@Berry Punch Echo Bridge put it on a disc alone a few months after I commented. No special features, and it looks like crap. But, honestly, who expected The Howling 4 to get a fancy DVD release?
Just to update this for you. I actually have this DVD single by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment which was originally released and now out of print and the awesome part about this DVD. it has pictures of part 3 on the back instead of 4. hahaha
"THA HOWLING", "are you okay", and "there won't be another full moon for months" are three things I still think about randomly and laugh about! Great video.
The audio on this and some of the other olp series has a really really high pitch whine when Allison is talking, at least if you've got headphones on. I think it's baked into the video.
Took me awhile to even hear it when I was trying to listen for it. Even then, it only came up when I slid the volume all the way up. And now I can't unhear it. Do not look into the void!
GodsBurden u think ITS BAKED? I have a better reason, which also explains the actresses sucky acting. It’s not the audio that’s baked, it’s HER that’s baked
I've read the novel. It's nowhere near as bad as the fourth movie. As I said when I reviewed the book and the movies, the Joe Dante film does a much better job at capturing the atmosphere and subtext of the book, even if the remake occasionally replicates some of the smaller plot details more faithfully. The worst ideas from The Original Nightmare (such as "We're all in fear/Werewolves are here!") are most certainly not from the book. If the producers wanted to do a more accurate adaptation of a Howling novel, they should've taken a shot at reshooting the second one, which is essentially unrecognizable in its cinematic form (Mexico, Transylvania--same place, right?).
I remember that actor who you are talking about, Allison. He replaced the main actor on Cover Up after he shot himself in the head with a blank from a gun. Antony Hamilton would later die 7 years later from AIDS-related pneumonia.
I like the VHS quality of this video. It looks like something that came out around the time this movie did. You look like someone from that era who had seen it for the first time and you're telling your friends. I'm sure that wasn't the intention, but I like it!
10:48 The Poster of part 1 hinted at some kind of monster thing going on , let alone possible a wolf or something by one of the posters for it had fangs , and most of them have beastlike fingers ripping through the poster abit too.
I had been depressed for two weeks and saw this last night. It was. so great. Was the first movie in a 10 horror films DVD. My dad's neighbor gave it to him after he said he found them in the dumpster where they live xD
Worst part is this is one of the better sequels lol..... another funny scene is at the end when all the “werewolves” are running toward the bell tower if you pause the movie when the camera is on the group of wolves you can totally see a Siberian Husky in there
Lupa, I have no idea if you look at comments this far after a video's release, but I promise you the novel is totally divorced from this, and it's actually worth reading. To give you an idea of just how weird the pick-and-choose of all these movies is, the novel's protagonist basically ends up being Ellen Ripley before Alien came out. Why the hell there was never anyone interested in capitalizing on that, I'm sure I don't know.
it was pretty faithful, but the shoestring budget made it terrible. all the detective/whodunnit aspects of the novel are there, but the movie doesn't do it justice. especially when it comes to the introduction of the main character (which leads to her powerful arc as a survivor and fighter) and it's revised ending.
What about "Nightmare City", it kind of doesn't have a beginning to ending as the events sort of loop back on themselves. I mean it's more fun than this movie because as batshit crazy as it is, it can still be watched and you can get a good laugh.
That is something I have never understood about vampires and about The Howling's werewolves. Why does the husband immediately side with the other werewolves after being bitten? And why are you immediately evil after a vampire turns you?
Chris Newman Really? That’s the part you have problems with? The whole turning into a Wolfman or vampire isn’t the curious part? It wouldn’t be a great story if you just stay the same and keep going to work and stuff, except you’re a decent, family werewolf.
