How to Watch the The Howling Movies in Order

Want to watch the The Howling movies in order? The franchise spans 8 films released from 1981 to 2011. The simplest approach is release order, which is how the story was meant to unfold for audiences. Here is the complete The Howling watch order, with links to our full guides for each film.

1. The Howling (1981)

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.

2. Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)

When a young journalist dies in violent circumstances, her brother soon learns, by way of the mysterious Stefan Crosscoe, that his sister has succumbed to the werewolf curse.

3. Howling III: The Marsupials (1987)

A strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one. Is this a dangerous combination?

4. Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)

An author who was sent to the town Drakho, because of a nervous breakdown, gets wound up in a mystery revolving around demons and werewolves. She starts seeing ghosts and dismisses them as her own im

5. Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)

When a group of people from different walks of life converge in a Hungarian castle situated in Budapest which has been sealed for 500 years, they bring with them a werewolf which slowly begins to cut

6. Howling VI: The Freaks (1991)

A villainous carnival owner traps a young werewolf to include in his growing menagerie of inhuman exhibits.

7. Howling: New Moon Rising (1995)

A number of vicious murders occur in a small California town after a motorcycle-riding stranger arrives. The gruesome slayings look disturbingly like the work of a werewolf. Meanwhile, in another near

8. The Howling: Reborn (2011)

On the eve of his high school graduation, unremarkable Will Kidman finally bonds with the girl he has long yearned for, reclusive Eliana Wynter. But he also discovers a dark secret from his past... th

Watch order at a glance

1. The Howling (1981)
2. Howling II: Stirba - Werewolf Bitch (1985)
3. Howling III: The Marsupials (1987)
4. Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)
5. Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)
6. Howling VI: The Freaks (1991)
7. Howling: New Moon Rising (1995)
8. The Howling: Reborn (2011)

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