Is The Howling actually good?

The Howling sits in the 69.4% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 69.4% of them.

How does The Howling compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, The Howling lands in the 66.3% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is The Howling's score based on?

258 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Howling's score.

1981

global pct

69.4

Film · 1981 · Films · 1980s

The Howling

Name: The Howling
Genre: Horror
Released: 1981

Scored from 258 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

69.4%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

66.3%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

90.3%

AI-adjusted percentile

258 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After a traumatic encounter with a serial killer, television news anchor Karen White retreats with her husband to a secluded California resort called The Colony, where her therapist sends patients to recover. As Karen tries to heal, she discovers the eccentric residents are hiding a monstrous secret rooted in ancient legend.

Released in 1981, The Howling is a horror film.

258 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 262 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. 3,140 other films from the 1980s form the cohort it is ranked inside.