The vamp thing probably has to do with the mythology of vamps when you turn you die and lose your soul your mind is there but no emotion or good remains
I really, REALLY need to see the first Howling sometime. I can never get over your use of the "Are you okay?" clip. I even loved when Phelous used it in his Croc review. 3:30- At least the town they're going to isn't called Flowerew ("Werewolf" spelled backwards). 5:17- I'll be sticking with Pepsi, thank you very much. 6:56- OWLS DO NOT HOWL, YA STUPID BITCH. 12:24- I know those brand of bars. They're the kind that serve Beer Beer. 13:00- Say what you will about the 2016 Ghostbusters, but that reboot is FAR better than this one.
The Gary Brandner novel trilogy is actually really great. Don’t judge them off the cheesy movie sequels. I highly recommend them as well as the comic book series.
I know the guy who played the werewolf at 16:08 . He’s William Forsche, and he was a special effects makeup artist. He’s no longer in the business, but the shoot for this in South Africa was grueling and no one was happy with the suit.
The howling movies in orded of most liked to least liked(haven't seen beyond 5 yet): The Howling, The Howling 2, The Howling 4, The Howling 5, The Howling 3.
15:31 was the creepiest scene in the movie for me. i think i fell asleep at some point and woke up at that part. from what i'm seeing in this great review, i didn't miss much.
That clip of the guy saying "Are you OK" still plays back in my mind whenever I ask someone if they're okay. And, of course, "DA HOWLING *sting*" is a classic that I can never forget!
Howling IV was boring AF. The only reason I finished watching it was because I liked Marie. (She's a little cutie-pie!!) I sat through the whole thing once and never again. But I do pop in the DVD time & time again to rewatch the parts I DO like, like the melting man werewolf transformation and the giant werewolf climax. (So basically, the end, LOL!!)
I will say that if Howling 4 was the last Howling movie, I will say that this movie is the my most least favorite of the Howling series. With Howling 2 and 3, I will rather see again and again, and can actually sit though the non action scenes.
Marie was dumb!! She can't tell what's real and not. Than at end calling her husband knowing he was one of the wolves and get attacked in the end by the head wolf. Probably the doctor or the female who her husband cheated on her with.
You know that's something I never understood. Why didn't they just call it hailing the remake. I mean they remade resident evil 2 & called it resident evil 2 remake I mean why couldn't they have done that back then in 1988 you know just call it the howling remake I always thought the first one was pretty good, every time I watch this one part 4 I get bored & fall asleep on it so I've never actually seen the whole thing although I've seen the rest of them. But yeah in my opinion part 4 takes like forever to start.
Kudos to the movie for being somewhat more faithful to the novel and less humorous than Joe Dante’s Howling. After that, the film essentially falls apart.
Every time I see the red head all I can think is Robey from "Friday the 13th: The Series". Except, even the worse "Friday the 13th: The Series" episode is way better than this.
Just saw this movie literally today................on one one of those dollar bin DVDs with 4 movies on it and THIS WAS PURE TRASH!!!Boring as all hell and why did the doctor rip his face off in the tower? WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!?????????????????
The novel was kind of a letdown to me. The author is distant, cold, he takes too many opportunities to indulge his edging fetish (no shame, but time and place), and he uses so many obscure technical names of body parts that losing track of where a character just got bitten by a werewolf is a frequent occurrence; I wondered if he was a doctor, but I never checked. Worse, he doesn't seem to be able to write his women characters as being concerned with anything other than the plot going on, giving care to animals and children, their appearance (if evil), or whether a man (any man regardless of relationship) is giving too much attention to another woman. The movie, just by virtue of adaptation, removes the most obvious of his unsavoury misogynist narration and jarring word choices. And eventually it is just absurd that every man and woman in this universe has a life-changing positive experience when a werewolf aggressively edges them, often against their will, and further absurd how many occasions for that there seems to be in this horror thriller. I worry I just piqued curiousity about this bad book.
This film is so good, the only DVD you can get of it is multi feature horror packs.
Classy.
@Berry Punch
Oh, well that sucks.
@Berry Punch Echo Bridge put it on a disc alone a few months after I commented. No special features, and it looks like crap. But, honestly, who expected The Howling 4 to get a fancy DVD release?
