Emaji Entertainment has recently posted a press release on its official website stating that they have acquired the right to remake 'The Howling,' a hit 1981 horror movie. This film was not only a huge success at the box office, but also developed a cult-following soon.

According to Latin Post, the 1981 horror movie was loosely based on the book series written by author Gary Brander. While the movie did have some similarities to the events in the books, there were several differences too.

'The Howling' was directed by renowned Joe Dante and was made on a mere $1.5 million dollar budget. However, the budget was quite reasonable in those days, but the return on investment (ROI) on the movie was rather significant. The film earned about $18 million at the domestic box office alone! However, the film's earnings from the international market is not available at Box Office Mojo, the report said.

Dee Wallace and Christopher Stone (who later married in real life) were the leading stars of the original horror movie released in 1981. The story of 'The Howling' revolved around a special report by a news anchor on a serial killer on the loose in the Los Angeles region. Following an almost fatal encounter with the murderer, the news anchor (portrayed by Dee Wallace) was sent to a remote village resort to help her to convalesce from her shocking stress. According to the movie's storyline in IMDb, the news anchor met with a colony of werewolves at the village resort, who either wanted to assimilate her or eat her.

The year in which 'The Howling' was released was considered to be the year of warewolf, because 'An American Werewolf in London' was also released in 1981. Moreover, another film 'Wolfen' was also released in 1981, but it was not as successful at the box office.

Meanwhile, Bloody Disgusting reports that 'The Howling' was also a pioneering movie in the horror genere because of it used quality special effects, a budding technology in those days, for the werewolf transformations. This technology did away with the outdated use of computer-generated effects (CGI), which was criticized by many horror film lover of the day.

Check out the video clip of the original 'The Howling' below.