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Title: Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988) |
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Review of The Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
A young lady is plagued by nightmares. When she decides to go on a vacation. She and her husband got o a town named Drago where all the townfolk are werewolves.
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Comments for Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
- Posted on 2007-07-24
The 2ND best in the series
I love horror movies point blank!..It's just my thing
one of the things i love doing the most is following up on squeals
I must say The Howling IV is the best in the series after the first one
none of the other parts have that creepy ,grim feeling that the first Howling
gave us Part 2 is just garbage Part 3 i own it but have not took the time to
see it Part V is the only one that's good enough to stand by part 4
Howling VI:The Freaks sucks the big one & new moon rising i can't find anywhere.
The Howling 4 sets out to capture the first film , a writer who as a nervous
break down heads out to the country with her husband to relax and enjoy
some days off but it quickly turns into a nightmare when see starts to hear howling outside her window and gets involve in solving a local mystery
when all is said and done this movie is worth a watch and worth the buy
Score: 3
- Posted on 2007-04-03
Howwll!
I loved this movie so much! Sure it's similar to the first but the special effects makes it a howl of a great time!
Score: 4
- Posted on 2006-01-29
Beyond bad
The fourth entry into the Howling series finds that after three films the series had already outstayed it's welcome. The story is similar to that of the original film, involving a colony of werewolves that has one thing on their mind. Howling IV: Original Nightmare, isn't original in the least, and despite some solid makeup effects, nothing can save the film from the atrocious acting (from Romy Windsor and Pretender's Michael T. Weiss) lackluster directing, and predictable story. It's a terrible film, but believe it or not, there would be more Howling films on the way after this, which would get even worse! Do yourself a favor, skip every Howling sequel and stick with Joe Dante's original tongue-in-cheek classic, because no Howling film after that is even worth seeing.
Score: 1
- Posted on 2005-10-11
A good horror film that is actually much truer to the original book .
"Howling IV: The original nightmare" is one of those sequels to a revered horror film that is almost universally trashed by people who see it and even people who don't, which is something that can be understood to an extent. The film can't compare to the polished nature of the original film, nor can it compete with that film's revolutionary and downright groundbreaking make-up effects. Add to that that "Howling IV" has been butchered by its producer in post-production to create more of a contemporary and commercial horror film on its original release. But that's not the whole story. The truth is that for all the film's short comings there are some merits to it and they are not as few as many people think. The film is much truer to the atmospheric and suspensful storyline of the original book than any other film in "The Howling" series (much more so than the classic, but tongue-in cheek original film) and is also directed with much style and a good amount of atmosphere and suspense by John Hough (who directed the excellent ghost stoty "The Legend of hell house") whose style still shows and gives the film an unnerving, eerie feel to it even after the producer's tinkering. Add to that that the film has a very good story, effective if not stellar make-up effects and manages to end on an extremely eerie note and you get a very good B-movie that should be viewed with its low-budget in mind. This is a film that will please fans of the original book more than anyone else, but will also please fans who like good, intriguing horror stories that are presented on screen with a minimum of flash. Worth re-appraisal as one of the best "Howling" sequels. As for the DVD, all of the editions available around the world are almost of the same quality, which is fair, but adequate enough for a film as obscure.
Score: 3 - Posted on 2004-10-14
Least Dated of the Serious
This is easily the least dated of all the 6 Howling films. V and VI also aren't very dated, though they are a couple of disturbing films, with VI beaing a freakshow and on the level of Todd Browning's Freaks. Nothing is dated. They are all modern. The most campy of the series is II- 80s new wave written all over it. Then the next campy is III- PG13 rated and regular 80s cheese. At the lower end of the campiness is the widely acclaimed masterpiece first Howling film- 80s redneck. The Howling films became a mess of campiness. Now looking back on them, this only heightened the entertainment value today. A writer goes to a retreat, only to be haunted and hunted by werewolves. This looks like it could've been made today. This is easily the least cheesey of the Howling films. Maybe one day I will write a script for a seventh Howling.
Score: 4