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Howling IV: The Original Nightmare

1988 · 95 min

A slow, eerie descent into paranoia and small-town dread, with cheap but effective scares and a fiery climax.

Directed by: John Hough
Genres: Horror
Starring: Romy Walthall, Michael T. Weiss, Antony Hamilton

Tagline: Now, no one's safe!
Overview: An author who was sent to the town Drakho, because of a nervous breakdown, gets wound up in a mystery revolving around demons and werewolves. She starts seeing ghosts and dismisses them as her own imagination, but when they turn out to be real she becomes suspicious of the odd town and of its past.

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Directed by: John Hough
Genres: Horror
Starring: Romy Walthall, Michael T. Weiss, Antony Hamilton

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
madness
betrayal
survival
grief
Places: small town
countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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The Howling: RebornMovie · 2011

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