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Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988)

   
Directed by: John Hough

Written by:
Clive Turner & Freddie Rowe

Starring:


Romy Windsor .... Marie
Michael T. Weiss .... Richard Adams
Antony Hamilton .... Tom
Susanne Severeid .... Janice
Lamya Derval .... Eleanor
Dennis Folbigge .... Dr. Coombes

Release Date: Direct-to-Video: 1988

*Images courtesy at: www.aycyas.com

Rating:

 

An author named Marie (Romy Windsor) had a nervous breakdown and was sent to the town of Drakho along with her husband Richard (Michael T. Weiss) where she is told that the town is wound up in a mysterious mystery about demons and werewolves.
She ends up having nightmares about ghosts and hauntings plus she hears howling outside which scares her but is assured that the town's major wildlife is only coyote's.
She runs into a former Nun named Janice (Susanne Severeid) as she tells her the disappearance of her former Nun named Sister Ruth (Megan Kruskal) as Janice experiences her haunting that night but Richard keeps convincing her that she is still seeing things.
What makes things worst is that Richard is having a lustful affair with an antique store owner named Eleanor (Lamya Derval) as she has some secrets of her own plus Janice is nearly attacked by what seems to be a wolf as well and must find some clues with Janice to find out what is going on.

 

The film has it's darkness again instead of the dark comedy like in the previous one but yet this one was a story on it's own too as from what it seems.
Uses some of the similar elements from the first one like the werewolf woman lustfully having an affair with a married man etc but the werewolves in this one was very scarce which in a way was almost good as it keeps you in suspense till the final showdown.
Made on a low budget and never made it to theatre's to top it all off but still fun to watch.

The acting is below average with alot of the actors namely the lead actress Romy Windsor who looked like she got her talents by working in a porn industry and very low key on her character. She could win a Raspberry Award.
Michael T. Weiss
tries to pull off his role as the cheating husband but yet doesn't do it.
However, Susanne Severeid as a retired Nun really pulls her part off well showing lots of dynamic energy.
Other supporting actress Lamya Derval comes across nicely as well playing a mysterious one at the antique store.

A brief breast shot on Lamya Derval during two lustful scene's.

A Man is bdly clawed
A neck is bitten
A man is melting and turning into sludge how gross.
A doctor tears the bottom of his mouth off when he is transforming into a werewolf.

The directing by John Hough needs some improvement as it looks quite cheesy.
There is a dialogue sequence between Michael T. Weiss and bit part actor Dale Cutts discussing the condition of poor and disturbed Marie but what's so poor about this direction was that it looked like that Hough didn't take the time to make this look convincing.
There is a fairly descent introduction by supporting actress L
amya Derval in an antique shop as it makes her role look mysterious.
There are nice dream sequences with a camera jogging along into the misty woods as well as a slow motion running performance by Romy Windsor.
A good camera shot on Weiss necking Windsor in bed as she has a good distracted expression by the howling outside.
There's a nice dialogue between Susanne Severeid and Windsor when she tells the history of her days by being a Nun and what happened to a former Nun there but Severeid put more into this.
A perfect shot on Weiss entering the antique store and a nice shot on Derval walking up to him acting smooth along with a perfect camera closing in on Weiss.
There's also good shots on Windsor reading a book and sitting on a couch with there are clips of Derval and Weiss having a sex scene.
There is a good shot on Windsor trying to hold a shotgun along with a creature trying to break into a window and a good close up shot on Derval howling in pain.
There's another good lustful moment between Weiss and Derval outside with her lying on top of him looking down at him and suddenly reacting vicious. Suddenly the terror begins.
A good shot on Weiss after being attacked and reacting in pain.
Weiss
almost how to react nasty and bitter during many sequences towards Windsor but it needed to be picked up a bit more.
There's a good setting with Windsor being frusterated about something and Severeid sitting on the couch looking disturbed.
The best direction was yet to come with Weiss groaning on the ground in pain and then showing a vicious look and then later on melting with most of the supporting cast as werewolves watching as there's perfect shots on all of them.
A good chasing scene with Windsor and Severeid running away from werewolves as the effects looked great.
A nice setting on supporting actor D
ennis Folbigge standing on a pentagram in a bellhouse with candles showing the frightening exposure on him although it did look very low budget like.
Severeid does extremely well trying to set the bellhouse on fire and yelling. Lots of energy there.
A good shot of the bellhouse exploding.

Composer Barrie Guard some good icy as well as screechy synthezier playing which helps the plot alot as well as wavering synthesizer soundings during the dream sequences which is sounding perfect for a b-film.