The film won the 1980 saturn award for best horror film. The howling 4 the original nightmare trailer hd youtube. The original nightmare is the fourth entry in the series of seven standalone films with loose continuity. The original nightmare is not so much a sequel, but, a more faithful adaptation of brandners original novel with subtle alterations. The original nightmare is a film directed by john hough with romy windsor, michael t. Weiss tony hamilton 1988 a novelists romy windsor vacation includes werewolf terror, her husband michael t.
Howling iv the original nightmare vhs, 1999 for sale. 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. Weis, antony hamilton, susanne severeid, and lamya derval. A terrifying journey into the gaping jaws of death. Howling iv continues the trend of this franchise to create awful, pointless and unnecessary sequels to a classic horror film. This installment of the werewolf series the howling was shot in south africa and was released straight to video by international video entertainment. Weiss watch more free movies and tv series at, or on the popcornflix app available. The marsupials served as a low point in the alreadyrisiblebythefirstsequel series, citing its cheekiness and utterly bizarre creative choices as indicative of its poor quality. The original nightmare, the fourth chapter in the notably odd werewolf franchise finds diminishing returns finally catching up with the series. Find them all here, plus the hottest sex scenes from movies and television when you visit mr. The original nightmare is a 1988 directtovideo horror film. 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.
The revamped tale involves successful author marie romy windsor, who visits the scenic woodland town of drago to find respite from constant nightmare. The original nightmare 1988 is the only production in the howling series to have werewolves portrayed by dogs in any scenes. According to those who have read the book by gary brandner this film sticks closer to the source material than dantes film but the original is still superior. Weiss, tony hamilton, susanne severeid the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a score of. The original nightmare to make watching the latter a weird kind of deja vu. The original nightmare stars romy windsor, michael t. Kim newman, in his 1988 book nightmare movies, called the howling a brisk chiller that effortlessly revives the prowlingthroughmistyforests genre, and called picardos transformation sequence the movies most impressive werewolf monster.
This film strays away from the original movie in its attempts to make changes to the original premise of the first film, and the storyline from the novel the film is based on. The original nightmare 1988 john hough on allmovie shot in south africa, this directtovideo. A successful author moves to a new town after suffering a mental breakdown and is tormented by demons and werewolves. The original nightmare on dvd 096009180492 from echo bridge home entertainment. The original nightmare 1988 posted on august 11, 2014 by don. One of the earliest and most financially successful examples of the genre, it was produced by harry alan towers as an international coproduction. Haunted by a series of unnatural happenings, marie adams heads for the sanctuary of a rural hideout to regain her sanity, only to find a horror more deadly than her own imaginings. According to those who have read the book by gary brandner this film sticks closer to the source material than dantes film but the original.
Lane, avi lerner, robert pringle, edward simons, and harry alan towers. The original nightmare 1988 lamya derval and michael t. The original nightmare 1988 starring harvey goldsmith, steven a. An author who was sent to the town drakho, because of a nervous breakdown, gets wound up in a mysterious mystery about demons and werewolves. Haunted by a series of unnatural happenings, marie adams heads for the sanctuary of a rural hideout to regain her sanity, only to find a horror more.
As night descends, the howling rises again to shatter the stillness of the night. The original nightmare is a followup to howling iii. The original nightmare 1988 video cast 23 romy windsor. Howling iv the original nightmare maybe the forth entry in the howling series but it is more of a remake of joe dantes original film on a much lower scale budget. The original nightmare 1988 a novelists romy windsor vacation includes werewolf terror, her husband michael t. The original nightmare full movie werewolves horror. The straighttovideo werewolf horror film is a closer adaptation of the original the howling by gary brandner from 1977. Weiss, antony hamilton, susanne severeid and lamya derval. For this reason, this movie is subtitled the original nightmare. So, it took three books to create this masterpiece. The original nightmare 1988 is one of the few films that he can call his own. The howling iv is not a sequel to any of the other howling movies, but rather a standalone. It is a sequel to the howling, and was directed by john hough from a screenplay by freddie rowe and clive turner.
This film strays away from the original movie in its attempts to make changes to the original premise of the first film, and. With every sequel that has been produced in this series, the series. The original nightmare 1988 john hough directed howling iv. It was based on the novel again the three just men by edgar wallace 1928. 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. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. While john sayles kept just the bare bones of gary brandners novel when writing the screenplay for the howling, building upon them his own wittily skewed tale of modernday lycanthropy, there are still enough general similarities between that film and howling iv. The original nightmare is a 1988 directtovideo horror film directed by john hough from a screenplay by freddie rowe and clive turner.