Just to update this for you. I actually have this DVD single by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment which was originally released and now out of print and the awesome part about this DVD. it has pictures of part 3 on the back instead of 4. hahaha
"There won't be another full moon for months"? I don't think that's possible movie.
Clearly the werewolves came to the bell sound, because every time before the bell meant it was time for beggin' strips.
DAMN YOU, PAVLOV!
Seriously, that "THA HOWLING!" sting STILL cracks me up!
Same here.
The sting makes this video pure gold.
"THA HOWLING", "are you okay", and "there won't be another full moon for months" are three things I still think about randomly and laugh about! Great video.
It's October so time to binge Howling, Witchcraft and Subspecies reviews!
The husband reminds me of John "Discount" Cort. It almost even looks like the Mexican town from the vacation episode too.
John 'Da Howling' Cort
This is probably the first werewolf movie i've seen that has the werewolf transformation involving melting of any kind.
king of Kong reference was bad ass! Nicely done Lupa!
"There won't be another full moon for months."
As Vanilla Ice might have said "Yep Yep".
The audio on this and some of the other olp series has a really really high pitch whine when Allison is talking, at least if you've got headphones on. I think it's baked into the video.
Well thanks for letting us know, I guess.
Yea I can't watch these as I got about a minute in and it's just oh god why!
Took me awhile to even hear it when I was trying to listen for it. Even then, it only came up when I slid the volume all the way up.
And now I can't unhear it. Do not look into the void!
Yeah I love these videos but there is a "Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrh" sound when Lupa's on. Nothing a li'l old noise reduction won't fix.
GodsBurden u think ITS BAKED? I have a better reason, which also explains the actresses sucky acting. It’s not the audio that’s baked, it’s HER that’s baked
I've read the novel. It's nowhere near as bad as the fourth movie. As I said when I reviewed the book and the movies, the Joe Dante film does a much better job at capturing the atmosphere and subtext of the book, even if the remake occasionally replicates some of the smaller plot details more faithfully. The worst ideas from The Original Nightmare (such as "We're all in fear/Werewolves are here!") are most certainly not from the book. If the producers wanted to do a more accurate adaptation of a Howling novel, they should've taken a shot at reshooting the second one, which is essentially unrecognizable in its cinematic form (Mexico, Transylvania--same place, right?).
M.A. Moreno I thought the novel was better, simply for justifying a sequel.
I bought a cheap paperback copy of the three novels on Amazon.
4:32 did past Alison unintentionally foreshadow Sinbad and The Dark Knights?
Mind the mousse!! Shitty 80's horror at its finest 😏
I remember that actor who you are talking about, Allison. He replaced the main actor on Cover Up after he shot himself in the head with a blank from a gun. Antony Hamilton would later die 7 years later from AIDS-related pneumonia.
It's...DA HOWLING!
Awesome! Keep it up!
I like the VHS quality of this video. It looks like something that came out around the time this movie did. You look like someone from that era who had seen it for the first time and you're telling your friends. I'm sure that wasn't the intention, but I like it!
👏 That’s about as underhanded as underhanded comments go 😂
I forgot I even commented on this. What's so "underhanded" or dishonest about it?
10:48 The Poster of part 1 hinted at some kind of monster thing going on , let alone possible a wolf or something by one of the posters for it had fangs , and most of them have beastlike fingers ripping through the poster abit too.
I had been depressed for two weeks and saw this last night. It was. so great. Was the first movie in a 10 horror films DVD. My dad's neighbor gave it to him after he said he found them in the dumpster where they live xD
The Howling and Witchcraft reviews are a Halloween tradition!
maybe the bell has magical properties that compel the werewolves to come to it when it rings.
Just binging on these Howling reviews again. Still great
WOOT! THE YOUNG WEREWOLVES!!! Dana is Freakign awesome.
Worst part is this is one of the better sequels lol..... another funny scene is at the end when all the “werewolves” are running toward the bell tower if you pause the movie when the camera is on the group of wolves you can totally see a Siberian Husky in there
The novel actually is great
is that that one dude from the room???.....haaaaaa!
