Howling IV attempted to move the story back to its origins with this sequel that amounts to a semi-remake of the original Howling.
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and tries to recover in a rented cabin in the mysterious backwoods town of Drago. Drago is filled with the same type of strange inhabitants that populated the colony in the original Howling. Not surprisingly, she starts having visions and hallucinations and ultimately finds out that her small town is full of werewolves. You even get a similar ending to the original when the town werewolves are lured to an ancient bell tower and set on fire.
It's a low budget affair that sometimes looks like one of those weird Italian horror movies from the '70s and the '80s. It's shot in a cool looking western town, but for some reason they weren't able to use that setting to very good effect. Check out Vampires by John Carpenter if you want to see what excellent use of unique south western locations should look like.
Howling IV is in a tough spot. It's a horror franchise that's ripping off itself and not even doing a good job at that. The acting ranges from stilted to downright bad, and the special effects will disappoint anyone who's seen the original. It's fair to ask yourself if this film was even necessary.
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and tries to recover in a rented cabin in the mysterious backwoods town of Drago. Drago is filled with the same type of strange inhabitants that populated the colony in the original Howling. Not surprisingly, she starts having visions and hallucinations and ultimately finds out that her small town is full of werewolves. You even get a similar ending to the original when the town werewolves are lured to an ancient bell tower and set on fire.
It's a low budget affair that sometimes looks like one of those weird Italian horror movies from the '70s and the '80s. It's shot in a cool looking western town, but for some reason they weren't able to use that setting to very good effect. Check out Vampires by John Carpenter if you want to see what excellent use of unique south western locations should look like.
Howling IV is in a tough spot. It's a horror franchise that's ripping off itself and not even doing a good job at that. The acting ranges from stilted to downright bad, and the special effects will disappoint anyone who's seen the original. It's fair to ask yourself if this film was even necessary.