Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (Video 1988)

An author who was sent to the small town Drago, because of a nervous breakdown, gets wound up in a mysterious mystery about demons and werewolves. She starts seeing ghosts and dismisses ... See full summary »

Director:

John Hough

Writers:

Gary Brandner (novels), Clive Turner (story),

Stars:

Romy Windsor, Michael T. Weiss, Antony Hamilton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Romy Windsor	...	Marie
Michael T. Weiss	...	Richard Adams
Antony Hamilton	...	Tom
Susanne Severeid	...	Janice
Lamya Derval	...	Eleanor
Norman Anstey	...	Sheriff
Kate Edwards	...	Mrs. Ormstead
Dennis Folbigge	...	Dr. Coombes
Anthony James	...	Father Camefron
Dale Cutts	...	Dr. Heinemann
Clive Turner	...	Tow Truck Driver
Megan Kruskal	...	Sister Ruth
Dennis Smith	...	Mr. Ormstead
Greg Latter	...	John (as Gregg Latter)
Maxine John	...	Paula

Storyline

An author who was sent to the small town Drago, because of a nervous breakdown, gets wound up in a mysterious mystery about demons and werewolves. She starts seeing ghosts and dismisses them as her own imagination, but when they turn out to be real, she starts to get suspicious of the odd town and of its past.

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Plot Keywords:

werewolf | shapeshifting | bitten in the throat | lycanthropy | throat ripping | 

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Taglines:

A terrifying journey into the gaping jaws of death...

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

November 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aullido IV: La pesadilla original

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Allied Entertainments Group PLC, Allied Vision

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Matrix Surround

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filming began with Clive Turner as the film's producer and director, and Vincent G. Cox as the director of photography. A few days into shooting, Turner's main financial backer pulled out, shutting down production and resulting in most of the crew quitting. As a result, Turner had to call in Harry Alan Towers to rescue the film, and Towers had John Hough replace Turner as the director. There was still very little money to finish shooting, which resulted in much of the film being shot without sound, hence why most of the characters in the film speak with their backs turned to the camera.

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Goofs

The exterior of the house shows it is a single story house, but the interior is too big to fit in the exterior shown.

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Connections

Referenced in Satan's Storybook (1989)

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Soundtracks

"WINTER RAIN"
Music and Lyrics by Lauren Danielle
Vocals by Lauren Danielle

User Reviews

A nightmare certainly! wouldn't call it too original though!

Gives new meaning to the term "low budget movie!" Obviously someone decided, "Hey lets re-make the original HOWLING and get the series back on track?" Yeah well, you need a Director, actors and a script for that. When your budget runs to barely a week's supply of Big Macs this might be aiming a tad high!

This is one god-awful cheap-looking crappily acted mess with the most unsustainably fake and illogical werewolf transformation in history. Having the victim regress to a pile of glutinous mush then (quick reversal of film) reconstitute himself as a lycanthropic tease with major orthodontic problems? Huh???? not to mention the hour or so everyone's been yawning, wondering where the film actually is!

They even had the temerity to rip off the original's finale...herding all the K-mart inspired werewolves into a belltower for a spot of the old mass-destruction! Not that you can actually SEE anything!

For reasons of international "co-operation" shall we say, this abysmal flick was shot in South Africa with the majority of the cast being locals, needing to be dubbed into Anericanese during post-production. It shows!