Howling V: The Rebirth (1989)

Director:

Neal Sundstrom

Writers:

Gary Brandner (books)
Freddie Rowe (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

For 500 years the secret lay dormant... Until now!

Plot:

When a group of people from different walks of life converge on a Romanian castle sealed for 500 years...

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | Severed Head | Fifth Part | Sequel | Decapitation

Cast

Philip Davis	...	Count Istvan
Victoria Catlin	...	Dr. Catherine Peake
Elizabeth Shé	...	Marylou Summers
Ben Cole	...	David Gillespie
William Shockley	...	Richard Hamilton
Mark Sivertsen	...	Jonathan Lane
Stephanie Faulkner	...	Gail Cameron
Mary Stavin	...	Anna
Clive Turner	...	Ray Price
Nigel Triffitt	...	Professor
Jill Pearson	...	Eleanor
József Madaras	...	Peter (as Joszef Madaras)
Renáta Szatler	...	Susan

Also Known As:

The Howling V (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

USA:96 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Hungarian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Company:

Allied Vision

Quotes:

[to a werewolf who sneaks into her room as she pulls up her pants]
Gail: This is VERY rude!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Howling: New Moon Rising (1995) (V)

Better than the last three, but that isn't saying much ...

Great on location photography in Budapest Hungary, and surprise at the end (don't blink or you'll miss it) can't save this otherwise boring movie about a group of people, seemingly chosen at random, attending the reopening of an old Hungarian castle which has been closed for half a millennium, being stalked by an unseen killer. The killer turns out to be a werewolf. Or, maybe it was just a great big hairy dog. I couldn't tell, the killer was on screen so briefly.

This one isn't as awful as the previous three sequels, but that doesn't mean that it's very good either ...

*1/2 out of ****