The Howling

The Howling is a 1977 horror novel by Gary Brandner. It was the inspiration for the 1981 film The Howling, although the plot of the film was only vaguely similar to that of the book.

Brandner wrote two sequels to the novel, The Howling II in 1979 (later republished as Return of the Howling) and The Howling III: Echoes in 1985. Neither sequel was used as the basis for any of the subsequent Howling films. The fourth film in the series, Howling IV: The Original Nightmare made in 1988 is the closest adaptation of Brandner's original 1977 Howling novel, though even this differs in parts.