Love the out of sync Dubbage in this gem lol
Lupa, I have no idea if you look at comments this far after a video's release, but I promise you the novel is totally divorced from this, and it's actually worth reading. To give you an idea of just how weird the pick-and-choose of all these movies is, the novel's protagonist basically ends up being Ellen Ripley before Alien came out. Why the hell there was never anyone interested in capitalizing on that, I'm sure I don't know.
it was pretty faithful, but the shoestring budget made it terrible. all the detective/whodunnit aspects of the novel are there, but the movie doesn't do it justice. especially when it comes to the introduction of the main character (which leads to her powerful arc as a survivor and fighter) and it's revised ending.
What about "Nightmare City", it kind of doesn't have a beginning to ending as the events sort of loop back on themselves. I mean it's more fun than this movie because as batshit crazy as it is, it can still be watched and you can get a good laugh.
Chris McWilliams Phelous already reviewed.
That is something I have never understood about vampires and about The Howling's werewolves. Why does the husband immediately side with the other werewolves after being bitten? And why are you immediately evil after a vampire turns you?
Chris Newman Really? That’s the part you have problems with? The whole turning into a Wolfman or vampire isn’t the curious part? It wouldn’t be a great story if you just stay the same and keep going to work and stuff, except you’re a decent, family werewolf.
I would guess that husbands in part 1 and 4 feels connected to them. That's my only guess.
The vamp thing probably has to do with the mythology of vamps when you turn you die and lose your soul your mind is there but no emotion or good remains
Made-up-townia? Is that anywhere near Whatever-the-hell-city-this-isville?
Needs more Lupa's nose.
Great vid! Nice one pixilated Lupa of yestryear!
“Now I lack the capacity to act”. But really, did he have it before?
What did you think of that end credit song? Best part of the movie for me.
There are werewolves in this movie? Wow, thanks for the spoiler.
I really, REALLY need to see the first Howling sometime.
I can never get over your use of the "Are you okay?" clip. I even loved when Phelous used it in his Croc review.
3:30- At least the town they're going to isn't called Flowerew ("Werewolf" spelled backwards).
5:17- I'll be sticking with Pepsi, thank you very much.
6:56- OWLS DO NOT HOWL, YA STUPID BITCH.
12:24- I know those brand of bars. They're the kind that serve Beer Beer.
13:00- Say what you will about the 2016 Ghostbusters, but that reboot is FAR better than this one.
I swear some of these actors are Australian
Where is her hand @ 3:48
Man, I wish Pierre Kirby was in this movie.
I wish the Ghostbusters were in this movie.
The Gary Brandner novel trilogy is actually really great. Don’t judge them off the cheesy movie sequels.
I highly recommend them as well as the comic book series.
I know the guy who played the werewolf at 16:08 . He’s William Forsche, and he was a special effects makeup artist. He’s no longer in the business, but the shoot for this in South Africa was grueling and no one was happy with the suit.
Thanks for the insight!
I love most the Howling movies except part 6.
The howling movies in orded of most liked to least liked(haven't seen beyond 5 yet): The Howling, The Howling 2, The Howling 4, The Howling 5, The Howling 3.
Trust me just stop at 5, 6 and 7 are absolutely terrible, and I haven't heard anything good about 8.
15:31 was the creepiest scene in the movie for me. i think i fell asleep at some point and woke up at that part. from what i'm seeing in this great review, i didn't miss much.
You get a like just for the name.
if its not sponsored by A & W Cream Soda I'm not watching😹😋
The characters on Dante’s Howling were likable and relatable, this movie decided to go the opposite direction
This stuff is so much better than movie nights...
The werewolves here look pretty decent compared to the ones in the previous sequels. Still don't hold a candle to Rob Bottin's work.
Guess what time of year it is! Classic review.
i dont care if anyone gets offended but the howling movies have some steamy sex scenes hands down
dumb dogs always come when they hear the snausage bell
Um, are we going to talk about Marie's haircut?
