant.

* SequelGap: ''The Howling: Reborn'' (2011) came out 16 years after ''New Moon Rising'' (1995) - the poor reception of ''New Moon Rising'' likely contributed in this case, with ''Reborn'' notably being a reboot that ignores the events of ''New Moon Rising''.

* DirecToVideo: Following the third film, all the movies were released direct-to-video.

* SequelGap: ''The Howling: Reborn'' (2011) came out 16 years after ''New Moon Rising'' (1995) - the poor reception of ''New Moon Rising'' likely contributed in this case, with ''Reborn'' notably be a reboot that ignores the events of ''New Moon Rising''.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: For the first movie:
** Brazil: ''Scream of Horror''
** Denmark: ''Werewolves''
** Germany: ''The Animal''
** India: ''Wolf Scream''
** Portugal: ''The Howl of the Beast''
** Sweden: ''The Werewolves''

* CreatorCouple: Karen and Bill are played by Creator/DeeWallace and Creator/ChristopherStone, who were married from 1980 until his death in 1995.
* DawsonCasting: Creator/RobertPicardo was 28 when he played the "kid" Eddie, though it is unclear just how old Eddie actually is.
* DuelingMovies: Set against ''Film/AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon''. Hilariously, though it probably wasn't intentional, the two movies' examples of lycanthropy are entirely different. In ''Howling'', the change is by choice regardless of the moon or time of day, the resulting werewolf is chiefly a biped, the user still has control over themselves; and the only way to kill them is with silver. In ''American Werewolf in London'', the change is involuntarily invoked by the full moon, the werewolf walks on all fours, the user has no control over themselves; and regular weapons can kill them.

* {{Typecasting}}: Creator/DeeWallace as yet another horror victim.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Howling: New Moon Rising'' effectively killed the franchise for sixteen years until 2011 when the series was rebooted. While ''The Howling: Reborn'' got a better reception than ''New Moon Rising'', it still didn't do much to revitalise the franchise; the 2017 comic book series ''Revenge of the Werewolf Queen'' (which completely ignores all the film sequels) did more to get people interested in ''The Howling'' again, with it being announced in 2020 that a reboot is in the works.

* FranchiseKiller: ''Howling VII: New Moon Rising'' effectively killed the franchise for sixteen years until 2011 when the series was rebooted. While ''The Howling: Reborn'' got a better reception than ''New Moon Rising'', it still didn't do much to revitalise the franchise; the 2017 comic book series ''Revenge of the Werewolf Queen'' (which completely ignores all the film sequels) did more to get people interested in ''The Howling'' again, with it being announced in 2020 that a reboot is in the works.

* FollowTheLeader: It's pretty obvious that ''Reborn'' was made to cash-in on the ''Twilight'' craze.
* FranchiseKiller: ''Howling VII: New Moon Rising'' effectively killed the franchise for sixteen years until 2011 when the series was rebooted.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://horror.wikia.com/wiki/Horror_Film_Wiki The Horror Film Wiki]] covers ''The Howling''.

* CreatorCouple: Karen and Bill are played by Creator/DeeWallace and Christopher Stone, who were married from 1980 until his death in 1995.