Howling V The Rebirth / Howling VI The Freaks

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Summary: Several Below Average Werewolf Movies On One DVD!
Review: Artisan has been releasing a number of two on one horror flicks lately (ex. Waxworks 1 & 2) but this sadly isn't one of their better ones. The original The Howling was the creme' de la creme' of werewolf movies with outstanding special effects. The Howling V & VI come nowhere close to being as good as the original The Howling. The Howling V takes place in an old Hungarian castle which is supposed to have a rather ominous history and number of people are given invitiations to stay in the castle after it had been closed for some 500 years. Certain visitors seem to vanish during their stay in the castle and the actual werewolf really doesn't show itself often. The movie is drawn out to the point I almost fell asleep watching it. I won't tell the ending of the movie, but I will say I would avoid The Howling V and go onto it's follow up The Howling VI which is slightly better. The Howling VI is about a drifter who ends up in an old Western town and gets a job helping a town minister refurbish an old church. During his stay a circus arrives in town where he meets Harker the owner. The two seem to recognize one another from the past but can't quite remember where they met. As it turns out the drifter is a werewolf (more like bigfoot) and after being captured by Harker's men, becomes a new addition to the circus. To go on will spoil the movie for those who haven't seen it, but I will say that the movie is worth atleast two stars from this reviewer. My advice would be to avoid both these movies and stick with the original The Howling.

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Summary: Cheap Thrills for a Cheap Price
Review: Before I bought this DVD featuring both Howling V & VI, I had only seen the first three Howling films. I loved the first one, hated the second one, and thought the third one was weirder than hell. I saw this DVD for sale for real cheap so I picked it up. I wasn't expecting much since Howling II & III weren't very good (I still haven't seen IV), and I was actually surprised by Howling V. Of course its lower budget and it has its downfalls, but I really enjoyed it. I really liked the the idea of people being trapped inside a castle because of a ragging blizzard only to be terrorized by a werewolf. I only wished they showed the werewolf a little more, because of the few shots it had, it looked pretty cool. Howling V, since it was made in Europe, has a real unique atmosphere to it. Howling VI on the other hand, I didn't like so well. Even compared to the other sequels, this one fells a lot cheaper made. The idea is intersting, but it just plods along. The werewolf in this one looks more like big foot than a lycanthrope. Already I have watched Howling V three times and VI only once. What I want to know is why didn't Artisan throw Howling IV on this DVD as well? I mean they fit V & VI onto one side of the DVD so they could have put IV on the other? Artisan does own the rights to Howling IV, so this makes me wonder if they are ever goint to release it. Overall this disc was worth the ten bucks I spent. I really like when movie companies put two movies on a disc, and Artisan is doing it a lot latly. I only wish that Artisan would remaster these movies. MGM does, why not Artisan. The movies look a little too grainy.

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Summary: Howling V: The Rebirth
Review: By far the best in a long running series, V delivers classic werewolf fear & legend with a twist of suspense unlike any of the other Howling movies...A group of travelers are invited to an old, isolated castle in the heart of werewolf country (Hungary) to see which one of them is a descendant of an ancient werewolf. An atmospheric & mesmerizing film.

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Summary: Howling V: The Rebirth
Review: By far the best in a long running series, V delivers classic werewolf fear & legend with a twist of suspense unlike any of the other Howling movies...A group of travelers are invited to an old, isolated castle in the heart of werewolf country (Hungary) to see which one of them is a descendant of an ancient werewolf. An atmospheric & mesmerizing film.

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Summary: Get it for the Rebirth
Review: Howling 5 *****

Howling 5 the Rebirth is by far the best of the Howling sequels (despite having nothing to do with the rest of the franchise). The story starts off simple enough, a group of strangers are brought together a mysteriouse castle for some unknown reason. They wind up being snowed in and as a result are picked off one by one by a werewolf. What makes it so great is that you never know who it is until the end where paranoi runs into overtime.