Thanks
What is that black and white 'bad continuity', 'see it all the time' clip from?
She-Wolf of London (aka Love and Curses, I think?)
@@katethemathnerd Thanks!
Show of hands, who wants a Dom/Allison crossover covering this film and the original?
Idole
There won't be another full moon for months?!
And since when does bacon come from rabbits?
They shouldn't have stored all those explosives in the bell tower.
Or they shouldn't have tried lighting those candles after eating so many tins of baked beans...
That clip of the guy saying "Are you OK" still plays back in my mind whenever I ask someone if they're okay. And, of course, "DA HOWLING *sting*" is a classic that I can never forget!
He said it he said the howling
2:19 Is the doctor supposed to be a werewolf caught mid-transformation and stuck there? Or does he just look that way?
Dolph Lundgren in a Werewolf film would be awesome
Howling IV was boring AF. The only reason I finished watching it was because I liked Marie. (She's a little cutie-pie!!)
I sat through the whole thing once and never again. But I do pop in the DVD time & time again to rewatch the parts I DO like, like the melting man werewolf transformation and the giant werewolf climax. (So basically, the end, LOL!!)
I will say that if Howling 4 was the last Howling movie, I will say that this movie is the my most least favorite of the Howling series. With Howling 2 and 3, I will rather see again and again, and can actually sit though the non action scenes.
Marie was dumb!! She can't tell what's real and not. Than at end calling her husband knowing he was one of the wolves and get attacked in the end by the head wolf. Probably the doctor or the female who her husband cheated on her with.
" acting-gasm" ha ha
eres muy linda
omg really im subscribing lol right now!!!! 13:00
15:54 Pavlovian response?
1:19 BUSTER WOLF
What is wrong with your sound quality here?
You know that's something I never understood. Why didn't they just call it hailing the remake. I mean they remade resident evil 2 & called it resident evil 2 remake I mean why couldn't they have done that back then in 1988 you know just call it the howling remake I always thought the first one was pretty good, every time I watch this one part 4 I get bored & fall asleep on it so I've never actually seen the whole thing although I've seen the rest of them. But yeah in my opinion part 4 takes like forever to start.
12:23 a Billy mitchell referene lol
Kudos to the movie for being somewhat more faithful to the novel and less humorous than Joe Dante’s Howling. After that, the film essentially falls apart.
@14:08 - 14:20 You're Funny!! 😜😜😆😆
Are you OK?
The climax was actually pretty good, but it took a long time getting there.
At least the credits song is decent.
At least this movie shows that werewolves, the superior monsters, prefer Coca-Cola. I bet those dopey zombies like Pepsi or something.
Ive read the novel and its 2 sequels. Urgh
Every time I see the red head all I can think is Robey from "Friday the 13th: The Series". Except, even the worse "Friday the 13th: The Series" episode is way better than this.
Didn't they miss a major opportunity by not linking this movie to the first one?
Just saw this movie literally today................on one one of those dollar bin DVDs with 4 movies on it and THIS WAS PURE TRASH!!!Boring as all hell and why did the doctor rip his face off in the tower? WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!?????????????????
The novel was kind of a letdown to me. The author is distant, cold, he takes too many opportunities to indulge his edging fetish (no shame, but time and place), and he uses so many obscure technical names of body parts that losing track of where a character just got bitten by a werewolf is a frequent occurrence; I wondered if he was a doctor, but I never checked. Worse, he doesn't seem to be able to write his women characters as being concerned with anything other than the plot going on, giving care to animals and children, their appearance (if evil), or whether a man (any man regardless of relationship) is giving too much attention to another woman. The movie, just by virtue of adaptation, removes the most obvious of his unsavoury misogynist narration and jarring word choices. And eventually it is just absurd that every man and woman in this universe has a life-changing positive experience when a werewolf aggressively edges them, often against their will, and further absurd how many occasions for that there seems to be in this horror thriller.
I worry I just piqued curiousity about this bad book.