Dee Wallace-Stone as Karen White
Director Joe Dante and writer John Sayles have created one of the smartest and funniest werewolf movies ever made, and Rob Bottin's make-up is the equal of their story. An alumnus from the unofficial Roger Corman film school, Danted named many of the cast members of this unusual werewolf tale after familiar horror movie directors: Terry Fisher (Balaski), Fred Francis (McCarthy), Erle Kenton (Carradine), Sam Newfield (Pickens) and so on, and threw in a few guest appearances of old stars such as Macnee of The Avengers and former Corman regular Miller as a quirky expert on lycanthropy. The story opens as a psycho thriller with a TV anchorwoman, Karen using herself as bait for a maniac who gets shot by the police in a sex shop. The reporters then depart for a remote spa where they are joined by a few colleagues following up on the psychopath story which has yielded some evidence of lycanthropic activities. The plot successfully combines realistic contemporary horror and the transformation of man into werewolf is one of the most harrowing ever filmed -- done with special masks and apparatus that permit us to see jaws growing into shape (complete with dripping teeth).
Biography for Dee Wallace-Stone
Birth name
Deanna Bowers
Date of birth
14 December 1949
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Trivia
Daughter, Gabrielle, with Chris Stone.
Attended the same high school as actor Asner, Ed
18 (2001) .... Laura's Mom
Fish Don't Blink (2001) .... Dr. Roswell
Land of Canaan (2001) .... Bonnie Larkin
Month of Sundays, A (2001) (as Dee Wallace Stone) .... Sarah McCabe
She's No Angel (2001) .... Maureen Shawnessy
Adjustments (2001) .... Jill
Out of the Black (2001) .... Penny Hart
"Felicity" (1998) TV Series .... Allison Covington (2001-)
Artie (2000)
... aka F.A.R.T. the Movie (2000) (UK: DVD title)
Flamingo Dreams (2000) .... Ariel
Killer Instinct (2000) (as Dee Wallace Stone) .... Sarah Fairchild
Deadly Delusions (1999) .... Susan Randkin
Pirates of the Plain (1999) .... Glenna
Invisible Mom II (1999) (V) .... Laura Griffin
To Love, Honor and Betray (1999) (TV) .... Julia Brennan
Christmas Path, The (1998) .... Jenny
Illusion Infinity (1998)
Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story (1998) (TV) .... Rodman's stepmother
Black Circle Boys (1997) .... Barbara Sullivan
Mutual Needs (1997) .... Patricia
Nevada (1997) .... Ruth
Perfect Mother, The (1997) (TV) .... Gina Mitrou
Women: First and Foremost (1997) (TV) .... Host
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997) (TV) .... Linda Jones
... aka Swearing Allegiance (1997) (TV)
Making of 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial', The (1996) (V) .... Herself
Skeletons (1996) .... Heather Crane
Subliminal Seduction (1996) (TV) .... Sissy Bonner
... aka Corporation, The (1996) (TV)
... aka Roger Corman Presents Subliminal Seduction (1996) (TV)
Frighteners, The (1996) .... Patricia Ann Bradley/Ghost
... aka Robert Zemeckis Presents: The Frighteners (1996) (USA)
"High Sierra Search and Rescue" (1995) TV Series .... Morgan
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995) .... Georgia
Brothers' Destiny (1995) (TV)
... aka Long Road Home (1995) (TV)
... aka Road Home, The (1995) (TV)
Cops n Roberts (1995)
Invisible Mom (1995) (V) .... Laura Griffin
Phoenix and the Magic Carpet, The (1995) .... Mother
Skateboard Kid 2, The (1995) .... Lois Curtis
Temptress (1994) .... Allison Mackie
Vanishing Son IV (1994) (TV) .... Megan
Runaway Daughters (1994) (TV) .... Mrs. Gordon
Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy (1994) (TV) .... Suzanne Guthrie
Search and Rescue (1994) (TV) .... Morgan
Witness to the Execution (1994) (TV) .... Emily Dawson
Discretion Assured (1993) .... Kitten
Huck and the King of Hearts (1993) .... Darlene
Lightning in a Bottle (1993) .... Jean Markley
My Family Treasure (1993) .... Alex Danieloff
... aka Sokrovishche moyej semi (1993) (Russia)
Rescue Me (1993) .... Sarah Sweeney
... aka Street Hunter (1993) (USA)
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (1993) (TV) .... Jackie Fields
Alligator II: The Mutation (1991) .... Christine Hodges
P.S.I. Luv U (1991) (TV)
Popcorn (1991) .... Suzanne
I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990) (TV) .... Wanda Thatcher
"New Lassie, The" (1989) TV Series .... Dee McCullough
Addicted to His Love (1988) (TV) .... Betty Ann Brennan
... aka Sisterhood (1988/II) (TV)
Stranger on My Land (1988) (TV) .... Annie
Enemy Among Us, An (1987) (TV)
Miracle Down Under (1987) (TV) .... Elizabeth
... aka Bushfire Moon (1987) (TV)
... aka Christmas Visitor, The (1987) (TV)
Bialy smok (1986) .... Alta
... aka Legend of the White Horse, The (1986)
... aka White Dragon (1986)
Critters (1986) .... Helen Brown
Shadow Play (1986) .... Morgan Hanna
Circus of the Stars #11 (1986) (TV) (as Dee Wallace) .... Performer
"Together We Stand" (1986) TV Series .... Lori Randall
... aka "Nothing Is Easy" (1986)
Sin of Innocence (1986) (TV) .... Vicki McGary
... aka Two Young People (1986) (TV)
Club Life (1985) .... Tilly Francesca
... aka King of the City (1985)
Hostage Flight (1985) (TV) .... Laura Kenrick
Secret Admirer (1985) .... Connie Ryan
Terror in the Aisles (1984) (archive footage) .... Karen White (segment "The Hollowing")
... aka Time for Terror (1984) (Europe: English title: video title)
Sky's No Limit, The (1984) (TV) .... Dr. Maureen Harris
... aka Sky's the Limit, The (1984) (TV)
Jimmy the Kid (1983) .... May
Happy (1983) (TV) .... Marilyn
Cujo (1983) (as Dee Wallace) .... Donna Trenton
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home! (1983) (TV) .... Pat Peters
I Take These Men (1983) (TV) .... Elaine Zakarian
Skeezer (1982) (TV) (as Dee Wallace) .... Lucille
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) (as Dee Wallace) .... Mary
... aka E.T. (1982) (USA: short title)
Five of Me, The (1981) (TV) (as Dee Wallace) .... Ann
Saturn Awards (1981) (TV)
Child Bride of Short Creek (1981) (TV) .... Mary Jacobs
Whale for the Killing, A (1981) (TV) .... Janet Landon
Howling, The (1980) (as Dee Wallace) .... Karen White
Secret War of Jackie's Girls, The (1980) (TV) .... Maxine
Young Love, First Love (1979) (TV) .... Leslie
10 (1979) (as Dee Wallace) .... Mary Lewis, girl at Las Hadas Hotel
All the King's Horses (1977) (as Dee Wallace) .... Sandy Benson
Hills Have Eyes, The (1977) .... Lynne Wood
... aka Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes (1977) (USA: LD title)
Stepford Wives, The (1975) (as Dee Wallace) .... Nettie the Maid