Werewolves are loose in the Bear Cave yet again, with guest host Craig Lantz bringing the other big werewolf film of 1981, Joe Dante's The Howling, to chat about. Often playing second-favorite to An American Werewolf in London, The Howling nevertheless was released first, and contains some gruesome (and plentiful) werewolf creature transformations, and is filled with references, homages, and even actor cameos from legacy horror and monster movies, while playing with - and redefining - rules for werewolves and shapeshifters for the modern era. Some creature designs and transformations may be more successful than others, but the story of a TV reporter (played by Dee Wallace) suffering from PTSD due to a botched sting operation to catch a serial killer, sent to recover in a country village called "The Colony", only to find herself surrounded by poin ...