Product Description

Howling V: The Rebirth - When a group of strangers converge on an ominous Romanian castle, they begin to suspect one of them may be an ancestor to a legendary werewolf bloodline. As the evening progresses and bodies start turning up, their suspicions may be true! Howling VI: The Freaks - When a drifter named Ian comes to the rural town of Canton Bluff, he finds work fixing up the local church. But when the owner of a traveling carnival finds out Ian's terrible secret, he blackmails him into becoming part of his sideshow...but it turns out the carnival owner may have a secret of his own!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38912 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-06-19
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 196 minutes

Customer Reviews

A downgrade from the OOP Artisan disc
This is a re-release of the fifth and sixth films in the Howling series. They were originally released together on DVD by Artisan with full frame transfers and Stereo audio, with no extras to speak of (not surprisingly, as I believe these were DTV releases). Nothing special, but acceptable for films of their quality.

This re-release doesn't even match the original Artisan disc quality-wise, let alone improve on it. It is a disappointing downgrade. By no stretch of the imagination does the Artisan disc have sparkling transfers, but a side-by-side comparison of the two discs shows a noticeable difference between the two - this DVD's full frame transfers are much worse than Artisan's. On top of that, the audio on this disc is presented in 2-channel Mono, not Stereo. Like Artisan, no extras to speak of.

The only thing this disc has going for it is its price. There is a neat little menu introduction, but that's hardly worth recommending it. If you've got the old Artisan disc, by all means hold on to it and don't even consider this as an upgrade. If you don't have the Artisan disc and want one then I'd definitely start looking for a copy now. It has been out of print for a little while now, and if you're lucky enough to even find a copy (at this writing it is no longer available on Amazon.com - not even from third-party sellers, or eBay), the prices are pretty high.

As far as the films go, they are okay stand-alone, but don't really fit into the Howling "series", which shouldn't really be considered a series at all. They are sequels in name only; there is no connection to the first Howling film. Bad acting aside, I really enjoy Rebirth. It's got a chilling setting, and effective atmosphere. I never really liked The Freaks, too un-werewolfy for me.

Howlong 5 & 6
I remember this from the 80's and liked it immensely. The first howling was good except for the end where Dee Wallace Stone turned into a big mouse. This one was just as scary as when I first saw it without being super bloody and gory! Loved my sister trying to figure out who the were wolf was.

OK
I want to start out by saying that I own all of THE HOWLING movies and the first one and the second one are the best out of the entire bunch, but if you are like me and buy horror movies to add to a collection go ahead and pick them all up like I did. They are worth the watch on a lazy night when you have nothing better to do. These two movies are decent, they aren't really scary and don't really have anything to do with the original concept but again they are good to watch on a night you have nothing better to do.