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Shot in South Africa, this direct-to-video installment of the werewolf series continues that franchise's tradition of generating sequels light-years distant from the quality of Joe Dante's witty and f... read more read more...rightening original. The fourth chapter even attempts to rewrite the original film's premise, which admittedly took grand liberties with the novel by Gary Brandner. The revamped tale involves successful author Marie (Romy Windsor), who visits the scenic woodland town of Drago to find respite from constant nightmare visions involving werewolves and a mysterious nun. Needless to say, her stay in the village does nothing to dispel the visions, which increase in frequency and seem to suggest strange portents of evil events to come...and a warning to get out of town before the next full moon. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 34 min.

Directed by: John Hough

Release Date: November 1, 1988

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DVD Release Date: June 15, 2004

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  • TheDudeLebowski65
    December 9, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    Fourth film in this franchise of werewolf films is yet another boring affair. Established horror director John Hough (American Gothic) directs this film, but due to a poor script (as usual), the film goes nowhere. The results are wasted on-screen. Howling IV continues the trend o... read moref this franchise to create awful, pointless and unnecessary sequels to a classic horror film. With every sequel that has been produced in this series, the series has reached ultimate lows of mediocrity. This film though directed by a good horror director is total garbage. The film is a mess from start to finish and the cast here awful and add to that a poor plot, and you have yet another poor sequel. Since this is the fourth entry in The Howling franchise. You wonder why they're keeping making such poor sequels. These sequels are uninteresting, and this fourth entry is like every other film in the franchise that followed the original, it's a film with barely anything terrifying elements, and it doesn't do anything to thrill you. In fact, I was very bored watching this film, and I couldn't believe that this passed as a sequel to The Howling. I absolutely hated this film, and it has many flaws like the virtual absence of actual werewolves. If this is a werewolf film, you'd expect a bit more werewolf activity, right? This fourth film is yet another failed attempt at cashing in on a classic film, and it will once again disappoint fans of the original
  • ScoopOnline
    December 12, 2009
    ScoopOnline
    There are different werewolf movies and it will be wrong me to say I dont enjoy werewolf movies, I do but this made me yawn.
  • SirPant
    September 29, 2009
    SirPant
    Fairly boring. Had some clever ideas but they are poorly executed. It also only had 3 minutes worth of werewolf action in it! Had a good melting man moment towards the end though!
  • WrenchLT
    May 8, 2007
    WrenchLT
    A poor movie... boring and tedious. Suffers from a serious lack of 'Werewolf' action. The images on the DVD cover aren't even from this film.

    The film plays out almost identical to the first movie, but without all the elements that made that movie good and watchable.

    It's best ... read moreto avoid this one. It's the worst in the 'Howling' series.
  • ileo
    January 12, 2008
    ileo
    Fantastic!
  • BenRogers84
    October 24, 2011
    BenRogers84
    This is pretty much an unofficial remake of the very first one but done in a late 80s style as oppose to the early 80s early 70s style of the original. Not bad for for what its trying to do here. I don't know if anything in this series could be as bad as part 6 The Freaks!!!!! Th... read moreis series started out kinda decent then just got slightly worse as the sequels kept coming.
    This one isn't horrible but its pretty much just a rehash of part one with a few things just changed here and there, like the woman here isn't a news reporter and thats pretty much it, everything else is almost exactly the same storywise as part one lol.
    The effects for the werewolves are late 80s so take from that what you will. If you're a fan of practical werewolf suits and effects and not into CGI werewolves then give this a watch.
    This is a good late 80s cheesy horror movie that is a must for Halloween viewing.
  • theSwitchbladeSister
    September 25, 2010
    theSwitchbladeSister
    The hardest Howling movie to watch I've encountered so far. Some unsympathetic characters battle some werewolves -- but they hardly even do that.
  • MrTalbotOO7
    March 9, 2007
    MrTalbotOO7
    Entertaining and (supposedly) more accurate edition in the popular bbut rarely any good franchise, with nifty werewolves and some decent, albeit all to brief, boobage.

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