Howling 6 ***

Howling 6 The Freaks is what is to be expected out of a B level title. A man who is cursed with the mark of a werewolf stumbles into a traveling freakshow. He is eventually lured in and placed as one of the attractions. Eventually he discovers that the owner is a Vampire and the two duke it out. The plot is minor and realy the effects were not that great, especially on the Vampire (gives ugly a new meaning).

Overall get this DVD for # 5 and think of #6 as an unwanted bonus feature (like a Hilary Duff Music Video).

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Summary: Howling V The Rebirth
Review: I don't care what anybody else says, Howling V: The Rebirth is an awesome horror movie. When I was a kid, my mom allowed me to rent Howling V: The Rebirth and watch it. For years it gave me terrible nightmares. I had a wild imagination back then and it often got the better of me whenever I watched certain certain things. A group of heirs are invited to a Hungarian castle for a secret werewolf bust. The guests realize to their horror that they are being hunted down by evil. They all have the same birth mark. One of them is a werewolf, and it can only be destroyed by one of its own, someone who has the mark. Howling VI: The Freaks is a pretty cool horror film too. But I like Howling V better. I am glad this movie is finally on DVD.

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Summary: The Rebirth is the Most Suspenseful Howling
Review: I had seen Howling 5 growing up as a teenager. It is by far the most suspenseful in the series. A group of people are gathered together at a castle in Budapest. A werewolf picks them off one by one. I kept on guessing until in the final half hour I was pretty sure who it was and I was correct. I will not spoil it for you. For what was a name brand off the shelf rental and now great on DVD this is really suspenseful. All the group, each of them has a gimmick. A surprisngly intelligient horror film.

The Howling 6 The Freaks is just that- a freak show. I hadn't seen it before. A vampire is also thrown in.

It's too bad I'd imagine only diehard horror fans have probably seen this/ will see it as it is one of the most suspensful movies I have seen in my life, Howling 5 that is. I've seen this series called mediocre by critics, they're not. I grew up on Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween and they were called mediocre, too. Diehard fans don't care what the critics say. Only trendy teenybopperish audiences honestly will or won't see a movie based on critics. Oh, the suspsense!

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Summary: Where'd The FEAR Go????
Review: Remember the first time you watched the original "Howling"? Remember the sense of fear that would build up when you saw the moon was out? And when you knew the werewolves were near? Remember the macabre foreboding feeling you got while watching the entire movie? That was what made the original "Howling" a great movie. But by now, the whole formula's gotten old. The second "Howling" was alright, so was the third, and it started getting old on the fourth, but there is no need for a fifth, and definetly not a sixth. It's time to call it quits with this series. They're just gonna keep releasing crappy sequels like they did with "Halloween" and Jason until it's completely ruined. The whole formula's not scary anymore. Either try something new or STOP.

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Summary: Where'd The FEAR Go????
Review: Remember the first time you watched the original "Howling"? Remember the sense of fear that would build up when you saw the moon was out? And when you knew the werewolves were near? Remember the macabre foreboding feeling you got while watching the entire movie? That was what made the original "Howling" a great movie. But by now, the whole formula's gotten old. The second "Howling" was alright, so was the third, and it started getting old on the fourth, but there is no need for a fifth, and definetly not a sixth. It's time to call it quits with this series. They're just gonna keep releasing crappy sequels like they did with "Halloween" and Jason until it's completely ruined. The whole formula's not scary anymore. Either try something new or STOP.

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Summary: the rebirth
Review: This is a double feature dvd of Howling V & VI. Howling V takes place at a castle with a history of werewolves. A group of tourists get stuck here during a snow storm. The catch is one of them is a werewolf and you have to try and figure it out. They have to band together to try to survive but no one knows who to trust. This is the best of the howling series with a suprise ending. Howling VI is not quite as good and a little bit lower budget. A drifter wanders into a small town and moves in with a preacher. The drifter has a secret in that he is a werewolf. To make things worse he was made this way by a vampire that runs a traveling freak show. The show eventually makes its way into town and the two are forced to do battle. The werewolf effects are better in V but shown more in VI. All in all both movies are worth watching but I would have to say The Rebirth is better.